The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-07-13
UNHAPPY GERMANY

Considerable uneasiness is becoming manifest in the
great financial centers of the world the turn
of affairs in Germany To the unnitiated there would
seem to be little if any change from the ordinary routine
except for the assassinatn of Foreign Minister athenau,
which event was accepted generally as the work Of
crazed fanatic who thought he was dvinely appointed
to right supposed wrongs against the faherand. But
there is another phase to the situation that is not at
all encouraging and that may be taken as an indication
of the instability of the present German government AT
the present time the German mark at its lowest value
point Eighteen cents in United States money will buy
one hundred marks when it remembered that before
the war the mark worth about 3 cents, the APP
paing collapse can best be realized. This condition
undoubtedly due TO the internal condition Of the country,
the unsettled state of affairs that makes predetermined the
outcome of single day, single hour.
The lines are being drawn tighter and ever tighter
by the rival factions representing the present republic and
the banished monarchy. One section of the Gsgeash
nation taken as whole, favors the restoration OF I'M
peral rule the re-estabshment of the old German EN-
pire with an emperor or kaiser the throne al Berlin
On the other hand there is that great of Germans
who having repudiated the Hohenzolerns, are deter
mined that never again shall king emperor set foot
in Potsdam One of the difficulties confronting the
republicans is that seine of the integral states of the
former empire are monarchia in the fern of their
governments and some of the rulers Of those states
are still either actually regning expected to have
their thrones restored There federation of states
as we have them in our United States so that the prob
lem is therefore quite complicated
Again referring to the assassination CT Foreign MIN
lister Ralhenau that act crime, not alone against
an individual but against the whole German people. He
had proved himself to be sagacous statesman, gaining
mere and more the confidence of the OF German
citizens who saw in Rahenau power that would event
ually bring into degree Of harmony the warning
elements What was al first thought 10 have been the
work of lunatc or fanatic, appears to have been
part of general plot to exterminate the republican
leaders, thus paving the way Tor monarchia uprising
that would restore the old dynasty The details of this
plot are now being laid bare The result of careful
and thorough investigation that has been entrusted to
new tribunal composed Of members one of whom
the chairman, is the present head of the supreme court
two are members of the supreme court bar and the
other four are elected severay by the four dominant
political factions known respectively the Cenrsts the
Democrats. the Majority Socialists and the Independent
Socialists 1t is proposed 10 delye deep into recent oc
currences and it would be surprising if many prom
nent Germans face firing squads while others will be
sent into permanent exile. 1t will take radical action
to save Germany from utter from within. The con-
dtion of the financial life of the republic indicates the
distrust of the remainder of the world and genuine
fear for the future.