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Show i Ebert Fears That Germany Ger-many Will Suffer as Mas Russia. ! KAISER AT FAULT t ! Germans Created Bolshevism Bol-shevism and May Yet . Suffecf rom It. LONDON. Dec. 17. (British Wireless Wire-less Press) Freidrlch Ebert, Socialist premier of Germany, declared in an interview yesterday that he did not know of any legal method by which William Hohenzollern's surrender could be forced. "I cannot think of any provision in law upon which tho former emperor would havo to be given up," he said. "But that is not a question that concerns con-cerns us. Wo have separated our- ! selves from him and desire that the guilt for the outbreak of tho war should be finally fixed in order that he may be exposed, onco for all." Asked as to his view of the future, Ebert replied: "I am optimistic but must remember remem-ber that our influence upon the course of events is limited. We cannot create cre-ate ifread for the German people. If the nation is allowed to starve, then the inevitable will follow. That any nation can bo brought to a desperate pass and burst through all restraints have been shown by the experiences of the past year. Our ' old system came to the ground as a result of Russian Rus-sian events which it Itself provoked. It is poor consolation, however, that j In falling one drags one's enemy to j the ground. To us any other solution would be preferable." I BERLIN', Monday, Dec. 16. Seeral I hundred boys and girls paraded through the streets of the city today on their way to the reichstag building i where the soldiers' and workmen's ; congress is being held. They deiuand- cd, among other things, votes for persons per-sons IS years of age, the aboli'.ion of corporal punishment in schools and the participation by children in the administration ad-ministration of the government and schools. The marchers carried red flags and incendiary placards. A 17 year old boy made an address warning the congress of "terrible consequences" con-sequences" if tho juvenile program was not carried out The chairman of the executivo committee declared his sympathy sym-pathy with tho children's demands. Later tho procession gathered in the square in front of the reichstag building build-ing whore youthful orators demanded tho removal of Premier Ebert and Phillpp Scheldemann from office, opposed op-posed tho convening of the national assembly and threatened a Juvenile strike throughout Germany if their demands de-mands were not immediately accepted. PARIS, Dec. 17. Several groups of Fronch women suffrage advocates have joined in Issuing a manifesto demanding de-manding that tho political rights of women bo recognized by the government govern-ment before tho next election. oo |