Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-03-16
HUN REVOLUTION
CAUSING WORRY
In WASHINGTON
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apprehension that they may have
imposed upon the vanqushed foe
terms of peace which made it impos-
sble for him to earn the money to
pay his indemnity.
Effect Disquieting
Indeed, not few people here look
upon the German revolution as the
skillful plot of the wealthy classes
in Germany who would bear the
greatest burden of the indemnity to
get out from under. Already the
new Berlin government has set it.
self up as a judge of what terms Of
the treaty it will full fiI-those that
seem Just ond reasonable" This
is virtual hint of notification and
is admittedly having disquieting
effect here. for the truth is the
associated powers are not in a posi-
:ion Immediately to make Germany
pay.
America has about $1,000 troops
on the Rhine. England has not
many more. France has scarcely
100000. In different parts of Ger
many are many hundreds of thou
sands OF troops, large numbers of
whom are modified, but Germany
is without munitions and military
opinion here seems to doubt that she
is counting fresh trouble with the
allies en- the Rhine.
1t IS rather an analogy to the sit
Lat-on in Russia when the Bolshe-
Wiki agreed to the reaty of Brest-
LitoVsk and assumed an attitude of
passive resistance to the enforce
ment of its terms. 1t would cost
the allies good deal to enforce
peace upon Germany, and the gov
ernmert of the latter probably
knows it.
Key to Situation
Americas army has gone home
across the Atlantic. The British army
mas gone to the far ends of the
earth. The French army is practical
ly demobilized. Only economic nres-
sure can make Germany behave and
she thinks the pressure of the peace
terms is worse than anything that
could possibly he done to her if she
threw up her hands in despair and
declined to carry out the terms of
the treaty.
There is reason to believe that
Germany did hope for the influence
OF the United States coupled with
that of Great Britain to offset the
W. AAAo "AAAS1l elllSS was SO lnSJrU-
mental in imposing upon her. More
over, the election pledges of Lloyd
George to make Germany pay' now
have been superseded by a strong
labor sentiment which openly advo-
Gates revision of the terms of
peace with Germany.
Many of the financial people in our
government think the key to the
whole business lies in Russia. They
say the associated powers have made
a grave mistake in hesitating to open
Russia to- trade. This would have
furnished markets for manufactures
from Germany, France, Great Britain
and the others in Europe, for Ameri-
ca is stocked UP with enough of her
manufactures not to want to buy
much from Europe. Allied policy has
Wavered and hesitated for a year.
Europe says America is to blame
for holding up the united action that
was necessary to enforce the terms
Of peace THROUGH the League of
Nations. America says Europe should
have gotten back to work sooner
without depending so much on finan-
cial aid from the United States. And
the struggle between the Socialists
and monarchists in Berlin is the
proverbial confiagration while the
Neros of the outer world fiddle their
own particular national airs.