Evening Star Newspaper, October 2, 1921, Page 31

GERMAN SOCIAL DEMOCRATS SEEK FORMER FOES AS ALLIES :Demonstrate Willingness to Co-Operate With Capitalistic People’s Party—Lead- ers Lured by Ambition for Office. BY MAXIMILIAN HARDEN, Germai Foremost Publicist. By Cable to The Star. BERLIN, October 1.—It is hardly possible for foreigners to understand the significance of the meeting of the social democrats in the old Slav city of Goerlitz. People well may wonder how a party which three yvears ago tore old Germany to pieces, over- threw a score of dynasties and an- nounced an inexorable fight against all reaction, should declare now its readiness 1o accept governmental Power in co-operation with the peo- ple's party, which despite its name, Tepresents high finance and monarch- istic aspirations. The situation reminds one, of the disappointments of 1914 when these same “internationalists” instead of hindering the world war with a gen- eral strike, as they so often had threatened. patriotically voted credits 1o carry on the zreat slaughter. Result of Evolution. The French propensity to sce all oc currences in the German republic of today as nothing more than “boche camouflage” might seem justified over the present political situation, the careful observer will see in Goerlitz_only the culmination of a long evolution. To understand the situation easily one must compare temporal condi- 1 ith the eternal. The early istians, for instance, were a small i -ct who ~believed that the end of 1he world was approaching and that they must purify themselves for a future life in God's kingdom. Paul widened this belief into a world re- ligion, compatible with emperors and republics ang states. Unlike the ear)y Christianity. the social revolution of modern times has not been limited to soul and mind. The communist mani- to. or Bibl in rman, and the Slav communist manifesto differen- tiate as the Bible does between the struggling poor to whom heaven is oven and the presumptuous rich to whom it is closed. They proclaim' the proletariat above the bourgeoisie. as we call those who profit by the labor of others. They promise a Kingdom biessed justice on this earth, in Which the masses shall rise to great lieights, but this apparently can be sured "only by the temporary ble dictatorship of the proletariat. r half a century this prophecy been a horrible phantom before eves of the German government. 1 language and two attempts on th Wild ae life of the emperor determined marck to make a special law zainst “social democratic agitation which is dangerous to the commun- ity This Prussian creative genius, born the year Napoleon was dethron- ed. understood instantly whatever he saw even once..but he saw nothing of the masses, knew nothing of their life SAYS U.S-CANADIAN TRADE IS AT STAKE Newfoundland?finier Sees High Tariff as Killing American Exports. Special Dispatch to The Star. OTTAWA, Canada, October 1.—“I made several visits to Washington and interviewed President Harding. Secretary of State Hughes, Secretary of Commerce Hoover and Dr. Klein of the United States Department of Trade and Commerce,” said Sir Rich- ard Squires, premier of Newfound- land, “to impress on them that high tarift duties against the island will three in their favor.” “I was in touch with large financial interests whose business would be seriously handicapped in the event of the United States putting on a pro- hibitive tariff against the exportation of Newfoundland products, including codfish, herring and said Sir Richard. “At Washington I also ad- dressed the Senate finance commit- tee.” Balance of Trade Here. “The position I took,” he continued, ‘was that the balance of trade be- tween the United States and New- foundland was very largely in favor of the former, and that in preparing a draft tariff 'of such a nature as to prohibit the sale of our products there they were really striking a blow at United States trade with our coun- try. The quantity of our fish and oil consumed by the United States was shown to be exceedingly small as compared with the volume of trade they are doing with us. I showed that the gross consumption of United States products in Newfound- land, either shipped directly or pur- chased through Canadian houses, ap- proximated $20,000,000. as against $3,000.000 for the goods which the: took from us. leaving a balance trade of approximately twenty three in their favor.” Trade With Germany. While Canada’s imports show a sreat decline, there is still a vast amount of Canadian money finding its way to the American republic. (;overnment reports just out here <how a decline in exports from last vear, but that they are still nearly $90.000,000 in excess of those of 1919. Another interes! feature is that, in spite of the strong feeling against Germany, trade with that country zrows. While