Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1923-09-21
JOURNALISM OVER THERE

amount of very interesting matter fol
it's size is "The Daily Berlin Amer
ican," which advertises itself as "tht
only daily in Central Europe printed
in English" and it gives what woulC
seem a pretty thorough resume Of the
more important news of that troubled
section of the world.
The little journal states its motto
as "The News; its ideal as "Dem
ocracy''; and its policy, "With Chart!
To All, With Malice Towards None.
The editorial in this particular mum
Der is a rather frank one, politically
and is as follows:
REVOLT
an the days of the tribe and the
clan, we can we'll imagine that a re-
volt in miniature was arranged by
the members of the enlarged family
if the chief of the family led the tribe
into districts where food was scarce
From those days on all revolts have
been made by either people who were
willing to fight for an ideal, and
sacrifice their last drop Of blood fol
this ideal, or people who were hungry
The American revolution was one OF
the cases Of the former. But even
then it was fought in a country that
was sparsely populated, and amply
able to produce enough food to sup
port its population. A revolution in
modern times has two earmarks; it is
in short, due to the super-complicate
meshes Of our economic structure
and the lack of food to feed the dense
ly centralized population of our mo-
dern cities.
"The atmosphere in Germany to-
day is ripe for a revolt, for a revolt
of the short and bloody type that is
caused by hunger. But this revolt
has not the earmarks of that ideal
ism that make revolt and bloodshed
the last ethical justification for the
furtherance of the ideal. 1t is the
type of revolt led by selfish leaders,
supported by a part of the masses
who have lost their reason through
hunger that is, and the worse famine
that they fear.
"Where there is a crime, and if a
revolt breaks out in Germany today
it is a crime, there is always a
criminal.
eff a revolt breaks out in Germany
now, sophists may seek the criminal
in this and that political camp. But
the truth is more than fundamental.
A country that can work will never
revolt. The laws of all lands state
that even the law cannot take the
tools with which a man. earns his
living from him. But the world has
looked on while one nation has taken
the tools with which it works and
earns its living from another. The
Ruhr district is the workshop of Ger
many. If you take the workshop
away from the laborer he starves.
If you take the tools away from ma
tion, the nation starves.
Germany today is crucifed on a
cross of gold. That cross was first
made in Versailles and the victim was
nailed on the cross when the French
occupied the Ruhr district.
"Those who claim that this cross
of gold was "made in Germany" are
spreading information that violates
all the tenets of common sense and
reason. The man is not yet born who
could, and for that matter would
plunge Millions of people into starva-
tion for selfish reasons. Human be-
ings are just about the same after all,
be they dark haired or blond with
blue eyes.
owe are sure that we speak in the
terms of the thinking American and
the thinking Englishman, when we
say
"Call a haiti"
The financial uncertainties of Ber-
lin journalism these days seem indi-
Gated by the fact that the subscrip-
tion price is given only from month
to month, the price of the "Daily
American" for July being $500
marks. The price of this particular.
number was 5000 marks per copy.
Which sounds pretty big but probab-
lv is so hip as If sounds