The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-16

Marno Qld a Slh gle German rise against the fresh and Joyous" war. It was necessary 1 for us first to defeat the German armies to produce the protests Of the | social independents. Kurt Eisner
 spirit in unmasking-i -indiscrimin"tely 1 antocracy and it's crimes was the onIy exception.
 Are StilI n Unit
 The two Germanys--if there are | two-were a unit in common ann III | 1914, and are unit tooay. Wlth l certain form differences, when the question of fulfilling the obligations | of 1919 are taken up. Like most great political prop lens, Germany is first of all. A large | ma1orfty of the German people un~ | uuestionably do not consider than . | selves responsible for evils caused by | them, and hence we havo the trouplo l from which Europe Is suffering 1 Germany signed the Versailles treaty 1 over two years ago, but never ac-
 cepted its clauses. Germany signed l an uitimatum on May 5, 1921, which l was considerably tempered Tn com parison with the original treaty. The l whole press now declares the terms | of the ultimatum impossible.
 1 The recent difficulties with which l Chancellor Wirth has been confront | ed originate from this spirit It is quite possible that Wirth himself IS 1 a partisan of the policy of correctly | carrying out Germany's engage ments Certain of his deeds permit | us to believe so. But If this is his 1 conviction it does not go far enough l to encourage him to resist those pro fessing contrary view. When the l tO the 1 treaty of Versailles and contrary to 1 the decision of the arbitrators, in 1 claiming the whole Of Upper Silesia 1 undivided. when ne urges an impos- 1 sible solution of the controversy he 1 probably hopes to disarm his op- | ponents of the party of the right. But in reality he encourages them
 and puts himself in their hands
 Know Them Too Well
 If any one country has reasons to 1 desire & moral change in Germany,
 1t is France. We have known Ger
 many too well-by terrible experi-
 ence-by her victory of 1870, by the l inability of the world to prevent the Germans from becoming the aggres- sors in 1914. We know that only T
 new spirit In Germany will bring Q 1 real peace guarantee. < l If the recent agreement signed at | Weisbaden between Nj. Loucheur and | Herr Rathenau. the French and Ger | man ministers of reconstruction, mas been welcomed without objection. 1t | is because we wanted to see the eff 1 feet of this new tendency on the 1 Germans. The future alone will show l whether our hope ia Justified. one thing is sure, the present aggressive i attitude of the German press does
 not give much reason for that hope.
 Premier Briand. in his recent | speech at St. Nazaire, declared what
 he had already said in the Chamber l of Deputies last June that he had | confidence In Chancellor W'rth. Many F-enchmen are glad to think 1 the same way. But we must consid- l CT facts and not words Chancellor | Wirth in all of his speeches on Up l per Silesia embraces the doctrines s 1 of the Pan-Germans. On the other hand he Is constantly weakened by | hIs concessions to his adyersaries rand his position seems so precar'ous ! that tfe least incident may run II. 1 Thus France k confronted by eri- 1 table blackmail. They say "the only way to prevent the formation or 8 Stressemann- -Stinnes cabinet, which
 would shirlS still more the responsi- 1 bilities of Germany. is to accept the i Wirth cabiret." This is a danser- 1 ous game for our country and it does | not agree to II.
 | A great problem in collective psy- ! chology, Germany must be studied
 calmly. I have only brought atten . ! tion to the principal aspects as they | appear to my countrymen. If Ger many would give us unquestionable 1 proof of her desire to fulfill her en- | agreements France would rejoice
 more than anyone else. Unfortun-
 ately that proof has not been given ! yet.