Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-09-19
SMALLER INCOMES ARE HIT
BY LEGISLATION PROPOSED,
ASSERTS MONTANA SENATOR
States Senior Member Of Upper House Stops
in Great Falls on Return From Europe Where
He Attended Meeting of lnterparliamentary
Union at Stockholm; Writes of His Trip.

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sand Americans. naturally exciting thu
but like consideration was shown
throughout Germany and if there is {
trace Of bitterness in the hearts Of
her people towards ours we were no,
made conscious of it.
No Hatred Evident.
II remember that it was said wher
the war was in progress that German
hatred ranged itself in this order
ond against England, third against
Italy and fourth against France. We
became the object of their wrath
mainly because we continued during
the period Of our neutrality to sell
munitions to the entente allies anC
then joined them when. as the Ger.
mans think, victory for the central
powers was at hand l am satisfied
that upon sober reflection they find
no just cause for complaining of us
for the course we took as neutrals,
following a policy which their own
country had observed. fully sanctioned
by international law and considering
that we held off after repeated warn
ings until they declared and prose
cuted open warfare against us upon
the high seas. they do not blame us
for entering the contest against them.
Moreover in the interminable con-
| trOverSies that must arise out of the
! new conditions created and imposed
+, by the treaty Of Versailles in connec-
ton with which they expect only
scant justice, they look to us to stay
in some degree the vengeful spirit they
attribute to their European foes.
Want U. S. Soldiers There.
| Il am disposed to believe that were
| it consistent with what they deem the
proprieties of the case they would
urge that our soldiers on the Rhine re-
main. in view of the fact that the ter
| ritory they occupy would, on their
withdrawal be policed by the French
or English. The commander Of the
American forces. with headquarters
at Coblenz. Major General Henry 1.
Allen. who has seen service all over
Montana, has had abundant exercise
for his talent as diplomat in adjust
ing the controversies that daily arise
between the civilian population Of the
occupied territory on the one hand and
the French or British forces on the
other. There was no evidence that the
German people are in the slightest
degree repentant or regretful that
they plunged the world into the war.
They are deluded or delude them
selyes-the mass of the people-at
least so they assert, that Russia
started the affair.
"They do not appear to be sorry that
they took the course they did. They
are sorry only that they lost. If the
kaiser had only listened to Bernsdorff.
they say, America would have stayed
out and we would have won.' The
prevalence of this sentiment makes Of
the former ambassador something of
parsonage with the authorities of the
republic, despite the intimacy of his
relations with the old regime. He had
intended, he told me in Berlin, to at
tend the Stockholm conference, but was
asked by the chancellor at the last mo-
ment to remain for conference, doubt
less on the American treaty then in
the last stage of negotiation.
Sentiment Uncrystallized.
81 was anxious to learn whether the
great body of the people have sensibly
abandoned all thought Of puissant
Germany, of restoring her to the height
as military power from which she fell
or whether they say in their hearts
touching such destiny and the UNI
speakable misery Of war, Never Again.
determined to bend their energies to
make Germany instead the giant she
was industrially and commercially. in
tent on the victories Of peace rather
than those Of war. No satisfactory an
swer was found to this INJURY; prob
ably there is none because sentiment
has not yet crystallized, the problem
of what they shall eat and wherewith
they shall be clothed being of chief
concern to the multitude. The Friends
society and other relief organizations
are still caring for destitute children
and one Of the clerks in leading store
in Berlin informed us that he subsisted
on two meals day Possibly if oppor
tunity had been found to talk with
farmers and artisans, who are now
obliged to foot the bill while their sons
sleep in Flanders. the impression
might be gained that for them. at least,
the glories Of war are not so alluring.
But in an address presented to Luden-
dorff by municipality of East Prussia
about the time of our arrival, his adj
him that Germany would patiently
await the day of the avenger Of her
wrongs. This may be the vaporings of
blind reactionaries. the representatives
of feudal aristocracy. but one cannot
overlook the necessary effect of the
training to which these people have
been subjected.
confronts Big Task.
cat every turn in Berlin, and to a
greater or less extent in the other
parts of Germany visited, monuments
the observer, calculated to in
spire and excite military ardor in the
citizen, particularly one of impression
able age, and to convince him of the |
invincible might of the fatherland. Even
if the republic were disposed resolutely
to eradicate the idea that it is glory.
as well as duty, to be warrior, it |
would have no easy task.
Our old friend. H. c. H.. knows NOT
Germany. at least from the American
point of view. I paid the equivalent |
of about 81 80 a day for my room at |
the Adlon, the best hotel in Berlin.
The American military attache pays |
s75 month for the house he occupies, !
4 very comfortable residence that would !
command five times that much in
Washington. His wife informed US that
she pays her cook 300 marks month.
The equivalent Of about $3.50. her first