THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORT LAND, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 211918
TIME FOR CHANGE
IN GERMANY HELD
NOT YET ARRIVED
Council of Six in Control Prac
tically Has Assumed Executive
PoweryThough Without Right.
MUCH DISORDER PREVENTED
Country More or Less Continuing
Under Momentum of Tradition,
Though Iron Rule Is Passed.
By A. It. Pecker
Special Cabla to The 'ion ma I and ChicafS
Dally Srwn.
(Cnnyrlrtt. 1018, by ChW-aao Parly 3 Co-I
Berlin. Dec. 11. (Delayed) The po
litical situation In Germany being in a
period of transition is somewhat com
plex. The former Iron rule Is gone and
the country is more or less continuing
under the momentum of tradition. The
ship of state, still manned toy the former
secretarial bureaus, has a new helmsman
who is as yet uncertain upon his course
and la trying to choose between the
democracy of different shades of social
ism and anarchy.
- German rule now lies in a council of
people's delegates of six men. of which
j;bert Is president, lie and Scheldemann
and Lannherg are all moderate or ma
jority Socialists. The others are Haase,
Dlttman and Barth. 'Independent So
cialists. This council has .practically
assumed executive power. At the time
of the revolution the 'soldiers and work
men, being quickly organized into coun
cils, were able to claim the largest- rep
resentation. Using their Influence to
maintain order and then, gradually real
izing their power, they began to assume
the political functions of government,
though a large number of people were
not represented by them.
v Cornell Effeets Compromise
The council of people's delegates being
Meak compromised, admitting the workmen-
and soldiers as a parliament and
designating themselves as the executive
power. No doubt the organization of the
soldiers'- and workmen's council pre
vented much disorder, but, not having
been chOHcn by all the people. It has no
right to assume the government promi
nently. This is recognized by most of
the soIdlers and workmen, who are
willing to dissolve their council when Its
work has been accomplished, but this
time has not yet come, they claim. The
executive committee of the council of
soldiers and workmen is composed of
two men, Richard Muller and Brutus
Molkenduhr. who are quite strong and
who, perhaps, dislike to give -up their
power. .
The great majority of the people seem
to be behind the present government of i
the Ebert. or moderate- Socialist, wing.
Khert and his associates are considered
honest by all, but many think they are
4oo radical and some think they , are too
weak. The moderate Socialists-want to
gain their ends by evolution and not
revolution. They desire the gradual
socjaiizarion or puDiic utilities, railroads
afid mines, freedom of speech and press
and Just taxes. They wish to have
IadeprndeaU Cater .to Extremists
The Independent Socialists who are
quite radical wish Immediate socializa
tion. They are really, though not open
ly, catering slightly to the extreme So
cialists.' When the Russian Bolsheviki
aid that they wished to aend delegates
to the national assembly1, the independ
ents said that they would be welcome.
Since the revolution the moderate Social
ists tried to carry out radical schemes
which they found would not work la
practice. They discovered that they
needed the advice of experts and re
verted often to the old fundamental eco
nomic laws. They found that the fac
tories could not operate without raw
materials, engineers, an office force and
merchants.
The extreme right consists of the Ger
man National party, composed of former
conservatives, free conservatives. Junk
ers, some peasant and clericals. Then
there Is the German Democratic center, j
or Clerical National People's party, and
then the moderate Socialists which in
Berlin, include many workmen's and
soldiers' councils. The Independent So
cialists include provincials, soldiers and j
workmen. The extreme left is com- j
posed of but few men. These are the
Spartacus group, who are also - called
Bolshevikl because they are In favor of
cooperation with the Russians and a
world revolution. ' "
"Internationalism" an Element '
Independents favor the "internation
al," though they offer nothing definite
for Its realization. Probably these will
go with the party, though the data are
rather unreliable. The German Demo-,
eratic party, just to the left of the
German National party, consists of all
the liberal elements, the old Progressive
People's party and also the National
Liberal party. The liberals are mainly
city people and bourgeois capitalists.
