Evening star., 1922-05-18
GERMAN HATRED
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FOR j. S. FADED

= cago Daily News
BERLIN, Germany, May 5.-krupp
won Bohlen, husband OF Frau oeft""
Krupp, who before the war was
known as the scannon queen" ana Bun
owns the great Krupp steel ana IRON
works in Essen, recently accused the
United States of being a poor sport
for having Withdrawn from European
affairs. other prominent Germans
have heen equally severe IN eheII
criticism. Nevertheless. 1t can pe
truthfully said that among an OF Mnjtad
States is least disliked by the German
people. Indeed, their attitude IS one
of friendly tolerance mingied Win
hope.
[ signed at Versailles the Germans nave
looked across the Atlantic with eyes
4 that were big with hope. Americai
i surely will help US financially un,!t
+; we are on our feet again." and most
| essuredly America will insist that tne
| peace treaty be revised are phrases
which every American living in Ger
many has heard many times. ~
touching, this faith in America. ana,
though the German people nave peeh
disappointed time and again ny ex
,aggerated reports in the newspapers
that America had PROMISED thls or
,that, they have not lost their beliet
that ultimately the big nation across
the sea will come to Germany's as
sistance.
Big Brother Across Sea.
Recently 1 sat in a popular Berlin
cabaret listening rather hstleSSly 10
the recitations and songs of a well
known performer Most of them
were the usual drivel about the "Sooo
old days" when everything was cheap
and Germany was paradise anu |
about the black troops on German
OF propa ganda is dished up at every
cabaret and vaudeville performance
in every city and town in Germany
! every night and is rather boring TO
foreigners, although it is greatly ap-
plauded by the natives But sudden
" my ears caught the word "Amer1-
ka," and, perking up 1 heard the fol-
lowing song, which since then has
become rather popular in Germany:
Amerika du srosser bruder der ueber dem
Ocean liegt
Der in das Field gezegon und uns gesiegt'
Nur Du kannst uns retten.
Lass vergessen sein den alien STREET,
Lass leben uns in Fredseligkeit,
Erloes Won den ketten.
IAmeriea. big brother across the sea,
You who fought Sainst us and won.
( Only you ave
| Let us forget CO Tuarrels
Let live in >s:ee together.
And deliver SeUm our bonds
IL was moro pdtnetlc lnan brilliant
this song, but the audience seemed to
think it wonderful. When the per-
former had finished a storm of ap-
plause rewarded him and he had to
sing it all over again. He seemed to
have expected this, for when he be-
gan singing again he pulled out of
his pocket and waived a miniature
American flag. The applause this
stime was even louder than at first.
Similar scenes may be witnessed al
I r~t oirrk, -, ~ v1n1
aces and cafes in Berlin and other
cities, and may be taken as the ex-
preston of the popular feeling to-
ward the United States.
Child Feeding 10 Secret.
The work of the Hoover relief ad-
fm1nistration and the American So
fciety of Friends. or Quakers, in feed
Ting German children after the revolu-
ttion possibly had most to do with
4creating this feeling of friendship for
America. And the grow Ing genera
itions of Germans, the children of
leans, probably will entertain even
more friendly feelings toward the
limited States. 81
This unselfish action on the, part
Germans good deal For decades
lthey had regarded Americans as cold.
calculating beings who worshiped
tthe almighty dollar The United
Estates, they believed, went into the
twar because Wall Street wanted it,"
But here the Americans come and
iced lot of children, first the
.Belgians. and then the German little
,Dnes. The Germans felt there was
something wrong: either the Ameri-
cans wanted something in return for
their money-sOmething they would
spring on Germany later-or the
herman idea of Americans had been
an wrong. And by and by came the
COnGlnClnn
generous heart and really wanted
,nothing in return for the millions
spent on relief work. Since that time
the average German has been willing
TO swear by America.
good deal has been done TO nromota
7nis feehng. Lectures have been given.
articles by the score have been publish.
ed IN the liberal and socialist press and
ihnnumeraD hr Die pamphlets have been sent
broadcast. This publicity has strength
sened the new attitude of the masses to-
ward the American cousin across the
sea, and the result has been that the
cesntrv ces,rH 10 emgrate to that friendly
younger set. However. Americas re-
lstrictions on immigration have com
PEELED the young German farmers and
| Workinsmen to repress their wander
lust" And even if there were no re-
tstrlctlons, the young workingman would
De unable to emigrate at this tire be-
cause OF the almost prohibitive rates
! sho SteduSHlp companies are charging
Tor trip to the United States.
Business Men Active.
The German government, too is yery
anxious that Germany's relations with
the United States should be most cor
DIAL and that the bad impression the
kafser's diplomats made in America
during the war should be eradicated
German business men and Industrial
leaders have, formed the "Deutsch-
:sAmerikanischer Virtschatts Bund"
German American Economic League).
with Gustav Stresemann as it's head
1t is the aim of this organization to act
as medium in facilitating trade and
commerce between the two Countries
and smoothing over misundersta ndinrs
and disputes that might arise TO
threaten the peaceful intercourse of
&business. The American Chamber Of
Commerce in Berlin is working in the
same direction and is trying to make
Its offices clearing house for German
tsAmerican trade. Finally. the America
Institute in the Berlin University has
-as its object the maintenance of close
connections between Americas and
Germany's world of science and learn
ing.
I It is obvious that Germany wants the
Hunted States to be close and .heipfuI.
l friend. 1t becomes apparent now and
1 that sooner or later there will be a split
among the allies, and that in one of
I the new alliances that will be formed
America and Germany will be together
on one side, with France on the other.