The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-29
BY MAMMALIAN HARDEN
Editor Of bic Zukunft, Beputcd To he
tho Most Profound Thinker and
Most Eorceful Writer In
Germany

| Germany
-, Berlin December io.--rhe congress
sional record, foiie So. number 223, of
/ September Z. 1916, contains two ar
! ticies written by me in April of that
year, placed there By authority OF the
! United States senate.
| In those articles / had attempted
! to show the attitude of America ana
of her foremost representative towards
! those large problems OF the war and
I to explain fmpartially German hopes
and German actions to those foreign
! nations not entirely bereft of reason
| and good Will
| In one OF those articles err / were
/ Wiison'D | made the proposition to
convert all the loan bonds of the states
Of Europe engaged in war into inter-
national currency TO be guaranteed
by all the debtors and to be accepted
in oil the countries belonging to the
league OF nations by every creditor Mt
every cashiers window at their face
value
also proposed that international
currency was to be kept in circula-
tion until such n time when nations.
TAcimated by the war, should have
recuperated sufficiently to redeem their
bonds by issuing metal pr paper IN
/ their place, or by paving for them in
goods
~. ... ee' Fass*.i oy customs naF-
Staggering under the load of heavy tax
alton, could not possibly compete with
the commerce and industry of n more
! Fortunate continent could not recover
their vigor which alone would Insure
ar,1 ~ ,Saxr1.,4t ~ - -. ~,
,+st9 "a ~ wv
would ha fo,nro, ~, cur = s,,,s..:n,,
/ In Europe ali enterprise aspiring ia
! larger undertakings would be stifIed.
An international currency would in
still the consciousness OF soliditary into
me minds NJ the people of Europe.
They would learn they could no longer
aHoro the luxury OF living d life apart;
/ theF would be forced To amaigauate
/ their governments. their armies, their
@hinping, etc, IN order to economize
! My proposition Of April lHle. con
tanned only the germ or an idea. MOI
coming from a financial expert, "
conId ne considered topiah 3t dlo
lack the precise techhicat tofnuia
winch might have carried II % NE
I IN benf'aark Il theori*f TOOK nl' we
plah: he E-Eete me new II "ouid De
nut INTO execution FFacueat men re-
= ..i@1i'ea To"l anu sfld ".'n'ieflui' puS
impossible We are sorry 10 say.
Fdlsc"FFr i On .he prusFa IN OF w,
+ 'h'l''l p me tot'' =. tol'}. -.
. n" eounc'~'S PROGRAM u'"taIes TOT 81,
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/ '9 Wy ~ w 81 t@A"n9 -
-etu t"hNe' No. vi,
ffa"pofE' orother OF tae WEI
.u3"" Ear S''' ~ 'ite Etta, 81 "a
NVu', I-'Ho ana ,o''ll'inF, III
- ga" 5>''e" ~ ti1. u s9'' 'ii' W '""
/ anime c"uASff &a'"'
FREE FROM TAN NTioN
/ The loan which would regulate
al me debts incurred should every-
" here ac free from taxation: should
have fixed value in every country,
should take precedence over all other
+ loans as to pay;nent 81 interest;
should thus BECOME equivalent TO
money and should he accepted in
Mr.. yyarburg saws delay would he
fatal and he is right. All should
make up their minds and do Ii quick
w He adds however. the solution
of the worlds financial problem
could not be atte1uptad without first
: GREETING a more favorable atrr,os-
: uhn-e bv chanrfnc the treaty Of Yer
Fatlles. Ia this dfeasree with him.
A revision OF the peace treaty its
! affantior TO changing conditions is
= solcnnly promised in it's supplement
tarv pfotocol, and we must not doubt
mai everything dictated nv hate. re-
vanue. fear Of competition, will Re
erased from tho treaty's text as soon
as peoples are beginning 10 trust one
another araln
The present would he an evil hou,
to ask for charity.