MANAWATU DAILY TIMES THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1919. GERMANS US REVOLT.

Manawatu Times, Volume XL, Issue 14095, 2 January 1919, Page 4

MANAWATU DAILY TIMES THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1919. GERMANS US REVOLT.

Wo have wished for a revolution in Germany, but we have not wished foi Bolshcvikisra, nor for a reign of terror. We do not wish to see a carnival of blood comparable with that of Russia. It w r as Germany that invented Bolshevikism and that sent it like a disease gorra into Russia, there to infect her own soldiers. It is only justice that she should fall into the pit that she digged with such malignity for another. But a Bolshcviki Government in Germany means that there can be no real peace treaty, no indemnities, no reconstruction. It means that the Allied world must wait in patience until the storm shall have blown itself out. It may easily mean the retention under arms of the Allied forces, possibly an army of occupation i» Germany as well as in Austria and Russia. Civilisation cannot tolerate such a hell of anarchy as that. It would shafce the world to its foundation. It would be a menace almost without limitation. If the contagion of Bolshovikism can pass so rapidly from Russia to Germany and

Austria, what other and as yet undisclosed power of eontagion may it not have? Nor need we in any way rely upon the moderation of Liebknecht or of such other leaders as may for the moment be in the saddle. We relied upon the moderation of Kerensky, and found that Kerensky was a broken reed. Incipient revolutions are almost always led by the moderates, and the moderates are always overwhelmed. Nor need wc rely upon the stolidities of the German character. They were but the fruit of the conviction that the German Government was irresistible They were a part of the Gorman cowardice, and there is nothing quito so terrible as cowardice in revolt. It is to be feared that we are still a way from being out of the wood. Some of our most severe trials may be aheaa of us.