Evening star., 1923-03-11
NY FRANK G. CARPENTER.
Berlin, Germany.

Berlin, Germany.
HAVE come to Germany to de-
scribe the actual conditions
which have swept over the land
beginning with the fall OF the
mark and increased by the taking
over OF the Ruhr by the French, en-
gulfng the people in maelstrom OF
destruction. have crossed the coun-
try from the North sea to Poland,
have gone down into the Ruhr VAL
ley and inspected the great manu-
featuring plants and the mines, and
spent some time in the cities talking
with all sorts and conditions of men,
from laborers in the factories to
bankers and the highest officials.
am now in Berlin, but l expect
to move back and forth and write
just what I see. So far, I have no
fixed conclusions. My head Is buzzing
with the complications and contra
dictions I find everywhere, and / get
4 new view every hour. One day
am convinced that the captains Of
industry, bankers, socialists and
others who are running the republic
are the shrewdest rascals who have
ever trodden the pike of the nations
and that they are fooling the world.
The next day feel they are COM
paratively honest and want TO do all
they can to get Germany back on her
feet. And then something new turns
these premises upside down, and. as
The backwoods congressman said, II
do not know where | am at
All l shall do in these letters is to
describe what ] see and hear from
day to day. whether it be in favor Of
Germany or not. and let the man on
the street draw his conclusions
;m not q prophet nor the son of
prophet. and ! shall not predict. Ex-
pressions Of opinion | shall leave to
the editorial columns. making de-
scriptions without fear or favor only
OF those things which come under my
eyes.
There is one truth. however, tha.
stands out like 4 boil on ones nose,
and this is that these Germans are in
terrible condition. \ very few of
the people may be making money,
but tens of millions have lost every
cent of their savings. millions have
not enough to buy a scrap of new
clothing. and hundreds of thousands
in every district are practically or
the edge OF starvation.
;: :. !. ::
TT Germany is, AS most OF us be-
lievc. guilty of having originated
The greatest war OF all time and OF
overturnirg the financial ard eco
romic world. she is paying the price
TO the uttermoSt Her condition past
and present, as ! see it now, is no.
where better described than in the
10Th, 21th and 2sth chapters Of the
Prophet Ezekiel. where he shows the
glory OF ancient Tyre and predicts
The fate which came upon it. That
prophecy describes the pride and pre-
dominance Of the Germany Of the
past and the ashes OF despair in which
she is sitting az present. ] commend
il TO all Bible readers.
But let us get down to brass tacks
and see if we can figure out just
what Germany is in these days after
the war. l have known her off and
on for the past forty years. I came
here first upon leaving college. when
old Kaiser Wilhelm was still on the
throne. I saw that famous monarch
at Ems and shouted with the rest in
his honor. ] was here again in 1859.
when ! made Il honeymoon trip
around the world and crossed Ger
many from one end to the other.
listed Berlin again i'll 1892. when
ha y no ySt &c Zee
Bismarck and was running the show
for himself.
Prince Bismarck had retired to his