The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-04-11
Dr. Aonzo Taylor investigates Conditions in Land unSame Old
Gang in Government 0fces-Take Attitude That They Are
Much Abused Nation Believe Themselves
Guilty Of No Msdeeds.

Herman people would have taken the |
spoiis and admit that they would have
levied terrible peace terms on their
vanquished enemies. Now they are
defeated they refuse TO shoulder any
OF the blame for the situation. And
they are going to believe that they are
abused If Alsace-Lorraine is given TO
France.
Believe Selves GuiItIess.
The widespread belief that the Ger
mans themselves are guilty of no mis-
deeds Is being emphasized by q new
school of writer's who first came into
prominence about the time President
wilson gave the world the covenant Of
the league of nations at Paris. What
astounded Americans In Germany In
those days was the fact that these
very writer's admitted with perfect
candor that Germany intended keep
Ing Belgium permanently, had Ger
many won the war.
Topics such as these occupied the
German mind when the peace confer
enee was making its preliminary sur
vey of European affairs. While Ger
man papers printed columns about the
probable outcome of the peace con-
ference there We're 23SOOO men in Ber-
lin without jobs drawing pension of
six marks a day from the govern
ment. In Hamburg the pension roll
mounted to $4,000. Both figures rep
! resent state Of unemployment sew
| eral times greater than the worst
periods of industrial depression Ger.
many ever knew before the war.
| The men were being paid just
enough to live on, and as a conse-
quence would not work.
| Hate for Kaiser.
Among the intellectual circles In
Germany the blame for the silent re-
bellion Of the wOrkmen, their refusal
to work, was placed on the military
party-on old Won Tirpitz, and on Lu-
dendOrf, and some more Of the war
lords. The kaiser and his son, the
crown prince, were generally despised
Both ran away when trouble started
| uAu "SAV hotCu III Dut Tie DtO-
pie Of Germany We're not disposed to
blame either the crown prince or the
kaiser for starting the war;
Both of them lack the brains to
plan war;" was the common expires
sion heard on the streets and reflected
In number Of the newspapers.
Doctor Taylor had one general ex
PLANTATION for Germany's strangely per
verted state of mind.
} Germany today is suffering from
} an intense moral disintegration," hi
, declared. You see it in a dozen diff
, ferent phases of German life. Mer
who served in the army and are now
demobilized, though still in uniform
will leave their families for days at Z
, time-simply wander off withou
: warning They seem to have lost theil
sense Of responsibility toward theil
: families.
"There are comparatively few pro
| ducers in the population, most of thu
people being spenders spenders O.
the governments printed money.
, 'In the Berlin playhouses shows arr
running which are of such low mora
level that no American postal author
ity would permit even private letters
to describe some Of the scenes. Be
fore the war such shows were not per
mitted.
"Robberies have increased greatly
The people blame the bolsheviki, blu
. know In their own minds that thes
crimes might well enough be commit
ted by anyone-because the increas
9 in crime is one of the notable phase
of life in Germany today"
In all Germany there is no DANCE
4 of a rehabilitation of the military ms
: chine. according to Doctor Taylor
e This view is verified by other Ameri
cans competent to judge, who .hav
. Just returned from the other side o
D the Rhine.
t Without desiring in any way to an
Y tagonize the French, who are carry
: ing ON an active campaign preachin
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