The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1922-05-13
GERMANY PLEADS
FOR U. S. CREDIT
First Official Presentation Of
Her Case Since War.
LANG ADDRESSES SCIENTISTS
Revival of Prosperity in Germany De.
cIared a Myth-Austrian Describes
Blood Thirsty Tariff War"

Philadelphia. May 13.-For the frs
| t.me since the war Spokesmen for on
| t.,u late enemies. The Germans ant
! AttStrian>. came forward in the rob
ci apoosiSr> and pleaders 10 addres
III American audience.
They are Karl Lang. charge d'af
| ;irpS nf the German embassy. and !.
e. Edgar Prochnik. present head o
tie Austrian delega lion III Washing
tn. They spoke before the American
Academy of Social and Political Sci
clrc in the Bellevue Stratford
The delegates. students. teachers
2,,d others who were present listened
with impressive attention as eacf
l:.;tde Ills argument. The two argu
la+nl> were in essenSe alike: That an!
Program for The rehabilitation OF Eu
rope. 10 which the United States is moi
:. least spiritually committed, IS doom
cl 10 failure.
When Lang rose 10 speak lie beSal
IL low and seemingly difficult voice
heavily colored with accent. Many
lad difficulty in following his words
All understood. however. after his
address had proceeded few minutes
t.taI he was proposing what he called
d "raparations holiday" and credits
f:om The United STATES.
Incidentally he seemed TO be explod
ing the more or less prevalent notion
lrre that there has been revival OF
prosperity in Germany.
That. he said. is Il myth. 50 much
9 myth that The middle Glasses III Ger
E.anl are on the verg OF desiilution
lie paused i moment froln the real
i.t& Of his paper. 1" say
Every letter that | have from itle,l.r
herS of my family hears out these
Statements
The myth of German prosperity.
said Herr Lang. has resulted. no doubt.
from The >uprI fetal observations nf
travellers.
'F'aclorie> indeed. are running. and
in tourist hotels one may find certain
evidences of luxury. but, the truth is
that this s2ecioHS prosperity is absorb
cI in rwo ways that did4not exist he
fore The war
One of rhem he said. is the payment
Of PREPARATIONS and rhe other in the in
creased imports of foodsttlffs Thai have
been made necessary thiEtugtT the de-
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Herr Prochuik. who spoke next, was
4 figure in curious contrast to the Ger
nlln.
In few sentences he described
graphically the plight in which dis
membermenu had left AuStria-a coun-
Try without ethnic on economic and
hardly geographic boundaries. 1t was
.S though. he said. q youngster on a
high chair had made trscingS on a
ntap of Europe. Banks were cut of
from their branches railroad lines
from their terminals, weaverS from
;.eir spindleS.
At present there is only q blood
thirsty tariff war" he said.
As 10 The wisdom or unWisdOm of
the United States in keeping out of
the Genoa conference it WAS not for
him TO say.
II can only say that | hope for the
time when the United States will climb
the supreme bench Of The srbiter
mundi."
The United States alone can check
tfear-bred militarism' in Europe
where only political security can lead
to an economic revival. Pierpont E
Moves told the Academy delegates.
Mr.. Moves. who is president of the
Oneida Community. Ltd, was the
American commissioner On the inter
allied RhineIand commission in 1919
and 1920
Sebasriao Sampaio, Of the Brazilian
embassy. invited the delegates to the
exposition to be held in Rio de Janet
ro next September. He said South
Americas interest in the rehabilitation
Of Europe is second only to thar of
the United STATES.
Another speaker. Albert Strauss.
formerly vice governor OF the federal
reserve board. expressed belief that
European indebtedness 10 The United
States government should he cancelled.