The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-07-18

Many. things won by our boys on inc
battlefield may yet be lost nj pe'0Te
table. Germany prepared for peace, and
this conference in Paris with lar more
yubtl~ty and cunning than she prepared
for war. She prepared for war ny urn
ing - ON0. 900 soldiers. forging cannon
ard machine guns, building submarines
d Developing poison Gases. but she prcpar
20 for peace by methods more subtle anu
devious.
Having unified all her banking dcpos-
tits and wealth. she sent her financial
agents disguised as commercial lVaNcl-
ers, into certain countries--Switzcrland
md Rumania. Russia and Siberia. Be
fore the Swiss knew what was goihk on
Germans agents had obtained charters
for the great waterfalls Of the Swiss
mountains. Today the Swiss authorizes
declare that Germans own G5 per cent
of the bonds and stocks that conlroI
tho Swiss water power Our Niagara
Falls is ono mile wide and falls $50 feet.
but that falls develops three million
horsepower today and has a latent fore"
of fifteen million horsepower. over
against this Niagara stand the Swiss
mountains. Witness Mont Blanc! At the
around that mountain. tho water PUSHES
down. falling thousands OF feet instead
Of $50 feet. and there arc literally hum
drcds Of waterfalls in Switzerland. TIE
time will como when the electric power
of the Swiss mountains will light and
heat tho houses and drive all .hC wheels
in al the factories Of France. Germany.
Austria and Italy. Now Germans con-
troll tho richest undcvclopcd treasure in
Europc-na;"G,. the electric power OF
Switzerland.
BY similar sccrct methods tho Ger
mans got their death grip on the throat
of Poland and Rumania. through the
control by bonds and stocks Of the coal
mines Of the one and the oil fields of the
other, just as today Germans have the
control Of the richest platinum mines.
gold mines and the undeveloped treas
ures Of iron. coal. copper. oil. land and
forests of Russia and Siberia. Marcos
son has published a book on Gcrmany's
grip on tho banks. trust companies. fire
and life insurance companies Of Italy.
The clerical party on tho one hand and
the royal party on the other each own
cd about IS per cent Of the bonds and
stocks OF the financial houses OF Italy.
So Germans secretly bought about II
pcr cent having formed an alliance with
the clerical party. This gave them con-
troll through IS per cent OF the bonds
and stocks Of tho Italian bank. The
next step was for tho German manager
to refuse loans to Italian factories un-
less they used the loans 10 buy ma
chincry and goods from Germany. This
starved TO death tho Italian manufaC-
turing plants and built up Germany.
German investments in Switzerland, PO-
land and Rumania. In Russia and ST.
IBERIA are calculated 10 stir the EraEcst
apprehension. Tho simple fact is Ger
many will pay tho $4,000. 100000 indem-
nifty in less than one-haIr tho time that
France can rebuild her factories and
fields. her ruined towns and cities. The
total indemnity fund 10 be paid by Ger
many would not restore France alone.
Ignorant men will sncCr at this state
mcnt: pro.Gcrmnns will camoutiage. but
tho bald. bare fact is this: Germany,
with every shop and factory intact, is
far better on today than the allied M
tionS in Europe. and unless she is forced
TO lot 60 her death grip upon the throat
Of the nations Of eastern Europe. she
will be found. when tho smoke Of bat
tic is cleared away. 10 have merged
from this war loser on the western
front. but an easy victory in tho east.
Never were German cunning. German
intrigue, German falschood and hypoc-
risy SO brazenly illustrated as since her
delegates have been meeting tho moves
on the chess table in Paris BY counter
moves. Scholars arc in food. not Of
optimism. but OF fear and alarm lest tho
future hold black disaster for humanity
and civilization