The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-15
WORKERS REVOLT. SOON WILL AR|SE, MOSCOW IF ECLARES
Communist Authorities Do Not Believe Stresemann
 Ministry Can Survive
By JOHN GRAUDENZ Copyright, 1923, by United News) (Lcascd Wire to The AEe-HernIO

tLeaScd Wire to The AEe-Heraid)
 MOSCOW, August 14.-Russian n chaotic conditions in Germany, and analyzing the possibilities of a com munist revolution.
 Russia must and will lend a Ger man workmen's government not only moral but material help" Karl Radek. soviet offical, noted for his active work in Germany, told me Tuesday.
 The authorities, however, do not believe that the time is ripe> for a that such revolt must ultimately come. They feel that the Stresemann cabinet is francophle, and will, therefore, postpone the revolt. Rus sia is pleased at this, as it gives her breathing space to prepare for the eventual rise to power of a German workingmans party.
 Having just returned from a trip into Germany after spending II months in Russia, l have had ample opportunity to study the conditions there and here.
 Conditions in Russia.
 Strictly summarized, they can be thus described:
 Russia is slowly but steadily go- ing up hill.
 Germany is rapidly sliding down.
 In Russia there is hope in the near future.
 in Germany the future lies in utter darkness.
 In Russia the people know the country has immense natural riches and the favorable harvest adds to the general hope.
 Germany has been deprived of the largest part of her natural resources. What is left is partly occupied by her enemies, and no matter how good the harvest, she will always be com pelled to import much of her food stuffs.
 Workers Fairly Well Paid.
 In Russia the working masses are fairly well paid-many times better off than in Germany. They earn be- pre-War wages; in Germany, less than 25 per cent.
 In Russia the workman does not care whether the soviet ruble falls and the dollar rises, because he is being paid on the following basis:
 What could a workman buy for 10 gold rubles? The same amount quantity and quality-is taken as a base, and every fortnight the prices of these articles are determined. The amount thus fixed is called the goods ruble."
 A qualified metal worker earns this month the equivalent of about $10 a month. This is about 90 per cent of his pre-War wages. The sal aries of the brain workers or tech nical employees are generally con- siderably higher.
 Compared with Germany, these sal aiies are fortunes. For instance, the female secretary of an editor of the Rosta receives the equivalent of $40. .sal. of ft,1l q f1,,. of the Berlner Tageblatt or similar papers amounts to between $10 and SlJ q month.
 Heavy Decline in Mark.
 The chief editor, Theodor Woolf, received d salary for the month of July of 3,500,000 marks.
 Today this would amount to about dollar and q half.
 The income of Steklov. chief edi- tor of the lsvestia, is about s20O. or course. there are persons earning higher salaries, but there is a limit tc what d member of the communist party may earn. Lebedoff. chief of the Russian staff, for instance, earns about SSI a week.
 The Russian government knows that for some years. to come the most important task will be to increase The agricultural production. espe- ciGlly for eXportation purposes. Con seQuently strong efforts are being made to increase the sown acreage. production of fertilizer. purchase and distribution of tractors. agricultural machinery, etc.
 In Germany the atmosphere is de- pressed. Everybody is nervous, worried by the dark outlook. The daily hardships, the impossibility of feeding themselves and their fami- V rough and nasty. Disputes are started over the most trifling mat ters, especially in over-crowded t'amcars and subways.
 In Russia people are much less cultivated and civilized but their at titule IS happier and always helpful.
 Even the humblest drotsky driver or workman uses his please" and "eXcuse ne" freely. l have not seen a single fist fight in Moscow since l have been here. Disputes are iu- frequen. and easily settled.