Evening journal., 1917-12-29
WAR PROFITS
CAUSE UNREST.

The Frankfurter Zeitung publishes a
vigorous leading article on proflteering,
In connection especially with army con-
tracts. II says that Germany thoroughly
appreciates the part played by industry
and agriculture in tho war, but that
the public has come TO regard the busi-
ness interests with a good deal Of con-
tempt. and Is asking why the owner
OF a machine factory should not be
required to place his establishment and
his services at the disposal OF the coun-
try on the same terms as officers and
men give theirs. The Frankfurter Zei-
tung says that, while the public can
only judge the situation by the COM
pany reports and declarations OF divi-
dends, 1t Is obvious that business con-
Germs In Germany are making profits
OF astounding amount. Their owners
are writing on sums which will free
their grandchildren from all anxiety,
establishing reserves which already
cover any possible risks that may oc-
cur IN the transition from war to peace,
and adopting all kinds OF financial de-
vices in order to make a show OF de-
cency-"the measure OF which has
meanwhile very greatly deteriorated."
AIMS CLOUDY,
SAYS WORST,
Herr Hans Worst, the Berllner Tage-
blatts expert" on Russia, writes:
Everyone feels and sees that. whilst
German military strength has been
performing exploits which nll the world
with tonishment the foreign policy
OF the German empire has shown a
painful lack Of leadership, both as re-
cards the home public and the effect
abroad. The principal cause OF this
failure OF our foreign policy is, ! think.
that II does not set clearly and con-
sistently before itself the aims that
Germany ought to follow in the present
war.
"The German people was told that 1t
was lighting In self-defcnse But de-
fense is not an aim al all, since nobody
can say when security has been at
iained What was needed was that the
German people should be shown how
its future could be secured IrresOlute
side-l0ng glances at little bits Of C0ur-
land. Lithuania, or Poland. ambiguous
phrases about Flanders were OF as lit
tie use as the timid and half-hearted
concessions 10 the pacifst system"
DOG SOLD
IN SAUSAGE.
The following item OF news is trans
lated from the Norddeutscher Nolkss-
umme, Of Bremerhaven:
'An Illicit dog slaughter-house was
raided a few days ago by the police
at Warren. Mecklenburg.
Ilrr4.- - p
stolen from their owners, had, it ap-
pears, been manufactured into saus-
ages.
These were labelled Finest pork saus-
ages, and had been exclusively sold
Tor the last few months to visitors
from Prussia at the rate OF % cents
pound"
sRLOOD AND
IRON AGAIN.
Herr Heinrich schafi. a well known
Berlin publicst, writing in the Taeg-
hche Rundschau. says:
I'VE arr. presumptuous enough to be-
lieve that we must conquer our enc
miles for their own good and In order
10 bring them to heart-searching and
self-examination
"The world must learn that we Ger
mans not only know how to be vic
torious with Goethe and Schiller, but
with blood and iron; and when It
learns this the nations will be brought
closer to US than by any inopportune
leagues OF goodwill and humanity"
ASK "POLITICAL
HINDENBURG."
The Pan-German Or. Franz Koch,
writes In Das Groessere Deutschland:
For some time past the most ex-
traordinary and depressing news has
been coming from Berlin, which makes
it appear that the representatives Of
Internationalism Of every color are go
ing systematically and consciously to
cheat the German people Of the well
deserved fruits OF rs three years stu
nendons efforts.
sWhat the whole hostile world united
against us has not been able to achieve.
that will be achieved by the enemy