Saturday, March 8, 1919 THE REVOLUTIONARY AGE THE 車車 Soviet Germany They issile franticipeals, while the masses prepare produce in the Entente camp. The Bolshevik workel for revolutionary action. The Constituent Assemloly revolution is the last card on which it stakes everyT IS coming the new revolution in Germany, the and the Government refused to act upon tlic clemand thing proletarian revolution for the definite conquest of of the masses for the socialization of industry. The Allowing for its prejudice, this clearly presents the power and proletarian dictatorship.
Constituent Assembly passed a measure creating a situation. But the proletarian revolution will issue out The Spartacans have issued a call for a national national army, a reactionary measure to create a of the needs and action of the proletariat of Germany: general strike as preparatory to the overthrow of the force for crushing the masses. The Constituent As Russian Bolshevik propaganda simply accelerates the Constituent Assembly and its bourgeois government sembly clearly expressed its counter revolutionary process. At this moinent, the inmediate fate of the state of siege has been declared in Berlin and its character.
international proletarian revolution is being decided in suburbs. The Berlin Vorwaerts is apprehensive, declar It was clearly the purpose of the Constituent As. Germany. The Spartacan Communists niay conquer ing that the workers will respond to the strike call. Sembly and the moderate Socialist; to dissolve the Sopower: then will come, universally and implacably, the The Spartacan call cleclares that the purposes of the viets: necessarily, since the Soviets, potential of profinal struggle against Capitalism and Imperialism.
strike are: letarian dictatorship, cannot co exist with a Consti1 The overthrow of the Constituent Assembly and tuent Assembly and parliamentary government. When Bolshevikjabs the Government; establishment of a Soviet Republic this danger of dissolution appeared clearly to the Soand proletarian dictatorship.
viets, there was an immediate swing to the left, and an HE new York Call asks: What became of the The introduction of Councils in the factories as accelerated assumption of control by the Spartacans.
fellow that used to say: am a Socialist, but an instrument for workers control of industry and In Berlin, the Soviet Central Council is dominated. Might we venture the guess that he has been made a Socialist Alderman in New York City.
the ultimate realization of the complete socialization equally by the Spartacans and the Independent Socialof industry.
ists: these Independents have apparently accepted the Under the headline Berlin Riots Renewed By The dismissal of Government troops and the dis Spartacan Cominunist program. The Soviets insisted Spartacans, an evening paper carries this paragraph. armament of the bourgeoisie, the withdrawal of all that they would not dissolve, and a call iwass issued for Belgian Commission has been dispatched to introops from Westphalia, Bremen and other regions. a national congress of Soviets as against the Consti quire about 1, 000, 000 valuable pigeons that were sto4 The formation of a Red Guard under control of luent Assembly. Then came a moderate proposal for len. It is believed that most of them mere eaten.
the Soviets, which would take over all military and Outlaws! Bolsheviki! Pigeon eaters!
a compromise: that the new parliamentary government police powers.
should have a lower chamber composed of representa5 The liberation of all political prisoners and the tives of the Soviets. The Government is reported as Investigating Bolshevism Senator King: Do you believe in God?
establishment of a revolutionary tribunal to try the willing to consider this proposal in order to conciliate Senator Nelson Do you believe in the Christian Hohonzollerns, Field Marshall von Hindenburg, Gen. the Soviets. But the proposal is counter revolutionary. religion?
Ludendorff and Admiral von Tirpitz, and the trait It is necessary that parliamentary government should Senator Overman. Answer the question Do you ors to the Revolution, President Ebert, Chancellor be abolished; that a new proletarian state capable of believe in a God?
Senator Wolcott. Do you believe in a future puScheidemann and Gustav Noske, the minister of introducing Socialism should be established. Only a nishment. defense who is butchering the masses.
Soviet state functioning as a proletarian dictatorship Miss Louise Bryant (witness. Am being tried Immediate peace and an alliance with revolucan act upon the problems of the revolution, can act for witchcraft?
tionary Socialist Soviet Russia.
ually socialize industry, can expropriate the bourgeThe call of the Spartacans for a general strike in oisie politically as a preliminary measure to their com Intrigue cannot Stand publicity said President Berlin is to climax the political strikes which have plete economic expropriation. Parliamentary govWilson in his speech at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York. Which we suppose explains why secret been declared all over Germany. It was called for ernment is the instrument of the bourgeois order; it sessions are being held in Paris.
Wednesday, but depends upon the general strategic means the supremacy of capital. Should the Soviets situation. The strike is a clear, uncompromising pol accept the proposal to constitute a lower chamber of a In view of the fact that Mr. Wilson has declared itical strike for the purpose of establishing the dicta bourgeois parliamentary government, they would be that: Europe. sees that statesmen have no vision, torship of the proletariat.
come stultified into a mere parliamentary opposi we wonder would it be fair to say that the plan of the The new crisis and action developed out of the de tion, would relinquish the great revolutionary task League of Nations was drawn up by men without vision?
claration of a proletariat dictatorship by the Munich that beckons them.