The National Liberal party had pan
German tendencies, favored the subma
rine warfare and was represented by
Stresemann, The National Liberals
wanted to Join the German Democratic
party, which declared that the door was
open and that all National Liberals could
enter but that they could not have any
special seat or committee rights and
could not be leaders. -
The center -or' Clerical party is quite
strong and well organized. It has con
siderable Influence among the women
who now have the vote. The National
People's party leans toward moderate
socialism. Berlin at present does not
have any considerable influence over the
provinces, though the influence Is grow
ing as the provinces thought Berlin was
too radical.
Rnla of Business Feared
This was true particularly of indus
trial centers like Westphalia, the Rhine
and Bavaria, which feared the ruin of
business through the weakness of the
government. Under the old regime the
domination of Prussia was always un
questioned. Holding 17 votes, it always
obtained a majority. This domination
is definitely gone. The tendency seems
to be towards the formation of a num
ber of small republican states all within
Germany and more or less federalized
with their boundaries 'slightly changed,
Bavaria, becoming larger by including
smaller neighboring states, and Prussia,
becoming smaller through Wurtemberg,
Baden, Hanover and Schleswlg becoming
separate states. There is talk even now
of a new capital at Wimar or Frankfort.
ENTENTE ADVANCE
MAKING KRESS
FAR INTO RUSSIA
Finns Expected to Act in Full
Accord With Allies Now That
Mannerheim is Again at Helm.
REVEL BRITISH FLEET BASE
Russian Leaders Opposed to
Bolshevik Movement Meet in
Conferences at Stockholm.
Lumber Company
Employes Present
Cup to N. E. Ayer
Employes of the St. Johns Lumber
company to the number et 200 assembled
this morning to present' a silver loving
cup to N. K. Ayer, president of the com
pany. O. Howard, an employe, made
the presentation speech. Mr. Ayer was
somewhat overcome; but made a heart
felt reply. The cup bears the inscription,
"Christmas, 1918, to N. E. Ayer from
his employes and in lecognition of his
manly, fair and helpful conduct toward
us at all times." Mr. Ayer has . been
president of the company since its estab
lishment in 1905. v
IRE THAN 0
Auto Driver Given
100-Day Sentence
The heaviest Jail sentence ever meted
out in the municipal court on a charge
of driving an automobile while intoxi
cated was given to William Joores this
morning by Judge Rossman. He was
sentenced to serve 100 days in the coun
ty Jail. Joores denied that hfe was in
toxicated, saying he had not had a "good
drink" for two years.
Oysters can be kent in filtered water
for two weeks without injury or loss of
weight, according to a French scientist.
By Bassett Dlgby
8pecial Cabla to Tha Journal and Chicaio
Daily Newa,
(Coprricht. 1918. by Chicago Daily Newa Co.)
"Stockholm, Dec. 21. The decks have
been cleared for action in Russia. En
tente troops are flowing up to Kiev
from Odessa,' our southern base,' the
Murman expedition has the northern
situation well in hand and the Ural
forces are advancing with new and
excellent organization and equipment.
Through the London consultations with
General Mannerheim, wbo is now the
leader, Finland' will be in full accord
with such steps, active or passive, as
may be taken.
The British fleet has reached Reval
at the urgent request of the Esthonian
authorities and the entente Is taking
over the administration of the Estho
nian railways, posts and telegraphs.
Reval must constitute the Baltic base,
as by this time the ice conditions ren
der water approach to Petrograd im
possible until the 'end of next April.
Conference at Stockholm
Important political conferences will
occur .shortly in Stockholm, where
the former premier, Trepoff, the former
assistant minister . of interior. Prince
Volkonsky, the former chief of the
department of foreign affairs, Baron
Taube. Senator Zasseadks. Gener-U
Massalskl and other noted Russians
are assembled. I learn that Terestch
tnko Is also here. The American min
ister, Ira Nelson Morris, has- conferred
with M. Trepoff and General. Tudenlch,
the hero of Erzerum, is also visiting
the legation to confer with Mr. Morris.
Swedish social democratic and liberal
riewspapers have expressed alarm at
what they Imagine to be preparations
for a monarchtstic or autocratic coup,
but I am assured that the discussions
were limited to the ascertaining of a
wide range of views, the transmission
of which would be valuable to the
entente government in the formation of
a Russian policy. It will be recollected
that there was a similar gathering of
Russian political personages recently
in a town in Southern Russia.
