Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-29
Germany BANKRUPT
AND FACES REVOLT
Lender Declares Workmen Have
Lost Faith in Members
of Cabinet.

Berlin. Jan. Is. (Delayedl Germany
will not 90, but is already bankrupt, at
least economically, in the opinion OF
Richard Mueller, president OF the so
called yolzuegcrat. which at the begin
ming of the revolution was the supreme
revolutionary body.
.srhe fact that the government mas
practically declared a state OF s.ess
throughout Germany, whereas the cn.y
disorders have been in Berlin, SAID
Mueller today, establishes other rea-
sons for the new course tnas Is pehg
adopted ..;u
the government is determined to use all
possiblc means to prevent 1t. But so
long as it has not willing workmen 1t IS
q frntless undertaking
"Such measures as have been ,insti-
futed do not establish order, but have
the contrary effect. There are many
reasons for the discomfort of Germany
working classes.
"For a year they have been under
nourished. But the main rcascn is the
disappointment over the turn the revo-
luticn has taken through the fault OF the
Cabinet members.
'sThe former capitalisiic imperial and
antocratic state has been replaced by a
capitalistic sink of corruption, which de-
spite the democratic status, smells as
badly as the corruption OF the highest
state autocracy.
AFtarfher1nore. it Is becoming more
evident that heads of German enter
prises are practicing virtual sabotage
in SO far SIS the reconstruction and eco
nomic situations are concerned They
have sold machinery and tools abroad
instead of producing what is needed Tor
Germany, and have smuggled other val
uables out of the country.
"While thousands are suffering from
starvation the hotels restaurants, dance
halls and gambling halls are filled to
pyerfiowing by those with money.
.All this the German workman sees
and when he secs it he asks why be
should work-and starve.
The feeling is growing that the capi-
t;,listic system can only be completely re-
placed by a socialisiic dictatorship OF the
proletaIiat, he claimed.
The masses are not familiar with tins
structure OF dictatorship" said Mueller,
"but they feel instinctively that only a
ight similar TO that made by the Boishe-
eiks will end their misery.
Those who have observed the strikes
for the last wear realize that they have |
steadily grown stronger. Every one sees /
this not only prevents reconstruction OF /
the economic situation, but further |
collapse now seems very near.
'In the movement year ago a ma
iority of the workmen stood behind Ebert
and Scheidemann. Nov only few we'll
paid functionaries are with them, while
the independents and Communists have
a majority which, despite forceful meas
ares that have been adopted, has created
on entirely different pollticsl situation.
1--WE expect to have our orgauization
completed in all the larger cities within
short time. The German workers are
.yeli disciplined. and this is sufficient
Guarantee that they viii not follow the
Russian example.
Here our workers know that the mo-
.nent they are In power they must work
al the harder, as they viii be working
for themselves snd for humanity instead
If for profteeTing capitalists. fhey viii
gladly work 10 their full strength. Under
,sseh conditions German production may
ae expected TO increase 30 per cent.