New-York tribune., 1919-10-17
ular opinion from the Left to the Right,
and added that the neonlNare now less

ular opinion from the Left to the Right,
and added that the peopleare now less
radical than the government
mere IS no danger of communism
IN germany any more" he said. go
clallsm is as dead as q doornail there
to-day. Socialism in Germany to-day
resembles the American Progressive
party of few years ago. A mere con-
troll of capitalist activities of large in
dustries is all that is left in the Ger
man Socialist programme Of Ebert,
Bernstein, kautsky and others.
Even the proposal to nationalize the
the government has been unable to
find that it could operate them more
cheaply. The new Germany is not go
ing to be experimental, but will be
dominated by an engineering, indus
trial viewpoint Of pre-war Germany.
Those of us who have been in Ger
many recently feel that there is no
militarist tinge to the present govern
ment of Germany. The present gov
ernment is run by the best brains in
Germany. The present government is
not wild eyed. 1t is conservative and
as clever as its predecessors
DR.. Taylor expressed III five prop
ositions the attitude of tne German
government toward foreign trade and
said that they constituted the only
condition under which Americans could
trade with that country. They follow:
/. The German government will not
permit the mark to be sold outside of
Germany. Those that are bought must
be held there. If Americans buy ST.
100000 of marks day, Dr. Taylor
said, and let them remain two years
in Germany nothing would please the
German government more.
2. The government is encouraging
foreign credit. 1t will only approve
import sheets which are accompanied
by credit slips.
8. Although the sale of German
owned foreign securities is permitted
and is going on to a slight extent, the
Germans are not dissipating their
holdings of foreign securities, which
amount to 100000. In these
times of unstable trade, the speaker
said, they prefer to hold the securi-
ties as a reserve against time when
tage.
a. The government is particularly
anxious to encourage the exchange of
articles indigenous to Germany for
foreign imports. The main German
products at present, the speaker re-
marked, were coal and potash, and Ger
many is in a position to offer a large
quantity of either at present. Ger
many presented list of salable prod
ucts to the Allies recently, showing
she had only S15,000,OO0 worth, DR..
Taylor said.
5. The Germans are anxious to eX-
change products manufactured from
raw materials for the raw materials
hon % lyr
aged and is done directly and indi-
rectly, with much success, through
Switzerland, Holland, Norway and
Sweden. The chief trade between Ger
many and the United States at present
is being conducted through specula-
ton here in the German mark, which
at present is quoted at less than a
cents, compared with normal eX-
change parity of 23.9 cents.
Germany entered the armistlce a
depleted country, with no considerable
stores of goods" said DR.. Taylor. "Af-
ter having combed Poland, Rumania
and her allies for supplies while the
war lasted, she combed her own civil
ians. The work was carried on with
almost diabolical refinement under
Walter Rathenau. In Rumania there
was no table linen, no kitchen uten-
sils, no telephone equipment, no do
mesticated animals when the war
ended. When the armistico was signed
Germany was empty Of every material
for manufacture.
"Her representatives told the peace
conference that her immediate needs
for materials would reach $4,000, ,0OO,-
600, one-half of which would be re-
quired for foodstuffs. One group of Ger
mans recommended the sale of German
securities which would have covered
the cost of these purchases. But it was
believed that the Allies would object
to permitting the Germans to get the
job on them in industry and that it
was not propitious to give up THEN
best assets so soon.
"Nutritionai authorities in Germany
in March figured that the country
would need at least $500, 900 Of
foodstutfs, and under the Brussels
agreement she was authorized to buy
half thath amount. She actually hat
bought up to the harvest only half what
was allocated and one quarter of what
her nutritonal experts asserted wa:
requisite. Moreover, Germany has pae