The Washington herald., 1920-01-25

will take place April , to Capt.
of these men estimated that a loan
OF three billion dollars would put
Germany economically on her feet
again.
Austrian goods are on sale in the
Berlin shops. although Austria is
much worse OF than Germany.
Austria's more desperate economic
position. her worthless currency.
has induced her manufacturers TO
sell abroad even clothing. for want
of which the people Of Vienna perish
with the cold.
Germany's Dream and Nightmare.
Russia is Germany's greatest
dream and her greatest terror.
From Russia proceed anarchy and
civil war, bat in the Russian mar
kets lies the hope of Germany-the
only hope-for economic recovery.
Germany is not pro-Bolshevik.
and the one fact about the war
upon which all Germans excepting
Spartacists agree is that the ruin
of the Fatherland is due to the
peace of Brest-LitOvsk.
So Berlin is watchfully waiting.
Assume" / said to an official here,
that Kolchak and Denikin are de-
stroyed, that Bolsheviks control all
Russia excepting the border states
and the part of Siberia safeguarded
by the Japanese Will Germany
then recognize the Bolsheviks and
trade with them?"
Eula.d h. Eutnufa BoIl~-
We shall be guided by the policy
OF the entente" he replied. The en-
tente knows our position. Our ex-
change makes it impossible to buy
raw materials in America or Western
Europe. II We are to get to wore
and meet our obligations we must
have markets. Those markets exist
in Russia. But we have been asked
by the entente to blockade Russia.
Very good. We are at the mercy of
the entente. we do as we are told"
have gained the impression here
that the German government is high
Iy displeased with the growing power
Of the Bolsheviks. This for two rea-
sons; because the extremists here are
encourag ged and the danger OF Spar
tacist revolution at home increased.
ana NsPENldAAg DCSouSC SCA AAAohy
ultimately hopes to regain in the
East the power she has lost in the
West, and this policy was best served
by a disorganized, warning Russia.
A few concrete instances Of how
German firms are getting ready to
meet Russian. needs when political
conditions make fhis possible will
show that the rest Of the world must
look sharp IL IT wants to compete
with Germany in this field.
The German motor car industry has
designed, and is commencing to manu-
facture. especially designed trucks
and busses and passenger cars suit
able for use on the Russian roads.
For three years the German armies
studied the transport question in Rus
sia: all the designs developed for the
German troops under Hindenburg have
been turned over to the auto fac
tories.
Study RussIan Land Problems
During the German occupation of
Poland, Iithuania and Esthonia. the
German army administration made a
special study OF agricultural condt.
tions in all the districts where food
is raised. This was done, at the time.
to help feed Germany. have just
seen catalogues from German manu-
facturers OF agricultural machinery
in which special types of ploughs, har-
rows and other farnf implements are
shown, adapted to the needs of diff
ferent Russian communities.
The light soil of North Russia Is
different from the heavy, black earth
Of the south. German firms are now
prepared to supply steam ploughs made
to suit the needs OF each district.
German Industrial interests are also
keenly interested in Siberia, and Ber-
lin is full of keen Japanese business
men making contingent deals for CO.
operation in the Siberian trade.
I was told by a German official that
the japanese government will not al
low the proposed influx of japanese
workmen into Germany, because Toxic
fears that these men would return
home filled with radical, II not Boil
shevik. ideas, and spread discomfort
among the relatively poorly paid labor
in Japan. Accordingly, Japan Is pro-
posing that Germany send a small
of highly trained instructors
to Japan, where they can teach Ger
man technical skill and be carefully
watched, so that they may have no
chance to teach dangerous doctrines.
To an American it seems strange
that Germany should open her arms
to japanese activities in Siberia and
ignore American firms which have in
tentions Of competing in the same
neld. The reason for this, I am told,
Is that Germans believe Japanese eco
nomic exploitation of Siberia will be
rapid and thorough, and that America,
with all the rest of the markets of the
world before her, will not seriously
persist in Siberia against the ruthless
and efdcient competition of Japan.