Western Star AND WALLACE COUNTY GAZETTE. PUBLISHED Every Tuesday and Friday FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1920. REVOLUTION IN GERMANY.

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Western Star AND WALLACE COUNTY GAZETTE. PUBLISHED Every Tuesday and Friday FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1920. REVOLUTION IN GERMANY.

A revolution has taken place in Germany. 1 It is not the first since the war, and, in the present chaotic condition of the country, it is not likely to be the last. It will take that wrongly-trained and misguided nation a long time to get a govern-, merit that will have the confidence of the large majority/ or be able to grapple successfully with the many political, military, and economic problems that are awaiting solution. The revolution referred to in the cables during the week was the overthrow of the Ebert Administration by the followers of Dr Rapp, who alleged that the Ebert Government would never have been able to carry out the terms of the Treaty, and that they were an incompetent and corrupt lot. The press in Allied countries professed to see in the Revolution an attempt to restore German monarchy ; but Kapp declared that he had no -such intention, and that the election of a President would be proceeded with under absolutely fair conditions, free from coercion. Mr Lloyd George, speaking in the House of Commons, said that the Allies would regard with anxiety any movement representing a monarchial reaction in Germany, and all necessary military precautions had been taken against such an event. The insolence of a strong party in Turkey, the growing disaffection of a large number of Mahomedaus in The East, and other things have been cited) to show that the military party in Germany thought the time opportune for flouting the Allies, and pushing for the return of the Kaiser. Subsequent events, however, have disproved this, and while it may be, and probably is, true that the Junkers would do anything to effect a • restoration, of the monarchy, the revolution was not designed to that end, but was the necessary outcome of causes created by the condition of the people and the state of the country. There was no fighting, but the Ebert Government refused to recognise the Kapp Government, and declared Wurtemiberg the capital. The only Government that can carry weight just now is the one that can command the greatest military resources, and there is no reliable information regarding this, but the growing fear of civil war in Germany would lead one to suppose that the people are sharply divided, notwithstanding the many groups, into two factions—Monarchists and Republicans—and that the military resources of each are pretty evenly balanced. The Revolution, however, was short-lived, and ended in the dramatic breakdown of the Kapp regime. Ehert is to remain in power until after the elections, which are to be held shortly, and) this arrangement was the outcome, evidently, of an agreement between Ebert and the followers of Kapp. The agreement is in the nature of a compromise, a number of Kapp’s terms having been accepted, one of which is the establishment beside the Reichstag of a Second Chamber of an almost exclusively economic and industrial character in which labour will sit side by side with capital. The economic problem must be solved before Germany can be free from serious internal trouble. Meanwhile unrelaxed vigilance in. (military preparations is tbo keynote, of the Allies’ policy, as events have emphasised! the instability of any regime at present in Germany, and the fact that a strong section has not yet learned the lesson of the war. It has heen stated that Holland would like the Kaiser to be interned in the West Indies, and the farther he is removed from Germany the better it will be for any . administration., as his friends will bo forever plotting fur hi. rhsCdfatlofi,.