The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-12
THE GERMANS UNDERSTAND THE WORD INDEMN-
ITY: MAKE THEM SAY IT AND PAY 1.-THE
MEANS THEY HAVE IN RAILROADS, SHIPS
AND MINES.

To which Russia paid an annual subsidy
Of l".n0h. Dhn. marks.
Cut out tn. interest on the prc-wn
drnts Of the Individual states. and YOU
will effect another annual saving of
25,00Q.0 600 marks. As Germany. and
her component states will. anyhow. have
10 republic their war debts. they may
suspend payment of interest on their
other financial ohliEat!"ns. AS Ger
man state bonds are held practically an
hy citizens OF the FI;hrrland. foreign
countries have no interest in the meet
ing Of those financial obligations by the
F:,thcrland.
Tho Resources Of Germany,
Tho SKATE dnminionS ncttcd bcfor" the
war PA MOO So? marks Il year. And they
could easily h. made to produce an an
nuai. income ut che billion marks. These
"do,narncn" (Slatr-rwnrd agricultural
cs,a,rS) were leased IN large tracts {"
applicants OF good sentiments: in
Other. words. IL Conservatives. Many
of the tenants were former Ill 'rrS ut
the army ar navy. md had 10 tr; ling
as farmers. but nevertheless made la"t:''
rruiits while lrase-h"id"rS. %ho w"r"
practical farmers. grow wealthy. E%
doing away with far"ritistn as practiScd
hy the various German governments.
NOR, TIM, double Of the. rent paid could
have hccn obtained. as has been stated
again and again III ,hc parliamcutS or
the different states. II - we'll known
fal.t that Berlin fnancicrs used to pur-
chase large estates whose owners could
mn make 4 living. divide them int'i
small farrns and sell them at large
rvotitx to small peasants. The tinam-
ri,rs have been denounced AZ "Gueters-
zertrlculmcrcr'' tmrn who make bust
ness OF cutting up large cStates) by the
Jurkers hut the business went on be
cause il was profitable. The small
peasant WORKS much more intcnsiHcly
than II is possible for. the owner OF Il
large estate and produces more per acTe
aud m less cost; l;y following mr.
Example Of the Observation-Disclosures the
Niles would not only raise the annual
rent ~ tho domaenCn 20 one billion
marks. but also benefit th- mass Of the
Herman people IL III" expense of tho
Junkrrs. VIII" arc the hcncticiarics Of
the present German system Of leasing
public land and the backbone OF war
mad militariSm
Also. the ne, prof, OF the Frussien
S"chandlng "a stale banking. instituted.
amounting 20 447n"nO marks. can nc di-
vsr,rd to the fund from which the
Allied ar. tn be reimbursed.
In 1871: there wcr" operated within
the German empire 6c.e0h kilometres Of
railroad. nearly all owncdshy III" var:-
oaS component states. The capital pc!
milo Of line amounted TO a94 ~: marks.
AID yielded met income Of G.@9 per
ccny. excluding an annual tax OF al
marks. While the Allies operate the
railways they don't pay any tax to Ger
many or one nf the German states. ana
save NOR, thai, 81. Cos. 600 marks. While,
onI traffic units were handled per r:I-
rlovc in -i9t. in the United States. the
number of units in Germany Was only
ST. because the railways in Germany
were managed with the greatest con-
sideratlon for military interests. The
low ard middle railway employees arc.
with relatively few exceptions. militacr-
auwacrter tfurmcr nnu-CommiSsioncd
officers. who served twelve. instead or
tho compulsory rwo or three. years with