31 sen Work Ahead
The Bolsheviki have made such utter
chaos of the Russian administration
that much expert testimony will oe
needed before the details of our line
of action can be made clear when our
military forces reach Petrograd, Mos
cow and other Rusuian centers. A
Russian temporary administration wiU
rrobably be established if backed up
byn armed force. Then food will be
brought in for the sufferers and prep
arations will be hastened for a constit
uent assembly that will enable the peo
ple to elect the kind of a government
they want.
ARRIVE ON BALI
Several Casual Companies, 865
Sick and Wounded and Others
Among Passengers.
New York, Dec 21. (U. P.) The
White Star liner Baltic arrived In port
today with 99 officers and 1943 enlisted
men. They are classified as follows:
Twenty-nine officers and 1070 men of
Winchester casual companies 1057, 1058,
1059, 1060, 1061. 1063 and 1064 : six casual
officers and 859 men sick or wounded ;
seven officers and 13 men of medical
detachments; 13 officers of quarter
master's corps ; eight officers of air
service ; 30 officers of chemical warfare
service : one officer of adjutant general's
department, one officer of medical corps
one officer infantry and one enlisted
infantryman.
The United States transport v George
Washington which took President Wll
son to France is due to arrive in port
on Christmas day, it was reported at
the embarkation headquarters today.
She will bring the complete 139th field
artillery consisting of 63 officers and
1484 men. Headquarters company of the
137th field artilleries and batteries A, B,
D and E. consisting of 33 officers amf
824 men, also are aboard.
Others on board are 49 officers and
82 men of advanced school detachments
of the 11th division ; two officers and
103 men of casual detachment No. 1 of
the chemical warfare service ; 35 of
ficers and 149 casual officers of the
138th field artillery and 938 sick and
wounded.
WALLOWA COUNTY
HASW.S.S, QUOTA
Full Amount Pledged and Will Be
- Collected; School Children
Help to Intensify Drive.
.By Fred Lorkley
-.Enterprise, Dec. 21. With a per cap
ita wealth of $1673. it will not be diffi
cult for Wallowa county to 'meet her
quota of $208,540 worth of War Savings
Stamps. In fact, there la only $44,000
yet to raise and this amount is already
pledged, so it la merely a matter of re
minding those w ho "have not yet bought
their stamps of their promise to do so.
Jay H. Dobbin of Enterprise is county
chairman of the War Savings drive. I
hadthe pleasure of meeting at lunch
eon a group of the' workers in the
drive. Those present were Jay H. Dob
bin, county chairman; W. J. Ortman.
county organiser; Ben Weathers, post
master of Enterprise; W. C. Jackson,
chairman of the industrial committee of
the War Savings Stamps; George P.
Cheney, editor and proprietor of the
Record-Chieftain ; L. A. Cook, editor and
proprietor of the Joseph Herald; J. M.
Bledsoe, editor and proprietor of the
Wallowa Sun. and J. W. Boyd, editor
and proprietor of the Wallowa County
Reporter.
Plana Made for Publicity
Every newspaper in the county being
represented, plans were formulated for
wide publicity. Each paper is going to
carry a story from Counte Chairman
Dobbins in its next issue and all the
county papers will come out with strong
editorials urging their readers to make
good on their pledges. Printed cards
are to be sent to each of the 21 post
offices in the county to be placed above
the general delivery windows. Those
who have pledged sums of from $100 to
$1000 will be notified and in spite of
the ban on speaking on account of the
Influenza, a whirlwind campaign is
planned to put Wallowa over the top.
so that she will have a clear record
In every form of war work activity.
Between 500 and 600 Wallowa county
boys are in service, of whom 334 are
selective draft men. There are 19 geld
stars In the-county's service flag:
School Children Are Active
The school children have demonstrated
that they can work and save. James J.
Hill once said: "If you want to know
whether you are destined to be a suc
cess or a -failure in life, you can easily
find out. The test is simple and it is
infallible. Are you able to save mon
ey? If not, drop out. You will lose.
You may think not. but you will lose as
sure as you live. The seed, of success
is not In you." .. . .
Friday I interviewed Howard James,
city superintendent - of school, and also
J. C Coney, county superintendent.
"Enterprise has 550 pupils In school."
said Professor James, "and SI teachers.
