Evening star., 1923-04-29
SEES GERMAN RUIN
in RUHR RESISTANCE
Harden Declares Cuno Must
Drop Condition of Speedy
Liberation.
BY MACMILLAN HARDEN,
Germany's Foremost Publicist.


By Cable TO The Star
BERLIN, April 2s.-Must one be-
lieve that, as the name Louis for
royal and imperial France. and the
name Of Landis, conquered and ac-
quired through marriage by the
Hapsburgs, were potent of disaster,
so the name William is fraught with
worse than that for unfortunate Ger
many?
Even people free from superstition
are asking this question today. They
are more than half in earnest at that.
For the credit balance OF william
Cuno. fifteenth imperial chancellor.
isn't comparably better after Ave
months of rule than was that OF
William of Hohenzollern. third Ger
man kaiser, in the closing days of the
war. Despite all differences OF rank
the tasks of then and now are funda-
mentally the same.
Duty to Quit Roasting.
II was the third kaisers duty to
lay aside boasting. the pose Of a con-
queror interference with political anS
economic affairs. and try to reconcile
the bismarck created empire to the
world. The fifteenth chancellor
should steer toward the same port
II. without hesitating or seeking ao-
plause. he would do what is human3y
possible to remove. or at least re-
leNe. the consequences OF the war. She
blame for which the world ascri6es
TO Berlin. he would do only his duty.
The ship Of Herr Cuno, who was a
part of Wilhelm's Imperial Gov
ernment. hasn't come a mile nearer
this destination. On the contrary II
sits on sandbar just outside OF the
~ flnr
Curzon is trying to release il. The
voyage could not succeed because the
whole navigation plan rested on a
false hypothesis.
His Connections Failed.
Cuno hoped and relied on the 4nagic
power of his connections" especially
Americans: Since he had been twice
in the United States for brief visits
and had, with the mighty assistance
Of Paul Warburg, closed a shippine
deal with the late f. H. Harriman.
he seemed to regard himself an in
extricably-rooted favorite on that
continent. But even if his s'connec-
tlons' We're as valuable ard time
tried as those Of his protector, the
Hamburg banker Max Warbura
could he imagine himself able to ac
complish anything? Not even private
business.
Every we'll known man n,ust daily
ASSURE Soile Jop nunter THAT no ex-
perienced industrialist or merchant is
wiling to engage anybody for an
important post as a matter Of favor
Naturally. still less could it be ex-
pected that in international politica !
aralrs of the utmost Importance
breadth from the course laid down in
Washington.
Bill Is DIsappofn ting.
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Berlin-from the end OF the Lust
tanla to the costs of the American
Rh1ne army--brought disappointment
Every day since has brought others
for America. Passive resistance and
sabotage may drive the French to
such cruelties as will bring protest.
but these very acts are universally
regarded as direct outgrowth of the
Franco Belgian program, and, any-
how. the heart OF the world Is hard
ened to atrocities. 1t also Is far from
convinced that the German soul has
altered 1t doesn't grow excited over
some three dozen killings.
Prices are rising, wages go with
them, the attempt to raise a dollar
loan was a ridiculous failure. and
Germany's floating debt has risen to
sixty-five hundred billion paper marks
very greatly exceeded
Germany must negotiate with
France unless complete ruin is to
come. She must drop the condition
Of speedy liberation OF the Ruhr.
But Cuno continues blind. Otherwise
he would perceive that direct nego-
tiations with Paris, and not via Lon
don, is the only method Of salvation
left for the betrayed German people.
Such a method would insure the
United States OF Europe. But 1t
would seem that these negotiations
must be conducted by somebody who
hasn't made the fearful mistakes Of
this new William.
Copyright. 1929