The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-07-01

eminent, with Doctor Ebert as
president. no steps were taken to de-
mobilize this powerful Prussian mill
tary force. The peace table sitting In
Paris recognized the menace to the
security Of Europe presented by the
Won der GoItz army There was
much ado about It Foch was SUM
moned TO conference. The result was
the demand made through General
Foeh that Won der Goltz be stripped
of command. This was complied
with, but the Prussfan army was un-
disturbed. Won der Goltz continued
to be the commander of this force,
notwithstanding his formal resigna-
ton Of the command.
Germany still Powerful.
Let there be no doubt in any once
mind that Germany is coming back.
In fact she has come back. Germany
has never felt that she was defeated
The viii TO win. to conquer. still lives.
she is preparing for the crisis, ana
when it comes the Allies viii find her
as economically prepared as she was
ready in military sense in 1914. Ger
many was not devastated By the war.
None of the fighting was done on Ger
man soil. Germany looted and pill
LACED Russia. Belgium and France.
taking raw materials. timber, coal and
machinery. The trains bringing food
and soldiers to the fronts did not
return empty. They carried back to.
Germany household goods, live stock,
minerals. timber, machinery. This
went on for four years. Germany
took millions Of men and women from
Russia. Belgium and France, prison
ers and civilians. She used their Ia
Dor power to keep up her economic
life.
For the benefit of those WHO doubt
Gerrnany's present economic prepar-
iedness want TO give bit Of evidence
j gathered at the Polish-G German front
In Upper Silesia. / talked to the
commander of the Polish military po-
lice In charge of this frontier. He had
4hesn Vee cgssul Of the Austrian
government IN Chicago. In October,
1910 he had. charge of the 60 mill
tary stations of the Polish-German
front. Poland alone of all the coun-
tries in Europe, refuses to deal with
sGermany You cannot bring German
goods into Poland. German com
'merce is shut out by law. The from
tiers are closed against her goods.
This Is the substance of what the COM
mander of the Polish-G German frontier
said to me-: Germany is offering to
sell goods to Poland at prices from
20 to . per cent cheaper than Eng
land and France. We intercept daily
these proposals on the frontier Ger
smany offers to give longer time to pay
for the goods. / should say on the aver
age she offers to give credit for twice
the period offered by France or Eng
land Could one wish better evil
'dence that Germany is coming back
What two tests more clearly show the
commercial strength of an individual
or a people than the ability to under
sell ones. competitors and gfSs longer ]
time credit?
Japan is penetrating Siberia. ST.
IBERIA is rich in gold, platinum, timber.
lurs, bristles, coal and salt. Generals
2ozonoff. Seminoff and Kalminoff, the
eaders CT the Kolehak government,
AVE been betraying and peddling their
Eountry to the yellow masters of the
Far East. The japanese are today
Eorking concessions In the Ural noun
aims. They are overrunning Siberia.
he Paris conference decreed that
900 American soldiers and an equal
amber of japanese soldiers should
tier Siberia for the purpose of saw
g the trans Siberian railway. These
mics we're not given a license to
OF. When Major General Graves
d the American expeditionary force
TO Siberia it numbered less than
quota authorized by Paris. Cen
oil Graves found the japanese army
ere in great numbers. Instead OF
o 5000 soldiers authorized by the
his conference Japan has almost
300 soldiers in Siberia. It was IN
dstood that the use OF the railroads
b the American and Japanese mill
tg should be for military purposes
OE. The truth is that the Japanese
gernment has used the railways to
cry out rich spoils.
! economic Exhaustion In Russia.
Notwithstanding the successes OF
tn Red army, successes easily aG
cnted for, partly due TO the reorgan-
izton Of the army by German "unter
offers" partly due to the fact that
tn majority Of the people, although
pmsed to soviet rule, are more Op-
pod to the Yudenich, Pet1ura, Deni-
XII and Kolchak armies, movements
Susected of seeking to re-establish
thSld order in Russia, Russia is fast
suumbing to economic exhaustion.
nh world faces two great dangers Il
sonthin8 is not done. One Is the
M OF Siberia by the yellow
~ other. the complete Prus-
bf Russia. Japan's greed.
Al IN nd ambition is known. The
#e courage to her efrontery
burned Shantung and 4O,-
4 Csc over to Japan. Shan
heart Of China; 1t is. as