The schools have been closed during the
last eight weeks and will not reopen
until January C on account of the influ
enza. "Every pupil above the third grade
wrote an essay on thrift and every pu
pil above the third grade delivered a
four-minute talk on thrift and War
Savings Stamps. The winner in each
room in the. grammar grades competed
with the other winners in the grammar
grades. The final winner' was Alice
Revis. The' winner In the Intermedi
ate grades was Alice Amey and in- the
high school Leola Ratcliff. We raised
about $3500 from the sale of Stamps In
our school." .
Rainbow Keglaeats Formed
"We organised the school children
of the county Into five Rainbow regi
ments." said County Superintendent
Conley. "The first regiment raised
$1600. the second $1150. the third $900,
the fourth $1300 and the fifth $150.
"There are 3530 children of school age
in Wallowa county, of whom 1833 are
males and 1677 are females. We have
134 teachers, of whom 22 are men and
112 women. We did have 87 school dis
tricts, but 10 districts have been aban
doned through the buying up of home
steads by wealthy Individuals or com
panies.
"We pay an average monthly salary
of $65 a month to teachers 1n one-room
school houses and $77.40 in school houses
having two or more rooms. The total
amount expended on our schools last
year was $190,943.22. of which $59,448
was for school buildings at Enterprise.
"Yes. the children took a lot of Inter
est In the W. S. S. drive. It teaches
them habits of thrift and makes them
better citizens.
"Wallowa county will make good in
this drive as she has In all others."
Bolshevik Fund Sent to Berlin
Berlin (Via Copenhagen). Dec 21.
(I. N. rS.) Twenty-four million marks
were sett by the Russian Bolsheviki to
Jaffe. the Bolshevik envoy at Berlin,
for the spreading of propaganda, the
Socialist newspaper Vorwaerts stated
today. A majority of this sum remained
in the hands of the Spartacus group. It
was said.
Steamer West Modus Launched
Week-end activities at the Northwest
Steel company closed at noon today
with the launching of the 8800-ton steel
government ship West Modus, the twenty-first
hull to take the water at the
yard. The- launching was a success.
Miss Elizabeth Gray, daughter of C. H.
Gray, sales agent for the United States
Steel Products company of Portland,
was the sponsor.
MISSTATES
A. P.
FACTS, SAYS LODGE
Senator Demands Correction of
Dispatch Carried by News
Service.
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Washington. Dec. 21. (U. P.) Sail
ing of the following transports from
France for the United States was an
nounced by the war department today : j
Aeolua left tecember 18, with 2929,
sick and wounded ; 2824 enlisted men, 105
officers.
TJisdonari left December 18, with
casual company, 112 men and 17 casual
officers.
Sam Land sailed December 17, wlth-
18 casual officers. ;
La France left December 17 with head
quarters Sixty-third field artillery bri
gade ; advaice school detachment 11th
division ; batteries C and F, 137th field
artillery with supply company, ordnance
detachment, medical detachment from
Arkansas, Mississippi. Alabama, Illinois
and District of Columbia ; casual com
panies 314 to 319 inclusive ; medical de
tachment casuals, sick and wounded,
totaling over 1600 men and officers,
Washington. Dec. 21. (L N. S.) As
serting thst he had been "grossly mis
represented in Associated . Press dis
patches from Paris." Senator Lodge of
Massachusetts, on the floor of the sen
ate Friday, demanding a correction of
a dispatch published in Friday morning's-
papers relating to Senator Lodge's
21 points of peace.
Senator Lodge called attention to the
dispatch, which said President Wilson
was receiving voluminous reports of oc
currences In Washington, ail of which
he was closely studying. The president
had read with particular interest, the
dispatch said, what purported to be 21
points of peace outlined by Senator
Lodge. ,
"1 made no speech in the senate."
Senator Lodge claimed. "I have not out
lined any 21 points of peace or any other
number of potnts. On December -10 I
presented a petition for printing In the
Record, which I had received from the
National Association of Patriotic Soci
eties. It contained 21 points of peace.
"They were not mine, nor did they
represent my vlewa. Tomorrow I shall
give my views to this chamber. Two oi
these peace points are a league of na
tions and control of raw materials by
the allies.
