Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-18
Germany Not in Danger of Death,
Despite Walls Over Peace Terms

far short of the thinking socialists of Europe
as the allied peace delegates in Paris and YER
sailIes.
FURTHERMORE, it is known in every
l try of Europe that the Germans have dur
ing the four years of war been preparing for
commercial expansion Immediately after the
war.
During the more than four years of struggle
when it was realized that Germany to
suffer the enmity of the greater number of
peoples of the world, German commercial and
trade experts began formulating plans to
branch out Immediately after the conclusion
of peace
Germany knows in which way she desires
to reach out. Well co-ordinated plans were
laid. Germany knew in about which way she
would suffer terrtorially in case she lost the
war. Her experts prepared for the untoward
while preparing for peace of victory.
In far as allied peace terms interrupt
these plans or after-the-war trade and COM
merce just much will the German delegates
cry out against allied impositions.
With reasonable degree of liberty Germany
can recover Germany knows this. But If she
can in anywise lessen the toll to be exacted,
German commerce and industry gain just that
much in the final reckoning. The shouldering
of the huge responsibilities occasoned by
duct in 1914 and after becomes easier.
Germany today has well knitted plans for
foreign trade banks in every country with
winch
upon the influence of these. she is ready to
several commercial organizations to spread
propag Uganda in behalf of the extension of Ger
man trade. Her agents will go to the far cor
ners of the earth with the hope of breaking
down developed prejudices against the German
and things German which have arisen during
the war. Germany knows that this must be
done.
cEvENTY millions of people in Germany. with
y industries going, cannot be starved as long
as wheels can be kept running. True it is that
German industrial works, except those which
were devoted specifically to the manufacture of
war stores, have been largely idle during the
greater part of the But they are intact
German industrial endeavor is today largely
Handicapped by the discomfort of labor. but
when labor realizes that it's own and the ma
tons salvation depends upon steadily turning
wheels labor will tend to minimize its demands
and VIII return to work as fast as raw ma
terials and products can be secured.
Germany is deprived of her merchant ma
rne, which, through government subsidies. car
ried Germany's products throughout the world
at rates advantageous to exporters, but Ger
many has of the greatest shipbuilding
plants in the world, all of them intact, which
can be utilized, and Germany will come to the
fore again upon the high This. even
though forced to make reparation. ton for ton
for the ships destroyed by her devilish and I'M
scrupulous submarines.
Germany's railway transportation lines es-
sential to Industrial and commercial prosperity
are in sad repair, because of hard usage during
the war; and since the armistice tens Of thou
sands of freight cars and engines have been
surrendered to the allies of Europe. Long lines
may be scattered on sidings all over
France and Italy while thousands are doing
regular service allied transportation lines
The loss Of these will be felt for three to five
years. but Germany again will be able to re-
cover. The punishment inflicted In this line
is not Industrial homicide.
-, German steel industries can operate as adj
vantageously as they did before the war, even
with coal supplies of the Saar field going to
France for Germany has sufficient steel-making
coal left. Despoiled France cannot operate
even with the Saar basin, even approximately
as we'll as the German steel works of today
or other German industries after the complete
acceptance of allied stipulattons.
GERMAN finance which Is vital in the
" operation of industries, particularly those
doing great export business, is at the moment
in state of fux, but with the imposition
of allied penalties, the German, if he proves
Industrious can bear the burden. Little Bel
GUM overrun and devastated France are in
even worse condition. they have neither
finances or machinery with which to operate.
Foreign credits necessary to great export bust
ness will be arranged by the Huns. 1t is fool
ish to believe they will not.
The German infiltrated financially and
economically into all the nations Of the world,