The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-02
0UTl0OKDARK'
FOR GERMANY.
Only Ray Of Hope Seen by
Leaders Is Early Peace
With America.
BY KARL II. Won WEIGAND.
UsiyersaI service.

BERLIN, Jan. "A dark, gloomy,
and uncertain portent, generally
speaking, is the outlook Isioned by
German as the nation peers into the
uncharted and trouble promising
year of 1921.
On the eve Of the new year
veritable drum fire of French and
British notes were falling upon Ger
many's political front, calling aloud
"disarm further" and these promise
developments in the new year which
cannot be forecast, but which, with
out exception, serve TO intensity the
uneasiness of the German people
and to create q state of affairs which
gives a poor outlook for the coming
year. They will prevent the mental
consolidation so necessary TO the
work Of reconstruction.
OUTLOOK Is GLOOMY.
With but few exceptions the sit
ultion In Germany Is no better at
tho beginning Of the year than II
was a the beginning OF the revolu-
ton.
Count Won Bernstorfr, former am
bassador to the United States in "A
written statement declares the one
bright and promising ray piercing
the black political clouds hanging
over Germany is from America with
the establishment of new govern
men there. He believes that Presi-
dent Harding's first official act will
be the restoration Of peace between
the United States and Germany.
Germany's statesmen are seeing
war looming up in the early spring
between Russia and Poland. Mill
tary specialists are convinced that
Poland will collapse. even II not
.nilitarily. then politically and eco-
nomically. and point out that Ger
many must be prepared fully TO
reckon with tho red armies at the
main German border.
POLAND IS DESPERATE.
Persons coming from Warsaw
paint the political and economical
and financial condition Of Poland as
that the German mark. which is
worth less than a cent and half in
American money. buys ten Polish
marks. They also express doubt
whether France can much longer
carry the burden of keeping up Po-
lands military machine.
With the prospect in the east, the
Germans are both enraged and de-
pressed by the entente demand for
the dissolution of the German "securi-
" police" II is pointed out that with
the advance OF the red armies. the
radicals in Germany are prepared
this time to make an important move
and not lie inactive as was the case
when the red armies were at the
German border the last time.
Already Germany is 10000 men
short in the Versailles treaty allow
! ance Of a Reichswehr force Of 100000
men because the men object to the
twelve years enlistment period. 1t ~
/ declared that the security police OF
Essen have been dissolved. At the
same time the entente is expected TO
register a demand for the disarming
of the Eeinw ohnerwehr, which, to-
gcther with the dissolution of the
security police. II is bitterly declared,
: will leave Germany practically de-
1 fcnseless.
ALLIES ADD TO GLOOM.
To add TO the dark outlook the
Government tonight makes known
that an allied note has been received
demanding the extradition of twenty
war criminals.
An on top OF all that today's re
ports tell OF a general vote being
taken by the railroad workers on the
/ question of general strike in the
event that their demands are not
granted. Up to the present all the
votes tabulated have been for the
calling OF the strike to enforce the
demands. SO far only reports from
three OF the railway centers are in.