Soviet. The Spartacans control Munich, the Soviet, The most significant feature of recent events in By passing a resolution favoring self determination the public buildings and the transportation service. Germany is the apparent revolutionizing of the Sofor Ireland the Irish vote in America has again been Control of food has been established, the workers seviets. The earlier Spartacan revolts failed because made safe while the President interview with the curing twice the ration of the bourgeoisie. At a CongIrish delegation makes it the Soviets were not in action; but they contributed ress of Soviets in Munich it was announced that the enormously to the revolutionizing of the Soviets, in in danger of any embarrasing suggestions from Ameplain that England is not rica. everybody pleased, Ireland claims are Soviet had appointed Commissaires whose duty it was to introduce Socialist measures, concerning which tionary action. Revolutionary action is the supreme keeping unimpaired the doctrine of the rule of the creating the consciousness and concepts of revolu recognized thus adding to the lustre of self determination, England point of view is also recognized thus chairman Nikisch said: educator of the proletariat.
These Commissaires have dictatorial powers. One of sword. Liberty receives a polite bow, tyranny gets the most important is the Housing Commissaire, whose Another significant feature is the definite swing to a hearty handshake and things remain as they were.
task it is to find dwellings for all laborers. The Food the left among the Independent Socialists. In Ba Ain Democracy wonderful?
Commissaire will see to it that every Bavarian gets his varia, the Independents are again plaing the counterportion. Foodstuffs of those who have too much will revolutionary game by trying to come to an agreeAs we see the situation from the newspapers it is be taken away from them. The city proletariat is now being armed and next will come the peasants.
ment with the majority Socialists: but the Spartacans something like this: The League of Nations is a suc We are beginning the second revolution, the revare in cont In Berlin, however, the Independents cess, No it isn t, Yes it is, No it isn t, Yes it is, No it Parliaolution against capital, declared Sauber.
seem to be working together with the Spartacan Commentarism must be done away with. The Communmunists. Húgo Haase has declared that the second We will offer a valuable prize to any person who will explain in not more than 10, 000 words the differist Levin proposed the immediate declaration of a So revolutionary unrest will result in two competing governments, one in Weimar and the other in Berlin, the ence between the Balance of Power and the League viet Republic for all Bavaria and war against the bourlatter a Soviet Government. Only by accepting the of Nations.
geoisie, the Constituent Assembly, the education of revolutionary events, the unceasing agitation of the Communist program can the Independents become a After perusing the proposed Red Flag Bill we have real force in the Revolution.
Spartacans and the proclamation of proletarian diccome to the conclusion that it will be almost as easy tatorship in Bavaria developed action all over Ger Simultaneously with these great events, comes the to get years and a 5, 000 fine under it as it is to get 20 years and a 10, 000 fine under the spionage Act.
many. Central Germany, with the miners in the lead, report that a large Bolshevik army is at the Gerinan flared up into general strike with a distinctly political frontier prepared to co operate with the Spartacan character; general strikes were declared in Leipsic, Communists. The revolutionary Communists of Russia Lloyd George speaking before the Industrial Parliament in England said that the Government must Erfurt, Halle, and in other districts. The transpor and Germany have prepared an offensive and defen not dictate to either capital or labor but must remain tation system was demoralized by the strikes. The sive alliance, which will spring into action the moment impartial. This declaration of the government attibourgeoisie retaliated by a strike of their own the Spartacans and the Soviets secure control in Ger tude doubtless explains the use of Government troops in the strikes of Glasgow and Belfast.
physicians, pharmacists, professionals generally but many. This is what the Allies fear; this is what the this strike proved a fizzle, simply intensifying the petty bourgeois Socialists represented by Ebert, Scheispirit of revolt and the determination of the masses to demann Co. fear, a fear expressed in one form by But who wants an impartial government anyway?
act definitely for the conquest of power.
their refusal to accept food from Soviet Russia to We are afraid that Mr. George doesn understand the situation Labor is aiming to become the governThe proletariat is using its economic power to de feed the German people. In an article in the Berlin ment.
moralize and overthrow the Government. But the Vorwaerts recently, Friedrich Stampfer said: strikes are simply a prelude; if the situation develops What is the situation in Germany? Here the Russian favorably, out of the strikes will come revolutionary The commission of jurists appointed to consider policy is working in the first place at the complete the guilt of the ex Kaiser and others, has decided that mass action, armed revolutionary attack upon the Govdestruction of what exists: the new organization is to the sovereign of a state cannot be proceeded against ernment and the seizure of power by the Soviets.
arise out of complete dissolution. So the new war says a newspaper report. We dislike having to diswould break out when the German people stands comThese events are isolating the Constituent Assembly agree with a commission of eminent jurists but we pletely defenseless in face of its enemy. Consequently, have a faint recollection that Nicholas Romanoff was and the bourgeois Socialist Government at Weimar.
Russian policy reckons less with its military power They are not only isolated, but verging upon collapse.
at one time a sovereign and that he was proceeded than with the revolutionary effect which it lopes to against very effectively indeed.
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