Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-26
BY MACMILLAN HARDEN
Special Dispateb tn The Tribune.

! Copyright. 1922. BY Great Falls TriLnte
Berlin, Nov 2j.-The tenth govern
ment since the defeat Of Germany is in
the saddle. The ninth. ike its eight
predecessors. died because of what in
medicine is termed vitality exhaus-
tion. Speeches. promises, angry
! curses, whining complaints. all have
been substituted for strong action.
Nirth. former teacher of mathemat-
les III d Baden scnool, with talent like
his prototype and protector, Erzberger,
, thought himself dexterous enough to
dance over the precipicc of the London
lultimatum of 1921, and gain the vic
tors confidence" In either case he
failed
As a child believes in Santa Claus,
so he believed that England would help
against the French. Then. by his hasty
lill-considered treaty of Rapalla with
the soviet he forced Lloyd George into
the French camp.
Germany Left Alone
AS though this external shame was
not enough. Wirth passed the special
law for the defense of his own and his
colleagues skins by providing extra
and special penalties for crimes against
state officials, thus upsetting the
equality of all citizens before the law
which had existed in undemocratic
Prussia for 10 years. His failure in
directing the finances of the country
was monumental His only idea was
initiation. He wanted twelve billion pa
per marks as the limit of the paper
currency daily, but the capacity of the
printing plant held him to seven. What
was the use of talking about stabiliza-
tion at that rate? As well try to stop
4 driverleSs motor car tearing down
hill
But three things must happen: First,
it must be recognized that the mark
no longer can be used as a unit, but
must be repaid by the reichs rate Of
reichs francs on a gold basis; second,
it must be understood that the loan or
of our remaining gold
cannot help unless the money market
is purified beforehand; third, the gov
ernment must cease being monopolized
by incompetent politicians.
Good Government Needed
This third essential is beginning to
be recognized dimly. The trades union |
secretary, the small town lawyer. the |
secretary type of minister, is losing
vogue. Even the strongest of such |
men find their will weaking by the sud
den rise to prosperity and power so |
they are more willing to abandon their
than their luxurious Off !
,ial residences and motor cars. In |
any case the wife. formerly a cook( or
any case the wife, formerly n cook. or
'and's ambition. She quickly became
accustomed to riding and being called
'Excellency."
Now the labor classes are turning
oward the leaders of industry and the
,reat transport classes, after their own
eaders have fallen or failed. 1t is n
question whether men like Wilhelm
Juno, who served the kaisers cabinet
IS adroitly as he later served the Ham
'urg American, line, and Joined in the
enseless song of grievance and arias
I anger after every conference from
'ersailles to Genoa viii fill the bill
Since their defeat Germany has had
@ government worthy of the name,
he industrialists. after "a thorough
reparation, believe themselves strong
nough to dominate the government in
he new reich. Welcome to them IL .
hey really want new Germany and
I'LL bring strong, sure action into our
epubiic's miserable passivity.