"As for a league of nations. I don't
think it should be made a part of the
peace with Germany. It should be
treated as a separate matter entirely.
As for control of raw materials by the
allies, i never neara or sucn a propo
sition. ' "This is no time for misrepresentation
of men or Issues. The events through
which we sre passing are too important.
No press association has the right to
misrepresent the facts. The press asso
ciation that has done so, in Justice to
me, should Immediately correct It."
It L. Palton D 1
R. L. Patton. 67 years of age. an em
ploye of the Northern Pacific railroad,
died Thursday afternoon at 67H Third
street as a result of pneumonia. Deputy
Coroner Goetsch has been unable to lo
cate any of the relatives or friends of
the dead man.
TWO NURSES SUCCUMB f
TO INFLUENZA. WHILE
CARING
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PAINTS
Miss Maud B. Myrick and Miss
Mary Weitzel Die at. Posts '
of Duty. .
Miss Maude B. My rick, chief nurse at .
"The Cedars." detention home lor ,
women near Troutdale. died Friday '
night at St. Vincents hospital following
an attack of Spanish influenza. .
IIm Xfvrllr la th. uw rH ti lira n
imnmK tn AimMmum In tti Iwn
days. Miss Mary Weltsel. aged 31. a
graduate nurse, having died Thursday
night at the home of her sister. Mrs..
Lt. n. i nompaon, or uz .-ortn xwenty
third street, where she was' llvinar.
MIks Weltsel was nursing sn lnflu-
ensa patient in Laurelhurst, but became
too weak to stand any longer and called
a taxicab to take her home. She died
two hours after arriving. , '
Miss Weitxel was enrolled in the Red,
Cross snd expected to be called into
service at any moment. '
Miss Weltsel is survived by her father,.
street, three brothers and three sisters -Her
body is at the Ericson undertaking ,
parlors.
Miss Myrtck's body will be sent to SU
Maries. Idaho, her former horse, for
burial. . .
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"LITTLE
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A Royal Entertainment,
of a Patriotic Little
Woman Who Believes
That Uncle Sam Is
Worth Supporting in
Peace ss Well as
in War.
JUST LIKE GOOD FOOD
YOU'LL RELISH THIS.
British Liberals, It Is Said, Will
Urge Definition of Stand
Puring London Visit.
By Lowell Mellett
London, Dec. 21. (U. P.) President
Wilson, arriving here immediately after
Christmas, will be urged by liberal
leaders to define his attitude toward
Russia.
Many officials regard the Russian
situation as one of the most important
problems now confronting the world.
The belief is expressed that, inasmuch
as the president probably will publicly
discuss freedom of the seas and the
league of nations, he should also ex
plicitly define another of his 14 prin
ciples, self determination and its ap
plication to Russia. Such action on
his part, it is believed, certainly will
clarify the situation.
The controversy regarding continued
presence of allied forces In Russia is
rapidly involving everyone in the em
pire with any pretense of political opin-
i ion. It has been given fresh impetus
by rumors that the British government
plans.-to send a great expedition to oc
cupy Petrograd. Moscow and other cen
ters this winter. '
Kven the Liberal newspapers. Includ
ing Premier Lloyd George's- personal
organ, the Chronicle, indicate they will
bitterly oppose any plan contemplating
further military action against Russia.
Opinion is divided - here as to the
thoroughness of Lord Milner's explana
tion of he government's attitude to
ward EJiasia that the allied armies
must remain to prevent the spread of
"DarDansm- tnrougnout the country,
and to protect the majority of the
Russian people from the Bolsheviki.
In some quarters the war secretary's
statement is accepted without reserve
but a number of newspapers and
civilian groups maintain that the gov
ernment should at once clearly .define
its plan of campaign in Russia and
"nake it evident that we are not
pursuing illegitimate ends."
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purporting to represent all the best front
regiments bearing signs on poles, turned
out to be a mere bluff prepared by
George Ledebour for the soldiers, who
represented his personal friends rather
than the support of the violent So
cialists who werd today denounced by
otner soldiers.
The opposition is merely based upon
a desire to continue the present sol
diers and workmen's council, who. hav
ing been poor wage earners, are draw
ing 60 marks ($12.50 a day) and
wish to cling to their jobs. Ledebour
and Liebknecht, though violent char
acters and pitiless, if in "' power, are
more or less bogiemen who make more
noise than they do harm.
