We h:i' 'e t . remero'.'er. too. thnt
there are ci'tirln at work not all
unconnected wi'h the Russian Bol
shevist mafia with the intention of
making still worse revelations be
tween O.rmnny and ether countries,
bad ns tbev are. Your ltolslvvik dors
not wish Germany to trade and s-t-t'e
down eventually into nn orderly
state; nor do. s he wish other coun
tries to ben-fit by trade with Ger
many. So. limine various channels, h
Inspires "news" with the object of
stirring up more bad feeling and Its
consequent unrest.
People point to Munich as an ex
ample of the deirree of order which
may be expee'ed in the new Germany.
But the latest "revolution" there
was the work of a (croup of non-Ger-mana
The numerous strikes in Germany,
aa elsewhere, were caused. In the
first T'Ince, by the hih cost of liv
ing;; workers were naturally ready to
profit by the fact that the Iron au
thority of other days had gone; they
Buffered from the general lassitude
and "holidays" were not unattrac
tive. A Tleturn to IMwliline.
Put failure In general attended
the efforts to make these strikes po
litical weapons. When a few shops
are looted, that is not Fparticlsm;
the people are hungry. When a few
shots are fired in the streets, that Is
not Bolshevism; the soldiers, mostly
young and inexperienced, often suffer
from nervous tension and act rashly
which people who know what street
fighting is will excuse.
The impartial observer Is forced
to admit that the German has, since
the fearful and final downfall of the
old regime, shown to no small degree
his characteristics of orderliness and
discipline.
