Show ELECTION OF HINDENBURG HINDENBURG WILL BE TRAGEDY FOR GERMANY HARDEN HOLDS 1 ny Dy T MILIAN MA-M-MILIAN HARDEN lI RDE Central 1 Europe's t t tJ J t Special Dispatch Copyright 1926 by The Consoli Consolidated dated Pr Press ss Association April 1111 11 11 A The Nationalists already have don done an for Cor service for Tor the German re- re republic re republic public by announcing announcing- their wish to lo make l Field Marshal von on Hindenburg president A cont contest st between en Marx 11 1 and 1 Jarres would not have hav kindled kindle a fiery passion plU lon The Tho two men Marx as chancellor and Jarres Jarrea as vice chancellor ruled p peacefully together They hold political views only slightly different and anil the ques- ques question ques tion which or of o the two color color- colorless colorless colorless less figures should be b elected to the th highest office would have o failed Called to move the masses to anything more than lukewarm But confessional confessional- dIfference troubled the Hie atmosphere Marx b being a Catholic the th Socialists Socialist and lind Liberals hesi- hesi Lat tt d to vote voto vot for him for rear fear of strengthening the Catholic party parly which six times In five years held the and whoso narrow viewpoint has lIas been ben unwillingly accepted by the tho protestant majority e In North orth Germany Jarre Jarres s as a Lutheran would have ha obtained many votes from those thos who preferred Marx politically but Bavarian totes otes would never ne haw hale been given II Jarres as the candidate or of the Evangelical association or of papists anti INow Now the th field if Ic I tree free I rind Ind nd I the atmosphere clear l For or or against simply The IThe man In the street under under- understands understands under stands I stands this slogan and the coldest blood becomes fever fever- feverIsh feverish ever ever- ish Ian Now the election Is I or of widespread Importance and there Is no doubt about the voter having ha a duty to per per- perform perform per perform form At first the Catholics So- So Socialists Socialists So Socialists and Democrats who united for Cor Marx were frightened fright fright- ened ene by Hindenburg agreeing to become a candidate But wrongly so On the til contrary they should rejoice Only now there Is fire Ore In the te battle and their high aim can cnn recomPense recompense pense them for their trouble Angered Incomprehensibly In Inthe the belief that the coalition or of parties intended to de- de deprive deprive de deprive them o ot of the legitimate fruits of or victory Ictor the National National- National Isis Iss unmasked too loo soon re- re resorting r sorting to the desperate measure of oC proclaiming von on Hindenburg as a their candidate candi candi- candidate candidate date The They do not fear ear the bad Impression thai that may be created abroad Loi Lot hesitations on the dl disarmament Question the friendly speeches or of Auslen Austen Chamberlain and PremIer the still more tender filder whisperings of ot Am- Am Ambassador Am Ambassador d'Abernon and re- re repeated re pc Invitations invitation to join the League of ot Nation Nations halo o ha cau caused d them to Imagine that the world realizes the necessity necessity Cor sit sity for tor a completely recon recon- reconciled reconciled con con- Germany and therefore would w open the doors dool's wide to any German government The unpleasant echo from the the proclamation will 11 cure urt them of or this Illusion The most conciliatory gov gov- government government government could not make mak tho rho smallest concession on the salutary question to a Ger Oer- Germany many represented by General von on Hindenburg or continue with It a lon of a a se- se security se security curtly pact because nobody believes this Germany would 1 accept Irrevocably Irre the loss of Alsace Lorraine and repudiate the use of ot force on her east east- eastern eastern east eastern ern frontiers frontier The system personified by byon on by on Hindenburg Is the th one whIch during during- and after the war has done unspeakable the harm the system ot of keeping 1 epI lg up spirits in the tho army by tell tell- tellIng tel tel log Ing the people false fale news Sad Sad examples or of o this thi system were the th obstinate negation of the Marne defeat In 1914 the repeated assertion that hat the German blockade would not allow American soldiers to reach rech Fr France nce and reports ot of othe the annihilation or of o French troops which afterwards were wre let loose loone by Marshal Focht Foch from the Compels ne wood The same tame system made von Hindenburg the greatest general gen gen- general gen general eral of all times time Certainly he was a splendid general but all Ideas came from General If anyone desertes desen es laurels 11 It Is and the bitter de- de development 1 of o his hi character Is largely due to the fact t that hat ho he was made responsible for all mistakes while the marshal who said the war was doing him as much good lIS as a a sea sea- seaside sea seaside side elde resort was raised to the rank of or an Infallible This legend Is 11 counted on to 10 help a 11 year old man to reach the highest post post In the republic Will m th the Republicans Republicans cans have the tho courage to sub sub- sub sub- substitute substitute truth for legend and ask the nation openly whether whether er they wish to provoke the mockery ot of the whole world by this politically Ig- Ig ignorant Ig Ignorant man It If so the bat bat- battle battie bat battle tle tie Is won for tor them But It If they they respect the legend ot of the greatest German since Luther then the German republic re- re re republic public is put to a much more dangerous test lest than were the French In MacMahon's days das as aa president of or France Franca In any case It Is a gain for Cor I Germany that the National National- NationalIsts Nationalists to by blindly refusing recognize realities have e de- de deprived de deprived themselves ot or a teal I right to lo rule |