This afternoon the same tactics were
tried . to break up the assembly as
yesterday, but the delegates knowing
the smallness of the motive refused
to tolerate interruptions and futile dis
putes. At noon a few demonstrators
from the Spartacus group formed out
side the Herrenhause (house of lords)
but they were ignored by everybody.
Then the people are becoming tired
of the red flag which is losing its
power to frighten. Doubtless Herr
Ebert will begin to execute the measures
adopted by congress.
The Bolsheviki in the Herrenhause
see the !end of their dream of being
able to wreck everything in order to
save some from the debris for themselves.
The leading article in THE LITERARY DIGEST this week presents an enlightening sum
mary of the demands that Britain may make at the peace conference as revealed in the editorial
pages of the great English newspapers; also the most significant editorial comment in this coun
try regarding them.
While German sympathizers and propagandists, we are told by Judson C Welliver in the New
York Globe, are blowing assiduously upon every spark of anti-British feeling that is still alive in
this country and are magnifying every suggestion of divergence between President Wilson and
the British government, we find the American press discussing in an entirely dispassionate vein
the outspoken words of Winston Churchill and Lloyd George concerning Britain's naval policy and
other questions that will surely come up for discussion at the peace conference.
Other articles of greafinterest in this number of "The Digest" are:
Holland's Unwelcome Guest
Translation from the Dutch Press Which Throw a Clear Light Upon the Present
Condition of the Kaiser in His Retreat in Holland
Military. Camarilla Active
. Zurich, Dec 21, (L X. S.) The mili
tary camarilla in Germany is in control
of the counter-revolutionary movement
that is brewing there, according to in
formation from the German frontier to
day. General Ludendorff and Admiral
von Tirpitz, both of whom were previ
ously reported to have fled from Ger
many, are now known to be In that
country and are said to be in accord
with the other military plotters.
Germany Not Starving
Our Share in Winning the War
A Critical Moment for Jugo-Slavia
Ninety-nine Per Cent Starvation
Substitutes for War
Rostand
Sowing Seeds in Shipyards
Whitefield on the Pennsylvania
Campus
The Shipyard Religion
News of Finance and Commerce
War -Taxes for Peace Years
The Peru -Chile Tiff
Wireless Emancipated by an Ameri
can Inventor
Whale Steaks
How the "Flu" Mask Traps the Germ
Democracy in the Berlin Opera
Where Women Do Not Lead
Bolshevism Challenging the Church
Personal Glimpses of Men and Events
Best of the Current Poetry
Mrs. G. W. McMath,
Named Secretary
Of Board of Relief
Sirs. George W. McMath. well-known
clubwoman and former president of the
Oregon Congress vat Mothers, has been
appointed secretary of the county board
of relief, to serve during the leave of
absence allowed Henry Griffin, perma
nent secretary. - The appointment was
made Friday by the county commission
ers. ' The selection was basbd soon Mrs,
McMath's training along welfare lines,
through her connection with civic en
terprises. She is now secretary of the
state; board of vocational training and
chairman of the legislative committee
of the vClty Federation of Wuiun'i
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Budget Estimate
Of Washington Is j
Indorsed as Fixed
Hillsboro. Dec 21. The Washington
county budget meeting this -morning
unanimously voted, to sustain the esti
mates for 1919 as published by the
county : court- C. O. Roe of Forest
Grove presided as chairman, and Ben
ton Bowman of Hillsboro was eiected
secretary. The general tax .voted is
J393.S93.60. including the state tax.
Aside from this, StO.OQO was voted for
permanent road work on ' laterals lead
ing north and south from Hillsboro and
Forest Grove and other important roads.
A resolution was carried by a, rising
vote instructing the Washington county
delegation to work in the legislature for
the reenactment of the 2 per cent re
bate on taxes promptly paid.
Public Ownership Proposed
By Frank J. Taylor
Berlin. Dec. 20.(Night) (U. P.)
The Arbeiter-Soldatenrath at its final
session adopted a measure providing for
government ownership of mines and all
essential industries. It also instructed
the peoples' council to begin socializing
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The outcome of the epoch-making visit of the
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