Canada’s imports for the year ended. in August, 1921, show a vast decline from the figures of last year, they are still nearly $90,000,000 in ex- cess of, the figures for 1919. Exports from Canada -during the three years have shown a_continuing decrease, according to a bulletin issued by the Dominion bureau of statistics. During the past vear imports from :he United Kingdom were valued at! $148,134,587, and from the United States $683,389,858. Exports to the United Kingdom were worth $283,858,581, and to the United States $455,011,563. The United Kingdom took more Cana- dian vegetable and animal products than did the United States, but in fibers and textlles, minerals and metals, chemical products, and espe- cially 'wood and paper, the United States was much the larger customer. Canada’s imports from Germany during the year ending August, 1921, totaled $2,065,266, as against $370,765 ‘ast year and $10,555 in 1919. Increas- ed Iimportation is also shown from Bermuda, British Guiana, Belgium, Mexico, Holland and Sweden. Canada’s exports to Germany in 1921 amounted to. $8,417,127, com- pared with $2,402,122 for 1920 and $38,157 in 1919. Increased trade for ‘his year over 1920 is also shown with Australis, the Argentine Republic, Mexico, the Netherlands and Italy. (taly bought from Canada last year Zoods valued at $48,202,387, compared with $24,235,481 in 1920 and $19,338,- 475 in 1919. —_——— The native ladles of Morocco are very particular about the preservation of their complexions. They wash their faces In rosewater, in which apricot kernels, baked and powdered, are in- troduced. Sometimes they apply a ‘wash which contains red radish scrapings red. inevi- | | or their aspirations, regarding them merely as cogs in a machine. He ) imagined that by compulsion and such palliatives as sick and old age j insurance he could arrest the move- ment toward equality. Once in the reichstag he offered, however, to give the social’ democrats a province in which they might try their com- munist experiment. If Bismarck now could see the party which so long fought him he would be astonished. No longer is it “dangerous to the community. What the strictest laws could not accomplish has been achieved by a brief glimpse of power. Effect of Oficeholding. If the world does not come to an end, then the religion which counted {upon that termination must be 1 changed to satisfy the needs of the | awellers on the earth who must and will be. fruitful and multiply. Three social democrats have been chancel- | lors and two dozen have been cabinet minfsters. all keeping their titles for life under the German custom. A former sad®fer and innkeeper is president of the republic, and since all state offices now are open to them. thousands o social democrats are in- terested in premerving the status quo, so after all is said and done, they cannot be so damnably bad as the | agitators' speeches would indicate. Until the war the social democrats | called themselves the enemies of Bourgeois society, but now they make a treaty with it. They have aban- doned their old international beliet jthat men of the same class in foreign lands stood. nearer together and could sympathize better than fellow coun- trymen of different classes. Does all of this mean that the Ger- yman worker has turned nationalist? {No. It simply means that social {democracy no longer is proletarian, but is a party of small officials and | impoverished tradesmen. It is really a national democracy and is hardly Isoctalistic. The leaders sometimes like to indulge in the old radical phraseology, but inwardly they desire | {settled conditions. under which they imay become presidents and cabinet ministers and aldermen. | Tendency of the Masses. The laboring masses consequently have turned to the independents, though many have become outright communists. But by far the greater number, bitterly disappointed, have withdrawn all party allegiance and are interested only in business ques- tions, wages, hours of labor and | prices. It is uncertain whether a coalition of the social democrats with the capi- talistic and basically monarchistic| people’s party will succeed and sur- mount the troublesome taxation ques- tion. But the very fact that this party of Marx, of Bebel and of Liebknecht. once “dangerous to the community,” | now seeks such a coalition, shows how | far it has progressed. (Copyright, 1921.) FIXES EXCHANGE RATE FOR DEBTS) By the Associated Press. PARIS, September 30.—Roland W. Boyden, American member of the rep- aration commission, ruled today that Belgium's debts to the allies, payable by Germany under the peace treaty, lshould be made at the rate of exchange !for gold marks on Armistice day, No- vember 11. 