The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-07-17
GERMANS PLANNING NEW WORLD WAR, IS
 BELIEF OF EXPERTS
German Anti-Semitism Said to Be Responsible For Death of Rathenau.
By HERBERT NJ. DAVIDSON, International News Service Staff Cor
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By HERBERT NJ. DAVIDSON, International News Service Staff Cor respondent.
 Paris, July 17-German anti sen1it- ism proba biy was at the root of the murder of Rathenau, is at present at a high pitch of intensity and may break forth in pogr ronls, riots even revolution almost at any moment ac- cording to internationally known scientist interviewed by Le Mattn. The scientist, responsible for a, ser les of sensational statements regard ! ing conditions in Germany, refused to permit Le Matin to publish his name.
 There is an undercurrent of sus- picion in Germany today" he told his | interviewer, that Russian and Ger man Jews are preparing a new world war, directed against France, and that the seeds for this war were sewn | in secret clauses of the treaty of Ra- pallo"
 Beginning with a word picture of life in 1922 Germany, the authority declared that, contrary to the inpres- sions made upon most travellers who get only a superficial view of German conditions. misery in the German cit
 suffering is general" he said. ;'in spite of the fact that there is little unemployment. Visitors see factor ies at full blast and shops busy, and ! think at first that everyone is pros perou sand comfortable. Not at all.
 l Ut is the workman and the intel | lectua1 who suffers from the cost of living and low wages. War wound ed have ridiculous pensions. A complete invalid has, for example, a pension of 18O marks a month, just enough to buy him three meals in mediocre restaurant.
 | IntellectuaIs Are Thrifty.
 "A family of intellectual k-profes- siona1 men, teachers and the nke-are supplied with gratitude, to cite ar other example if a visiting foreiasier presents them with a flower and f1ow- CTS, by reason of the lessened de- mand. are cheap in Germany. For lintel1ectuals, in Germany, must save every penny for food and clothing.
 "All this contrasts with the insolent make more money every time the mark falls, and who have bought up most of the factories and so many of tke press is now in their hands
 True. a hatred of everything French still persists in Germany. But 2. reaction is taking place. For, one thing, the few Germans who have been in France have remarked that luxury is not as abundant in this country as they have been led to be-
 The authority then showed how it had been pointed out to the German people that many of the war prof. teers were Jews.
 ''It was emphasized" he continued, fish Soviets in Germany had been made by Jews. Everyone knew that many of the attempts to estab that many important Government of fees were being held by Jews. notably Schiedemann, Rathenau, Rosen, May er. Before long the anti-Semites had made the Jews responsible for ism and for the New World War, which, it was hinted, had been en- gendered in secret clauses of the Ra- pallo Treaty."
 England's efforts to give Germ ny another chance economically have been interpreted by the anti-Senlites, ing that England is entirely under the dominion of Jews They cite , as example the confidential friend of L1oyd-George, Sir Philip Sassoon, and Lord Reading, viceroy of India.
 Monarchtsts Are Anti-Sen1ites.
 'But who are the anti-Senaites? ?" the authority was asked. : among rnonarchists,' he replied, "es- pecially former officers. But several parties have made an issue of it and notably the Populist party. According to what I have heard. their object would seem to be to seek to avoid a new war directed by Mos COW and Berlin against a France un- ton l1 of a Judaized Bolzhevisn1. This is not much of a platform, but it is effective for people who have been through experiences they are not anxious to repeat.
 "On walls of towns one sees every day the blood-red announcements of !, meetings of this Populist party, un- der the heading. A New World War Coming," and adjacent the prudent warning: No Jews will be allowed in the hal1,
 'In all the bookstores one finds a profusion of anti+Semitic literature. published by the Populist party In these the leading spirits at Moscow are caricatured.'
 The authority refused to prophecy what might come of the Rathenau- aSSa ssination-
 Under the form of a, military pro- nuncia nento. the German monarch ists find their action blocked by the great mass of the people," he con- cluded. But under the form of tnationalistic socialism directed against war prof1teers and international hnan- ciers using anti-Semitisnn a weap- on there is no telling to what lengths they may hope to go."