Evening journal., 1922-02-15
GERMANY is NO
Longer Menace
German Correspondent Says
Population is Decreasing
100000 Annually
GIVES INTERESTING
TALK AT NEWARK
specIaI % rhe EvenIns Journal.

Special 10 The Evening Journal.
NEWARK. Feb. 15.-Dr John
Mez. correspondent for the Frank
furter zeitung one Of the large news
papers OF Germany. who represented
that paper at the recent conference
in Washington made an address in
wolf Hall. University OF Delaware.
last night on America and the
Economic Crisis > Europe" This
address was under the auspices OF
the Limitation OF Armaments CLUB
OF the Women's College. DR.. W.
J.. Bevan introduced the speaker.
While the talk by Or. Mez was in
teresting. because OF bad acostics,
his slightly broken English and the
fact that ne talked unusually fast.
made Il hard for many in the audi
ence to follow the talk closely.
In his opening remarks the speaker
said that poverty and distress Is on
the increase in most all countries OF
Europe. In Germany. ne said the
population Is decreasing az the rate
+ OF 900. 900 a year. Dr. Mez said II
/ is a much different Germany than
that before the war and that Democ-
racy has come TO stay In Germany.
/ At this point the speaker said he de-
sired It understood that he Is not a
propagandist. that he is not connect
ed with the government and that he
IS a pacihst and opposed the war all
during the war and before u started
He repeated that while there are
many Monarchists left in Germany
yet in his opinion Democracy Is
there 20 stay.
DIT. Mez stated that notwlthstand-
ing the fear OF France, there Is one
fact that should be understood and
that is that Germany Is practically
completely disarmed. He said Il
was true that there remained a
standing army OF about 100000 men
but that the country had been dis
armed 10 the extent that Germany
is no longer a monance to the peace
Of Europe. He gave a list OF the
guns and war material that has been
turned over TO the Allies. Tho
speaker suggested that probably a
mistake had been made at tho recent
Conference In allowing France and
Japan to retain such large land arma'
ments were not good for the future
peace Of the world.
DR.. Mez told OF how Hugo Stinnei
who was practically unknown beforl
the war had gotten control OF a largl
percentage OF most all industries o
3 Germany. employing in his plant
700. 900 men. He did not thin
the rapid growth OF the SHINES In
terest was for the betterment o
Germany.
The standard OF iivirg all owe
. Germany. DR.. Mez said was mucl
lower than before the war and hal
d brought about much suffering and
. want.
The speaker charged that the in
dustrial chiefs OF Germany are ex
plotting labor through the great de
crease in the value OF the mark. Be
fore the war a mark was worth 2'
b cents and now Il Is worth but one
J half a cent. Workers who received
s marks a day before the war ar
now getting 80 and 40 marks a da,
but the s marks before the war wa
: equal 10 about 81 and the 40 mark
, now are worth but 20 cents.
b Dr. Mez touched on conditions Il
some OF the other countries that n
a has visited since the war. France
s Italy. England and several OF tn
e neutral countries He contende
, that the government OF Germany
n apparently as skeptical and fearfu
OF getting mixed up with the preser
II Russia regime as the United State
e is The English he said are IN
y highest taxed people OF the world a
q this time and that Sc out OF ever
e $50 there goes to taxes.
In conclusion DR.. Mez commende
G President Harding and Secretary q
a state Hughes for the good work aS
4 complished by the Conference. Al
a ter his talk DR.. Mez answered
number OF questions asked by pei
:. sons in the audience.