South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-11


ready TO defend itself
Duping the Allies.
From the observations I made.
and from my knowledge Of the
Prussian character, / am convinced
/ Germany is as ready 10 dupe the al
lies today as she was in the days
before the war. and she did dupe
them during the war.
While munitions are being made
IN one part Of the Essen factories,
articles OF commerce are being
turned out at rapid pace in others.
KrupDs today are making motor
cars by the thousand. They can
not TT those cars with rubber tires,
since rubber is still lacking. but the
cars are finding a ready market
without tires. They are being ex-
ported 90 Denmark, Holland and
other scandinavian countries. and
are sold at prices calculated to un-
dercut makers the world over.
one may purchase a new motor
car well finished and guaranteed in
perfect condition for the equivalent
$1,000. the same car IN Britain
would cost. at the least, $4,000. Of
course, TO the German cost Of 81, 900
must be added $3.50 for a set of
rubber tires. The one complaint
the Germans have, is that Britain
will not allow motor cars 20 be i'm
ported from Germany. Before
long" said a German, Britain will
be forced % raise the embargo. and
then we shall be IN a position to
make good our losses"
Dye Discoveries.
Shortage Of rolling stock is play
ing a much greater part in handi-
Gaping the Germans today than is
shortage Of raw materials But the
German workmen are struggling
against this drawback, and the
goods being made are stored in
readiness for the day when the
shortage of railway rolling stock is
made good.
Never have the German working
class been so completely at one with
q ne capitalists as they are now.
their one thought is 10 get back
I business as quickly as possible, and
to accomplish this end they do not
spare themselves. The factories are
working day and night, seven days
a week, as they worked during the
war
During the time 7 was i'm Essen
and in other centers of industry in
Germany ] never heard a single
workman complain regarding the
long hours of labor. Always when
L spoke regarding the conditions. the
reply was:
We must work TO build up the
fsttherland our future lies before
us. and we cannot make that future
successful if we do not put our
shoulders TO the wheel now"
The chemical laboratories, which
played so important a part in the
work at Krupps during the war, are
still playing an important part to-
day Here the scientists and chem
lists continue their labOrs and in
vestigatiOn.
The dye industry they claim as
their own particular child. and now.
il is stated, important discoveries
have been made which viii revolu-
zionist the dye industry, and once
again make the world dependent
Upon Germany.
Fear of BOlshevism.
After mixing with the German
workers. j believe their one desire is
30 see Germany a great nation
again, rich in commerce and trade.
for once this is accomplished they
recognize that each and all Will
share ia the nations prosperity.
The one terror of the Germans L.
bolshevism. They know something
OF the hideous doctrine, for they
saw what the Spartacists were cap
able of during the early days Of the
revolution. And every effort is be
ing made to foster this fear of boil
shevism since the commercial mag
mates and the militarists appreciate
tC the fullest that while this fear is
uppermost I'm the minds of the
working classes they will work TO
prevent the doctrine gaining ground
. AADe tOlA lltih lildl ny liOledSlliB
production they viii be able TO
fight against bolshesim, which
threatens TO swallow half Europe.
and the workers believe and work.
Russia is to the German a land Of
promise
Discuss Russian Question.
In Essen I heard the vexed ques-
I tion discussed with great fervOr.
Nothing pleased the German more
than the British withdrawal from
Russia. Not that the German was
glad that the British had ceased 10
/ fight against the bolsheviks. but
they saw the grave possibility OF a
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