Evening star., 1922-12-31
Bl MAXMILlAN HARDEN.
Germany.s Foremost Pubiicist.

BY Cable Dispatch to The Star. Copyright. 1872
BERLIN, December 30-Mrs. Eu-
rope today is making Uncle Sam a
New Year visit. II is both material
and social in character. and the dia-
logue between them is well worth the
attention OF the whole world.
What a terrible year 1922 was" she
groans. AT the beginning it seemed
that the sky over my house was
brighter. Threads Of hope were spun
at Washington, at Cannes and at
Genoa. but they soon broke like cob
webs. Only from Washington was
there something remaining. and.
while it seems about to be ratified
after long hesitation. it does me no
good From all other summer ana
winter resorts no useful plan has
emerged despite noisy enthusiasm
II had thought the worst was over
and imagined that the world. when
must realize our worth, would help
us back to our old position and
wealth But today is almost darker
than a year ago. John Bull complains
of UNEMPLOYMENT and increased tax
alton Marianne Paris bemoans her
money scarcity and the imposAbillty
Of rebuilding her devastated regions
w
people with bread and entertained
them with circuses stands civilian
Caesar who suddenly has changed
his red shirt for black one and is
endeavoring to force the Imagination
of the masses back into a clean but
narrow bed of patriotic anti-foreign
emotion.
"Sounds Scarcely Credible.
People are trying to convince rne
that things are getting better to the
east, where the bolshevik terror has
reigned for four years. Property
rights now are recognized and trade
is permitted. This sounds scarcely
credible only few months after the
reports Of famine and cannibalism
but even If this is true. what Is the
good to me? My old carcass. covered
with the scars Of the surgeons knife.
wont hold together until order is
restored between the Black and White
seas.
New states are busy arranging
themselves, while. in the old people
cannot buy or sell. Germany. with
great Industrial Organization, could
sell for a long time because she Of
fers goods cheaper than her COM
petitors and can buy because she pro-
duces a means Of payment on print
ing press and pays her workingmen
one-fourth Of what they would get
in America for the same work. But
fast and there Is a decline in all in
dustries. and where formerly Ger
many had much to export. now she
is compelled to import. How much
longer will this be possible?
The German harvest is below the
out the winter without foreign fod-
der. The dollar a year ago bought
200 marks Last July it bought 500:
now it is 1000. Honest trade is i'm
possible with such fluctuations. which
within a year have varied from 1853
to S,174. The soundest and most ro-
spectacle business men are forced to
speculate.
"Now, Uncle Sam, this is q picture
Of our conditions. You are the only
one who can help US. Has your tender
heart turned into hard metal amidst
understands how you have stood the
sight Of this misery so long"
"short. Mockins Laugh" Follows.
A short mocking laugh comes from
the mouth which releases the pipe,
and then comes the answer:
Bravo! You have learned your
lesson very well. The only wonder
ia that you can expect 1t is going to
have any effect You know the story
Of Rothschild. who when the poor
Russian told his SORROWS to him for
a long time. rang for his servant and
said: Throw this man out, he Is
breaking my heart That's how we
feel about you. I have given moro
charity to YOUR children than ever
before was given on earth. I never
asked thanks. but I don't want to
hear any more about your debts. repa-
rations, low standards of living and
depressed exchange. Your constant
begging is almost worse than your
old military trumpets and soldier
play, You imagine you are in
dispensable and believe Almighty God
insured you first place in the universe
until the end Of time and reckon we
arc going to help you with our money
every time you do something stupid.
which is very often. You want us
to throw our peoples wealth into the
bottomless pit.
1--WE have claims for gold which are
being paid not in gold but in goods.
which we don't want, because we are
exporters ourselves and must protect
our industries with a tariff. For this
reason we are most interested in the
younger industrial countries. conse-
auently what interests US In Rus
STA 10 not the supposed change OF
f,,onf hrsf the fact that under COM