The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-16

WfifalSteFT. ffg mas Fe&n PRACTICALLY
nauzxr"d ev his ministers Ebert
would Ike t. srpesr more In tire pub
lic eye hut hs d sssa.n = His last
three attcn1pts we're $50 Inflated that
TO-DAY IL IL s'r1crt ~ easy 10 Get to the
. eA~kasSTr tn AnsnroHErr IS 10 Frs$t~
dent F.hert ouc il i'm oresscd hers
sTth The conviction that the social
, democratic schs me rs nracfice3 IN
Germ any ts - keep a government on
mediocre level and NOT let one man
more ahg than others cush his head
a hove that level for fear that he
rather thar the principles ard Inter
! csts ~ tfc party may influence the
peonis
! Thor has e~er general ae+er,o~a-
tor - almost every branch OF public
life IN GERMANY since The revolution.
1t would he unjust ~ ss~rthe all of
thar 70 the government
+ Ore 81 the most dirtplfred and
~-est orderiH ard law abiding na t1ens
r. the world. Germany today is ionse
tn ali those bonds Tre-e Is a con
st2rt ssoatae e ~ authority order Is
maintained r. 2 great show o. fHrca
Th~ German rsijv a. system was ons
NJ the best ard srs-t n tne world e@
fnre re ~-ar, nurizs Zoe r7ar, & PER
faTr1e1 wonders IT'S deter!eria ton -
owe rt the ~ tharEs that ir1 press.s ,
Thc rolling *tack IS TIA d@rlorabla state
Tire sur~ende~ of 6ff # It's best To-
ssn1atives ard 81 AFRO "a ~ the al
lies contributes jarGeiv t. that stats
~ affairs But equsilv important az
p reason Il The f8.t thsf the ore-tir1s
Pr13sSiar dt@~Epii9@ punrfualit-' and
7 lea u'inea@ cn the always have gone
: onT0 q atete- 80 pieces Shorter hours.
higher uaxe& t,dffference 10 york
-
! rtrlore ~ tNe repah shops ard tas
terrain sls~--s-i7 have contributed lsr-e-
I n to the f1ernnral1zed state ~ the
j~ai}r4%s Frort 81 annual profit CT
ever as 900 600 It HISS cNrne down 20
deacit Of s25n. 600 400
/ TELEPHONE SYSTEM WRECKED
I Before tho war Berlin had what
was undoubtedly the best talsphon~
! sTsfefn Of any capital IA Europe ANY
lone who experta 20 get te heaven ~
1.-THE end re thts tourney through Tho
| ,.a!A ~ tears should NOT attempt 10 NE
the telephone in Berlin todsv, II ma
/ fens the mind ard makes the whtfAst
soul black II i. the devils chief re-
crutlng agencE One gets the in1pres-
sion that c~dara haze been Issued 10
! the tslephon~ operators 20 render tn
! sara as MANY people and deRt~c~. ths
nerves Of tte others r. usually he
s-ns r1th keeping vnu waiting many
rat~Btfe for rrtrum ard A-ds with
plugging vou n dead lire Statls-
tjcs have Been kept III show thai It
fock thtrrv-tu.o r1inutes to get num-
Der
| or AprF1 / ta3h, according 20 Min
| lster IF Finance Errberrsr Germ arr
wtlt have a debt IT ~. 600 400 600
| rnarfs fin normal exchange $4,000.
800 6Ah1 That is exclusive u com
G-.erinx INTO hundreds ~ millions
ltf marks. German has IN circula-
ttau at this writing APPROX trraatesv ~,
| tee coo 900 marks $40 500 tnn, ooe>
IT. rapsr money. + - covered nv but
ere billion marks IT gold s240ea.
| 6f4A ~ This whiting tho marx Is
o~th ruo and a half cents against
- normal exchange of "a cenrs
Hotsr--The value ~ the frerrr1 80
n7sra hss dropped sr&1i further since.
|! ea<~ mat no financ4er who sees
p-av out OF the almost hopeless ftra.n
ieisA sft1ls-4on Money wss never Sc
III nfiful. but - so appreciated tina
IL purt ha&ir~ power Is low As a
rfsaistsr ~ reconstruction finance
Her Tsr2herger it. denounced by every
Iha mixer have talked with as an utter
failure In other countries the Imam
oi3l interests have sufficient tnf1n-
eoce and pressure un on the country
n 3nseat an undesired or tncnrnpe
tAnr rr mister ~ finance, but nor so in
Germany, rhere, In theS~Z at least
Ia 1ls are a part - the capitalists
~t9rld whose spes4 point is directed
Estrst social democracy and social
1att hnw ira rovwrnraent figures
CT that fhe barking world of Amer
f~S sfsn have confidence IT the firarl-
ssa1 1eanaGerHe~t IT Germany By Herr
lfzte~cer. ~'ho IN -orr-e other respects
= capable man, when their oun
bankers declare that he is not wor~
i matter thar never has bear e;rplasn-
tea 70 r1e
The -t.s1 s1t1aEor ss no~e crse.cssl
f. tire ~srt ~Y q savers r-.nter. u
may become rs~ar~~c rral rhere are
several reasons lrclu1irg the delivery
e"4j ~ franre under the resee
t~s&tr The fs0uzs IF tbe potato
,,frp . 7ich forros td@ main stapfe If
,eae FOR the eufk of tn@ population
together with many tnouss -ds of tors
YtiH retne IT thu ground when the
w-t~7er sst ir So ~tgorruslv in the
rfi.Id< ~ Ncr~rcS~r, threatens a
FOOD cr's1s No less serious than that
IF tfr 'turnip wfnt~~~ ~ 1alS-la1T
= eerlr.ue food crtss "a feared ror
I%arLar~.
= e@s, ave some ~ tl2s conditions
/ ytNtch tue r>vern-1ar@ has 70 contend
n'th thla utntAr. That thA cabtnet
&C ~ ~ ~ 1e SIR r-9l survive grA w1n-
~ Is oF3r4sd as highly Improbable
T. tNl@ rorst 10 added ~ almost
lLrteil@Nat}@ a--afs and corruption
/ ina. I'M ade Iheir advent n Germany
! ATTN aers"crar1 Whether -eu want
= room lr crowded hotels, e~rth IN
TIC s'eep7ur rar an eu1rt- freight
ear 4 s'At ~ clothes made in iesr
thar SIX x~skR %ou Rave 70 come
through Ttth ths aboli@h,n OF
t!rlse and Acinr zwaE' with dacora-
! ttons the average German today sees
! uorhtne bur rnonsv rortf. working
Ter