The Washington times., 1920-03-09
Berlin Claims England Seeks to
EnsIave Country Politically
and Economically.
nv KARL HI. Won wIEGAND.

BERLIN, Marcn " bhSiahu
manifesting q more friendly spirit ana
a greater disposition to work Win
Germany than Is America" said
member OF the German government TO
me, in answer to charges by Count zu
ReventIow, political editor OF the ma.
tionalist Deutsche Tageszeitung, ana
Georg Bernhard, editorin-chief OF the
democratic Vossische Zeitung, that
the present cabinet Is pro-British.
The official whom / interviewed on
this question, and who for obvious
reasons, could not allow the mention
OF his name, stated frankly that the
British were exerting themselves con-
siderably TO create pro-British senti-
ment in Germany.
Signs Of British Guile.
He pointed out that II was Eng
land which caused the extradition de-
mands to be dropped: that II was the
British voice which is now creating
sentiment for the revision OF the Yer
sailles treaty. and that at this moment
England is taking the stand that Ger
many must be given a large interna-
tional loan and every aid to get back
on her feet.
"And it is English concerns" added
my informant, that are now making
Russia"
Whatever may be at the back OF
catering to German sympathies and
working for an Anglo-German ap-
proachment, the new line of propa-
ganda certainly Is not without effect
|. upon the Germap presf sad pubHc.
only tthe nxfioGSlfsts~ s~&ircies-she
very circles which formerly, were sn-
tenseiy anti-American-and the So
called "Bernstorn wing" OF the demo-
cratic party are fighting the alleged
pro-British tendencies of the present
government which are becoming
steadily more manifest despite the
extensive food relief coming from
America.
American Aid Ignored.
Though thousands of food pack
ages are pouring in from the United
States in an uninterrupted stream.
that fact seldom finds even slight
mention in the German press.
Count Ernst zu Reventlow. who
formerly was the most vituperative OF
all American-baiters, but who, 1t is
true, never loved the British. is now
concentrating all his ammunition on
the latter while emphasizing to his
readers that America is the only use
full and unselfish economic ally Ger
many could wish for.
In an editorial headed, "England or
America" Reventlow points TO the
danger OF the insidious British prop
aganda in Germany" asserting that
"England's goal is the political and
economic enslavement of Germany"
America Only UnselAsh.
After ALL" he says. only America
can have a real politically unselfish
interest in Germany. especially in the
reconstruction of Germany's ship
building"
Confirmation of Britain's alleged
plan to entrench herself in Russia
commercially before resuming diplo'
matte relations is seen here in ad-
vices that the Bartlett Trading Com
pany, a British concern, has obtained
concession to build a railway from
Reval' to Moscow, and has also Sc
cured valuable timber concessions.
At the foreign office here it was
stated that the present German gov
ernmeht would take no initiative
toward Russia but would let London
take the lead.
One has the impression here that a
deep international game is going on
for Russia's markets, and that Amer
lea is virtually "out of it."