The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-29
Germany Wants
Help of League
of Nations
BY CARL D. GROAT

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
BERLIN (By Mail. )-The Lea
que of Nations ought to establish a
syste mwhereby one nation should aid
its neighbor, in time of need, in put
ting down bolshevist or other upris-
ings, is the view of one of the For
eign Offices most prominent officials.
In an interview, the official, whose
position requires that he remain an
noymous, declared that, especially in
the case of Germany, the League
ought to provide a way whereby the
nation could have military assistance
should it's own reduced forces prove
inadequate.
81 believe" he said, "that labor the
world over must have new deal. Con-
ditions and pay of labor must be al
tered. This can be done through the
League of Nations. But, after this
has been done, there should be way
in which in event Of serious troubles
internally, one nations neighbor should
come to its assistance, particularly if
the nation affected has too small a
police force to cope with the trouble. "
The official was inclined to believe
that, for time at least, the entente
demands for army reduction are like
ly to leave Germany ill-equipped to
deal with internal troubles. He holds
the view that scuh disturbances as
the nation has had are due mainly to
professional agitators rather than to
the honest, earnest desire of the whole
people to attain new standing in
the industrial or political world. And,
the fact that Germany has remained
comparatively quiet for some months
was regarded by the speaker as due
largely to efficient police measures
While Germany's police measures so
far have been rather more strenuous
than democracy would ordinarily
maintain, it is generally conceded here
that Noske, chief of guards, has kept
the Gid" on when otherwise it likely
would have blown off with a loud re-
port.
As for bolshevism as a whole, this
authority was inclined to feel that the
collapse of the movement in Munich
and Budapest is a healthy sign for
the rest of Europe. He admitted,
however, that the general industrial
unrest affecting France, England and
Germany bode i'll for future peace if
readjustments do not come soon. AS
for Germany, he felt that the "red'
agitation is well in hand for the mo-
ment, but there are plenty of officials
and individuals who look forward with
apprehension to the coming winter.
The coal supply problem of Ger
many is admittedly very critical. To
increase the household fuel supply, it
has been decided to sacrifice some of
the state forest wood. But even with
improved conditions for mine labor
and added inducements, there prom
ises to be an industrial stagnation the
coming winter that quite conceivably
will have serious popular reaction. Be
cause of this specter, the government
foresees with some uneasiness the pos
sibility that, despite the apparent stun
bering of the Spartacus movement
it will then spring into life with al
upheaval worse than last winters.
And, because Of this fear, man!
German officials are striving to hav'
the police situation improved, mas
much as army reduction is soon t.
be forced under the treaty terms AM
at the same time, they are hoping tina
foreign credits can be arranged so tina
real cure rather than a repressiv'
measure--like Noske guards-can b'
utilized.