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Show llSSSt EXPLAINS RUN jilFSLL Also Recites Causes of Revolution in Former German Empire. BY CHARLES A. SELDEN. I (Chicago Tribune Cable, Copyright.) PARIS, May 12 (Delayed). In the Matin this morning there is an interview with Hugo Haase, leader of the German Socialists. Haase tells of the beginning of the revolution. "Among the causes of the revolution," he says, "was the long duration of the war, which had sapped our moral, physical physi-cal and financial forces. The people were weary of the' military yoke, and the propaganda at the front put the army in a revolutionary stale. It is true the revolution began in the interior of the country, spreading to the army, but even .without that our military defeat was inevitable. in-evitable. "The numerical superiority of the enemy, his superiority in material, especially espe-cially in tanks, had brought final confusion con-fusion to German troops. "Ebert and Scheidemann created volunteer vol-unteer regiments and were opposed to the socialization of industry, and by force of inertia only served to precipitate the ideas of Bolshevism that had been in suspension. They began hostilities against Poland. "The organization of these regiments conserved the detestable spirit of militarism. mili-tarism. "When I was in the government a law was voted creating a volunteer service, with an entirely different organization. organ-ization. Upon the expiration of their terms of service the soldiers and officers were alJ considered again civilians, with no right to carry arms. All military honors and decorations, all uniforms, tinsel, tin-sel, everything that turns the head of youth, was strictly abolished. The law still exists, but it has been curiously forgotten. for-gotten. "So, according to the letter, militarism has not yet been conquered in Germany, but it will never regain the favor it had before the war." As to the present German politics, Haase adds: "It is possible the present government will continue for some months. There may be a conservative dictatorship or a better understanding between the majority major-ity and Independent Socialists, and so a union Socialist government from which Scheidemann, Noske, Plansberg and Heinie will be rigorously excluded. Ebert alone may be retained in a secondary capacity." |