Show EBERT WILL BE REMEMBERED CHIEFLY BY HIS MISTAKES MAXIMILIAN HARDEN SAYS T By Br 31 N M N II Central Europe I rob rob- ii 1st t Radio 1325 1925 by Consolidated Press Association A Feb Fob 28 23 AJ A A Who Vho will tilI III be bo tho the next of Germany Herr F Ebert esen eHn e before his Illness declared ho he not bo be a n candidate Con Con- Contrary Con Contrary iran to the expectations ho he had been elected not aol b popular l Ian lar r vote ote but by ment In thich his pirt the tho 8 dom democrats who ho were acre ere eligible to hold lOld cabinet offices e een en en under the tho imperial German govern govern- government ment covern-ment ment were predominant Ebert held hehl office for tor 1 ears on this thil basis During the last lat three It it was as apparent that he did not notha noth ha base hae e e the th sll t chance of being reelected by the tho people It Is I futile to attempt today to draw a balance balanc bal nce sheet on Ebert s administration His most ardent admirers cannot gainsay tho the fact tact that he ho U ns for tor Germans German l i greatest mistakes mistake First denial Of military defeat second 1 too gentle gentl treatment of the and t what hat hat thel the call th their lr property third restoration restoration restoration of or old military po powers ers and fourth the reparations strike and passive In the Kuhr which cot cost Ger- Ger Germany Germany Ger Germany many enough enouch to pay off oU all alt her debts without ruining the tho cur cur- currency cur currency rency In the Herr Ebert despite his hi con cor- corpulence cor corpulence was sas a spry fellow tas as liked by Wilhelm then hen ho he as kaiser kal er and Ebert endeavored endeavored endeavored ored to sate sae sa e the monarchy front from the people s 1 1 h lie remained the th pet pot of tho the na- na na nationalists until two years ago for they thought a man ho ho repressed strikes strike ga eave gae e General on on a free tree hand and endO ed himself as president nith Hh prerogatives which no kleer kiser e eer er enjo ed eds s wi ls the best possible maI makr until the could be bo re- re restored restored rc stored They only lost con confidence I- I dence In him hint when he lie because of his hi party parly s profound felt folt constrained to re- re ro-fu ro fuse fuso o to call the monarchists to power cn c otter after they hey had won the tho election It Is Impossible to tell yet sho ho the nationalists n will put In Dbert's place General ton on Is too old and ami too tarnished Admiral tort ion on Tir- Tir Tir I also Is too gray eray headed and he ne er was tas Ad- Ad Admiral Ad Admiral miral is Il not kno n welt well enough h despite his lee lee- lec lectures tures lures Ills his 19 0 n Doubtless the Iho ele deter eleer er nation nation- nationalists will Ill hesitate to pro ok pro antagonism both at home and and abroad by selecting an unmistakable militarist candidacy The Tho oft suggested or of tho Iho former ero crown n prince certainly be a 0 blunder and the lie suggestion of ot Captain Eckener who oho ho took the th I 3 to America I Is a Joke von Buelow would have havo tho be best chance chanco of o election but hut he ha Is too old being 77 ht s hit Is it really wanted Is a genuine monarch monarchist lot who ho Is not et Ct known prominently as such uch and who Is I acceptable to the Catholic center party It ItIs Itis ItI Is hoped that such uch a man will willbo willbo ho bo found In the th ranks of the south German nobility The Tho name namo might be bo Count or Count Lerchenfeld At any rate It is 19 I great luck for tor the tho republic that the mon men monarchists mon lack at the tho moment an outstanding figure The republicans hivo no such fig fig- figuro fir uro uro for tor tho center Catholics and democratS and dem dem- democrats dern- dern democrats could not unite today on one name Such a man as the historian or the tho th electrical magna magnate Ie Siemens could not get a m Herr Marx t that hat much touted Catholic Catholic- democrat Catholic democrat who aho ho was nag as chancellor a few months ago ayo and and tho ho now Is etching Ing to crete t Prussian cabinet I Is pushed for forward ard In tam aln aln lIe He Is too clums and especially In his choice ot of o aides and cn c the approval of or his Ills own party In Westphalia I Is no now doubtful Besides Belde he ho Is co- co co luthor co-luthor with t of or the Ruhr which his bis anathema among the electorate as s a crime against the state Thus no candidate let et aI appears pears The Tho lies lles Hh party Intrigues not with an honest desire to choose a man ho would dignity dignify Germany by hl hi uprightness and nobility The resIt re olt will nut again depend on the center party backed by bytho bythe byth the tho shrewd and POl possibly pos pos- sibly will nill III not be b ot of great Im- Im Importance Im tm Importance abroad T Two 0 things at least are ir certain certain tain Nobody can bo be elected aho ho hohas has gh cl en re reason son for severe severo censure even under the cm- cm em cm empire pine pire I since nee J Jul II 1914 HI 4 and the new president whether hether or of o the tight Ight or the left ns as the bol- bol hevIk lev recently stid of Ebert Ibert cannot remain In ot- ot office of office fice a day longer than General von Seed t the two tao 0 Ill nill explain why hy the Germin pub pub- public pub lie Ito lic today loday Is much more Inter Inter- Interested ested sted In the six day races the tho Barmat scandal t women omen omen s e ee e e c e- e e aing dress dres and bobbed hair than It Is In the th presIdential 1 elections |