1918. He was asked to make a decision by the allied supreme [ which “we entertain owing to.our mu- | a E Fran A newspaper correspondent may lead am exciting life, but it's not always ome of luxury. thix chap—=a bullock cnart, with most hungry-looking motive power and a brigandinh-l0oking “chauffeur,” wax the best conveyance he could obtain to follow the Greek army on itx path (bnck and forth) through Asia Minor. A. Mills, an Associated Press correspondent in the Greek-Turk war. IFOXES OCCUPY TRENCHES. |UPRISING IN EAST SUDAN Make Homes on Some of Eur?_e's | Abdullah El Soghayer Reported Most Famous Battlefields. | | VERDU September 13.—Foxes | 4 {have multiplied greatly in the valley | onpor 1gf1 the Meuse. and in several dfstricts | iripesmen, under the fanatical le in Jam BREGON TAKES UP Ik \The soldiers, perhaps. had little idea e lra',’;f;“!“;"nd“'l‘n‘,'j . ot when they 'nicknamed them “fox- | e the infantry Cited as Indicating GOVern- | noies- “that "some. time ‘real foxes ' Let; The abuullah i reported to have R s would inhabit them. e pmritia ost e ment’s Collaboration in Sudan _-efvil service, MeNeill, and New World Movement. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, October 1.—Efforts on the part of the Mexican govern- ment to reduce its army and decrease ! | | ? a dinner given in icatia oeals tamily and a splendid castle are lo-|was arrested by federal agents. Hél delegates to the Mexican centennial.) 76q” there. Sarvar is mear Steina- | had just been released on bail after ar- was held here last week. The nanger, which is still reported to be | raignment on charge of receiving silk ent referred to these cfforts as dence of the government's de- sire to” “collaborate in the new or- ganization of the world in conformity with her own duties and aspirations. Purpose to Benefit People. “Mexico intends constantly to uucl the moral and mental status of her people,” President Obregon uunl!n-' ued, “and she has shown this unmi takably, although- modestly, by dis- charging™ regiments and bullalionu.I by increasing. her uppropriations for | public_instruction and preparing teachers and opening new schools. In I THE . SUNDAY .STAR, - WASHINGTON, D. ave made their holes in the desert- | d . LUDWIG AT SARVAR. | B Sy said to be purely local,| Former King of Bavaria Arrives; the center of all kinds of royalists' |stolen from two trucks held up in New machinations. French BUDAPEST. 2 ing Ludwig of Bavaria and his fam- receiving and war expenditures were referred to!ily have arrived at Sarvar, western|$1:300.000 in liberty bonds stolen from | last night by President Obregon at|Hungary, for what is expected to be a | the Toledo. Ohio, post office last Feb- honor of foreign.long stay. c, No limousines for He ! Killed in Attack on Nyalla. | KHART) Eastern Sudaif. Sep- lllAs«:\l&lI der, attacked Nyal-| 20.—A party of Abdullah El oghay and German _trenches. | without political significance. ACCUSED IN BOND THEFT. NEW YORK, October l1.—Accused of disposing of part of for Long Stay. | October 1.—Former | Extensive estates of the | ruary, Jacob Woi a silk merchant, | ! Jersey In July. OCTOBER 2, 1921—PART 1. RHINE ARMY COST ILL BE REDUCE U. S. Will Participate With Allies to Cut Expense in Occupied Region. By tie Associated Press, PARIS, September 20.—The United | States will participate with the allies in consideration of measures to re- ' jts results, It quotes I duce the total cost of all the armic in German-occupied territory to 240, 000,000 gold marks per annum, it is stated in American circles here. The question is to be discussed a the forthcoming financial conference | in Brussels, at which the United | States will be represented by G n,! Henry T. Allen. commander of the | | American army of occupation, and NORTHCLIFFE VIEWS ON ¥ the Associated LONDON, mittee of five |UNEMPLOYMENT BCNUSES DRY LAW DlSPUTED; ASKED BY COMM{INISTS o . Methodist Committee Declares Pro- Urge That Amount Grant:d Shall hibition Has Been Beneficial to Equal Average Weekly or United States. Daily Wages. Press. the Associnted Pro September 30.—A LONDON, Secptombe American delegates, jagents in Europe have relative to the unemployment cris cording to information from B com- | punist orders i g gl i navia, by which they are instructed i { recent alleged statements concsrning |8k for unempioyment bonuses frou | prohibition in the United States. municipalities on the principle that the The committee reviews the history [@mount grantcd cqual averag: ot the prohibition movement in the Weekly or d 33 { United Siates and cites statisties of orders expl that the . objec Sdent Hard- scheme i camoutlage the ling and other prominent Americans | ! ive activity of the communist {as having indorsed prohibition. and ¥outh, to eew Sonniclsal itakices - 204 and (o “convince workers that it pays insist, Judged by the usuat['O.PETRemployed’. . . w standard of results, that the prohibi- | g 50", [ itediondl e on law has been benefl 10 the | OF h ek people of the United Stat st S Sert, s 2l Al comutinie dustries and body electid {by the labor organizations. The |evss attained by the scheme. w itors, college wofes . D taken into consideration in timing t bishops, that we know from personal |outbreak of the n_revolution, observation that the prohibition law ! whigh probably will aw; rmany be- { has been of great benefit to the peo-, coming either a communist state or an Roland W. Boyden, American rep sentative with the reparations com- mission. Payment to U. . Problem. Another question to come before the conference will he the methods b which the United States is to be paid or the accumulated cost of the up- | keep of her Army on the Rhine. This problem is giving the allied experts concern, inasmuch as Germany con- tends that her first indemnity pay ment covercd fuily her obligations to date for the maintenance of all | the armies of occupation. Germany bases her contention upon the treaty of Versailles, which stipu- lates that the cost of the armies shall have priority over all other | charges and should have been taken ! out of the first indemnity install- | ment. The United States has expended nearly $260,000.000 for the mainte- nance of her forces of occupation. Should the allies accept the German : position, a8 American circles here re- | £ard as probable, the United States would have to collect the cost from the allied governments, among whom the first indemnity payment is ex- pected to be divided. ! 1t had been unofficially suggested that America accept German indem- | nity bonds, class A, in payment for the Army's upkeep. These bonds ma- ture in forty vears, and pay 5 per cent intere: Financial experts of the allies contend that the acceptance ; of these bonds by the American gov- ernment would give them { | ' i a vxxupl’ which they do not possess today. i ple among w 10m we live.”. aven ally of soviet Russia. GET OUT YOUR OLD HIGH SHOES and bring them here to us for quick and quality work. Our modern ma- _ chinery makes possible to restore old shoes like they were new. Our charges, as usual, are lower than other shops’. SHOE QUALITY st SHOP 417 11th SL NW. Sprosie Bvenine Star New Building that noble work the efforts of Mexico | mmm will not be confined to the limits of | her own territory. but she will go forth efiiciently to work in nearby ccuntries which may be found in! less favorable condition and which | may belicve, as Mexico does, that the | spiritual factors are these that givc| real strength to nations and render | human well being a possibility.” In his extended address President | Obregon thanked the delegates for their |1 presence here during the centennial, as- | suring them of the cordial feelings, tual understanding which was brought | about oy being under the roof of the same *dwelling." He asserted he be- | lieved that as a result of the great war | “all_humanity ill arise to a new life | chastened by the experience of the late Curopean: Struggle: -in . which: 4t.. was v e R A g Mexico Among Smaller Sufterers. “In the development of this life;” he added, “Mexico will bgoné the countries which will suffer less, because in the struggle in which she | now appears as victor, and rightly, | too, she has obtained as one of her | final and principal aims the libera- | tion of ancient prejudices, and an ad- | to] jcouncil when question arose as to|vanced position ~ which promises : | whether payment should be made at|&reater harmony and greater soclal | present rates or upon the rate at the | equality. ‘Antonio De Feimosa. special ambag. sador from Brazil, responded In be- half of the delegites, warmly prais- ing Mexico's hospitality and compH- menting President Obregon on the work he has accomplished. —_— - SOCIALIST CABINET LIKELY. STOCKHOLM, September 30.—The cabinet, headed by Oscar von Sydow, as premier, will resign Tuesday. Kifig Gustay is expected to ask Hjalmar Branting to form a new ministr which will be entirely socialistic, as the liberals have declared théir un- time the loans were made. The Versailles treaty prescribed that Germany should pay in gold marks Bel- gium's debts to the ailies, these debts having been contracted in pounds and francs. rance, therefore, was deeply interest- ed in the question as to whether the depreciation in the franc as regarded gold would be taken into account in Tepaying her. Her allies proposed that she receive the same number of francs as she lent Belgium, which would mean the loss of half the money advanced. France protested and the question then was discussed by the financial confer- | ence of August 13, at which time France proposed Boyden. 2 i asking arbitration by Mr. | willingness to join « new liberal-so- cialist coalition. 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