The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-01

chine guns, cannons and aeroplanes. We are in 1922.
 Military Germany Today
 German effectives exceed those laid down ing the treaty. Germany main- tains her officers of the reserve, her recruiting bureaus. Her generals go from town to town thrilling weak hearts and explaining, amid thunder ous applause, that Germany was not vanauished by arms. The disarma- ment in war material remains sus- pended. The treaty accorded Germany 2sS guns, In July. 1920, she still pos sessed more than 14.000. Germany is covered with secret ammunition depots. In the universities there is just one cry of furious hate against France. In April this year a big mu- hilton dump blew up at Gleiwitz Tho German Prussian alliance of Rapallo tApril, 1922) opens an immense field for German projects.
 "The two new governments, says Article 5, 'agree to aid each other re- ciprocally and in the most cordial manner In order to alleviate their economic difficulties"
 Economic difficulties? No one is deceived. Germany's notion is to have recourse to soviet industry that she may acquire war material from the Putliff works. So much for dis armament
 In order to make amends for his toric injustices of the past those sig natory to the treaty decided that be- fore Sieswig should go back to Dem mark and Upper Silesia to Poland, plebiscites should be held.
 False PIebiscite in siIesfa
 In violation of the treaty. Germans who had been born in the plebiscite areas but who did not live there were permitted to vote. In this manner the Germans were able to poll 19o.00 false votes in Silesia. Next, Germany patiently set about recreating her all dances. Hungary was scarcely ex-- ploitable in the absence of the Haps- burgs. But Austria was tempting prey--1,000.000 "brothers"i German maneuvers were not slow in making themselves felt.
 Before the treaty had even been signed the German-Austrians de- manded their incorporation in the German state. Germany had exer- cised her customary pressure. And despite the fact that Turkey and Bulgaria had fallen out. Germany did did not renounce her plan. Bulgaria had recovered her liberty of action and was playing the innocent. People
 
 Turkey. on the contrary, proceeded to take back everything that had been taken from her--Smyrna and Thrace.
 Turkeys feelings toward Germany. it may be noted, have never swerved a hairs breadth. Turkey had been the faithful exeeutor of Germany's will in the Balkans and in Asia Minor had opened her ports to the Goeben and the BreslaQ Turkey, which had been responsible for more shedding of French blood in Gallipoli and for the destruction of more allied war ships than Tufcophiles are today apt to bear in mind
 The "New Triple Alliance"
 Turkey belongs to the German sys- lem. She belongs to it under Abdul Hamid. She belonged to it under the regime of the Young Turks Ger many owes the Russian reverses to Turkey and also the intervention of Bulgaria. At the present time Ger man, officers are responsible for the technical direction of the Kemalist armies. In Berlin, at the instigation of Enver Pasha. there was created the "German Aid Society for Fighting Turkey" the first move In which organization was to open a subscrip- ton in favor of Angora. The Pan-
  .Mustapha Renal is trusted friend of Germany" Field Marshal Liman von Sanders speaks with admiration of the latter in his memoirs, Germany Turkey" Link with them, since Papallo, Russia of the soviets and you have the new triple alliance. The German com munique issued after the Rapallo ac- cord stated.
 "This tre.ty definitely passes the sponge over the past and founds at the same time basis for reciprocal reconstruction"
 Let us say, above all. of German reconstruction. Via victorious Tur- key, Germany is again looking toward the Balkans and Asia Minor. By the German Russian pact Is opened up the immense reservoir of Russian trade and industry; the Trans Sibe- rian railroad is there. Germany has found in Turkey and Russia mag nificent field for the energies of her l..