The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-02-18

| in the Bavarian mountains. | had not
seen him since June 1915, during
the battles of La Basse, Loretta
Heights, Souchez and the first battle
at Vimy Ridge, where he commanded
the German armies.
Unlike the German crown prince,
Rupprecht did not leave the country
when the revolution came, but retir-
ed to the Bavarian Alps, where he is
surrounded by peasants and noun
taineers who still regard him as their
crown prince.
Living In Simplicity.
Living in extreme simplicity on the
second floor of small villa, ming
ling freely with the people, even at
tending the dances of the wood cut
ters and mountaineers, Rupprecht is
more popular today than he was
when the prospect of wearing a crown
was mora real than it is now.
The former crown prince is nearing
So. He Is greatly aged in appear
ance and his hair and stubby nous
tache have become wholly white. But
the slender, mountaineer-like and
sinewy iEure still has the elasticity
of youth. Discussing the present sit
uatiol il Germany. the prince said:
There is an old proverb which
says where nothing is to be had,
even Caesar has lost his rights.
Should the allies attempt their threat
ened terrible measures of compulsory
foreclosure against Germany 1t will
soon develop that they would in no
way realize the enormous sums de-
manded. No, not even If the last
tiles were torn from our roofs and
the shirts from the backs of our peo-
ple-insofar as they still have shirt.
81 can assure you that there are
many children running about turnout
Germany without a shirt on their
bodies. Even in the formerly we'll
TODD families, the children are going
barefooted because there is no mon
ey for new shoes.
1.-THE approximate national wealth
of Germany was estimated before the
war to be between two hundred and
three hundred billion marks, of which
one hundred and fifty billions were
IN, ,ooanau ond canuritiau
"Thru the war and the develop
ments connected with it, together
with the loss of valuable territorial
sections, this wealth has been tre-
mendously reduced, besides the fear
full decrease in productive power"
Rupprecht said it is undeniable
that there still are many people in
Germany who have money with which
to indulge in reprehensive pleasure
seeking, especially among the class
which he calls the newly rich. But he
declares that even among this class it
is their desperation which has driv-
en- them to recklessness.
LET us enjoy ourselves while our
money lasts, for soon we will have
none," he says is their feeling.
The former crown. prince also be-
lieves many visitors to Germany
formed their judgment of conditions
wholly from what they observed in
the first hotels.
"If was to spend a fortnight in
New York, would that make me COM
petent to pass judgment on conditions
in American" he asked.
viii Pay All She Can.
Touching the questions of repara-
tions he gave as his opinion:
Germany will pay, but will not
pay more than she can. She is thoro-
ly impoverished and can pay only
thru the product of her work-thru
her industries. To do that she must
be able to work.
Efficiency in work, whether man
ual or intellectual, is assured only If
the product OF the worker is not TAX
en- entirely from him.
"Slave work is inefficient and is
always far behind the work of free
men. America especially has had the
experience that sit pays" is what
oraatac a Iowa FOR vorly aud fhss io