Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 9, 1919, Page 7

~ FRIDAY, MAY-9, 1919 MILITARISM IS — SPROUTING IN NEW GERMANY Country Is Full of Troops and War Munitions Are in Pro- fusion; Pacifists Are Wor- ried, Says Taylor By FRANK J. TAYLOR (United Press Staff Correspondent.) BERLIN, (By Mail.)—Since its birth the German Republic has had to decide between two opposite ex- the German forces is, the captain re- {plied that the War Office itself did jriot know. This ignorance of the |war office, he explained by the fact that numerous leaders were organiz- ing new volunteer units. The cap- |tain declined to guess the strength |of the German forces on the grounds |that he did not want the figures pub- |lished “for fear the bolsheviks would \see how weak the militia is and over- | throw it.” | Every man in the army is a volun- teer, according to the war office. Berlin is crowded with soldiers scat- tered over the city, but this is due |to the fact, says the war office, that jmembers of the old army regulars jwho aré no longer on active duty, fhave to be housed. Hence the jcrowded barracks. The war office joffered no explanation as to why | these men were fed and housed, tho inactive, and the active work of week. They’d have plenty of can- non and machine-guns and ammuni- tion to hold out for a while, in a pinch.” The “high up” seid Germany has more than two-hundred seventy-five thousand helmeted men under arms, in actual service now. Of these, seventy thousand are in Berlin, sixty thousand are in the Rhur district, guarding the industrial district, sup- posedly, and the remainder are scat- tered between the Polish front and other cities in which disturbances are expected, A noticeable feature is that the majority of troops are not along) the Bolshevik front, but are scatter- ed over the country. The govern- ment evidently fears radicalism much more from within than from without. The government is de- termined to crush all opposition. Practically all of Germany is in a tremes to maintain itself and keep} yarding Berlin is done largely by | state of siege. This state has never from being overthrown by the radi- cals. The two courses open, as the Eb- ert-Scheidemann cabinet saw them, were: 1. Bowing to the demands of the proletariat and becoming radical, almost to the extent of communism, or at least extreme socialism. 2. Becoming militaristic and following the methods of the old German government of crushing op- position by force. More and more it is becoming | provincial troops, Enlistment is indefinite, volunteer units, with the condition that a man can leave the militia {upon giving four weeks notice. Every junit has a band, many of the first | Tate. Guards with rifles ready are everywhere, and auto trucks armed with machine guns roam about the leity in search for trouble. Barbed | | wire barricades are not removed !from many streets since the last fighting. | Except for a wave of crime, rob- | been lifted from Berlin. in the| There are thirty thousand reserve officers in Berlin, all registered and within call. An additional source of troops is ‘the so-called “citizens’ guard,” civil- ians who are ready to report on call under government orders. The war, office, said the war office man, knows where the machine-guns, grenades, and other supplies are located. Government troops are becoming more and more loyal, due to the priv-, lilege and the food they get. While the women and children are hungry, clear that the cabinet chose the lat-|bery and plundering, which swept good food is allowed to spoil, reserv- ter course, probably in self-defense, and under the pretext of saving Ger- many from bolshevism. What is more serious, Germans and other peoples, is that the German Republic is becoming handy with militarism, and under the cover of “resisting bolshevism” is evidently trying to hide the strength of the Republic’s military machine. Figuring that the new Republic, if it were really pacific, would be willing to make a “show-down’’ of Germany’s military strength to con- vince the outside world of good in- tentions, the United Press corres- pondent asked the War Office for some data. Finally the War Office sent for the correspondent and an _ agreeable young captain, explained how weak G svid Germany could not even resist the bolsheviks, if the latter chose to rise. ANNUAL MAY SALE prouder to announce a store event—and never have we been more confident of your approval and unstinted patronage. many is at present, militarily. He! Berlin the last week in March, Berlin is well protected. .The war office is |busy and rushing. Swank officers and military as in the old days. {Democracy is menifested, however, in the agreeable way the war office treat outsiders—a new thing in Germany. So much for what the war office ‘wanted United Press readers to be- lieve. What the war office did not jgive out through the agreeable cap- tain was gathered through a mejor who has been conyerted to pacifism. He sought out a friend high up in the war office and secured some first hand information, because he believ- ed publicity might lead to action which may prevent the rebirth of militarism in Germany. The friend in the war office re- query as to Germany’s _ strength, “Well, we could) muster a marked in answer to the major’s| million | ed for military emergencies. The Berliner Tageblatt printed an exposure on April 3 of how, in Ham- both to the/are numerous and are as monocled burg, enormous military supplies of butter, bacon, ham, conserves, beans, rice, rye, meal, cocoa and other foods were rotting, while thousands in the city starved. Radical and__ pacifist dreads this‘ growth of the military under the pretext of preparing to combat bolshevism. The radicals and pacifists include thousands of intel- lectuals. The biggest opposition to the military movement is from the workmen, who demand ebolition of the army. Production of arms and ammuni- tion has not ceased in Germany. Ac- cording to the war office man, one company alone got an order for fifty million marks worth of rifle ammuni- tion, the biggest order placed so far by the republic. Germans of a pacific turn of mind Germany | Asked ae ae Peet strength of|men along the Rhine in less' than 2 POOR GERMA NS. } 2 | NO MARMALADE THIS SUMMER BERLIN. suffering is a mystery German housewives, as sugar, owing to the beetroot industry, has been a common staple even during the war. {Because of the sugar shortage, the | nation’s supply of marmalade seems to be completely exhausted. |. Political and industrial disturb- ances are blamed for the restricted | output of. beet sugar. The factories have been shut down altogether or ; are running on short hours. Large quantities of sugar are said perplexing | sey ppilitarism is thriving on bolshe- vism, es Gives the @ Monday shampoo. MAIN FLOOR WTO. (By Mail.)—The sugar | famine from which Germany is now } WHY NOT Save Your Hair? If Your Scalp Is Tight It Means Lack of Circulation A Man’s Face Never Becomes Bald, Why? Because Constant Shaving and Massaging Required Circulation. Let us give you the work required to save your hair. 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