The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-09-13
RIOTS IN
GERINANYFEARED
VANDERBILT Says Explosion atl
That Time viii Be Felt
This Nation:
gMlLToN BRoNNER.

LONDON Sept. 1s.-Bread riots
hre the next menace In Germany
an explosion that will be felt I'M
America and the rest Of the world.
That g the gloomy forecast made
by Frank AZ Vanderbilt, famous
AMERICAN banker and student Of
economic yanderlip Is on his
way home after a five months tour
OF Germany France, Italy, SwItzer.
land Hungary, Austria, Roumania
and Gzecho. sloyakia, during which
he travelled BY auto in order to
reach rural villages as well as the
big cities.
n fear serious trouble in Ger:
many VANDERBILT said. Before
long You may see some recovery
in the price OF the German mark,
and people will say the trouble is
all over But don't be fooled by
this false normally.
"Next winter, when coal IS
scarce and food Is dear, there viii
be critical times In Germany. Tho
danger will be from bread riots.
sixts:five millions Of Germans will
not take their troubles as quietly
as me Austrians have done.
However do not look for any
attempt III "a monarchial coup. The
rionarchists are too clever for that.
They know. IL they seized power
now they would be grabbing fall.
ing market they could not bring
about chea per food and greater pro-
ducttor, and they would be cursed
FOR every atlment existing"
VANDERBILT emphasized that his
tour Of Europe was not as an off.
oiai Observer for the United States
government, but merely a tour Of
perscnal studs
PEOPLE calm pessimfst abou.
Europe he said. 1.-THE plain truth
Is that II Is very easy to be an
optimtst Il one stays in America.
and Very hard not to be pessI.
mist IL one comes over ana studies
Europe.
AN over Europe found the
plain people=7the city workers and
the peasant farmers-sick OF war.
and vet fearing It: all hungry fori
peace, and yet feeling that they
haven't got Il on any secure terms.
Every time you turn around, you
find the situation full Of vicious
circles Take the matter OF the Al.
he'd debts TO us ] am not one OF
those who have advocated cancel.
iation of those obligations.
Here begins the vicious circle
that makes one almost fear the
problem Is insoluble-the Allied ma
tons can only pay us In gold or In
goods; they haven't got the gold
and cant get It; and II they seek
70 ply us with goods, We at once
put up a protective tariff wall to
shut out these products; II we
don't there Is danger that our own
factories would be closed and our
own workmen thrown out Of Jobs.
do not agree with those Amer.
leans who say. we have no interest
q Europe And put the economic
interest the lowest in the scale. Al
restored Europe would, OF course |
buy our surplus cotton ana wheat
and raw materials and manufac.
tired goods.
But America has more than /,
dollar and cent interest in Europe
rhs greatest loss to us and the
world would be II Europe crashed,
and ceased to be a great intellec.
tual, artistic and scientific center Of
activity.
y think America should be rep
resented on the reparations com.
mission: Entirely apart from our
claims 70 repayment by the Allies,
We nave very great interest and
desire TO see Europe restored to-
real peace.s