New Britain herald., 1924-10-15

| from the one expressed. or rather, not expressed some years ago. Att that time no one dared mention the name of the Kaiser Tn any terms ex- eept those of highest laudation, Now they speak openly of their former rgler
 He told story of an occurrenc I which took place on one of his trips to Europe before the war. He saw several German-Americans on the boat and many times heard the name of Schneider" mentioned. He came to think that this man. Schneider was some big magnate, not too well liked by these men.
 Upon becoming acquainted with the men he asked them who schnei- der was. They immediately asked the bishop where he was from and made sure that he was neutral party be- fore they told him.
 It seemed that they were German buyers and they had no great love for Kaiser Wilhelm. Therefore, in speaking of him they used the name of Schneider, inasmuch as they would be severely dealt with it any one heard them using the kaiser's name in that way.
 Everyone was extremely poor, &C., cording to Bishop Acheson. He was told of matters in Hamburg, the poverty-stricke condition extending n fha trta anlt1,yv al | His informant told him that all the | big mansions along Hamb burg's veal thiest streets had either been closed or were being kept open merly to | provide a few rooms for the occu- pants. One case mentioned, where his informant visited a former veal thy German, told the entire story.
 The man stopped at the great 1 structure and sought admittance. There was swinging to and from of bolts and chains and finally the door was opened a trihe. The man who had invited him to his home saw who it was and then let him in. He said that some time before two men had knocked at the door, walked in, bound and gagged his wife and him and then departed with the choicest furniture In the palatial residence. Everyone on that street. he said, was taking the same precautions.
 Horace Greeley Hjalmar Schartz.
 Germany's savior, said the speak l CT, man with American ideas and American practices, is Horace Gree ley Hjalmar Schartz, the man who has stopped the falling of the mark.
 Schartz Is banker, the son of parents who iived&for several years in the United States. America ways Of doing things have been instilled into this man and he has put in good condition the German mark, the laughing stock of the financial world. He has backed up the mark with real money, and although there were not great many of these new marks circulated, due to a lack of sufficient funds. enough are now in use to give Germany the footing she has needed. He could have made millions when the mark was falling, said the speaker, but he determined to save Germany.
 The speaker told of paying 60,- 000,000 marks for a cup of choco- late, so cents in American money.
 Made Millions in Germany.
 He told of one German, whom he met on the train, and who had made millions during the decline of the mark. This man was in the brewing accessory business, furnishing uten- sils for brewers. He told of the way in which he has made his money He said that he never furnished any goods until the money was placed fn his hands. Then he went to the bank, secured his credits and his wife did the rest, She went to stores and selected things at random, clothing and all other articles These were brought home and the man said they had bales of materials in his home at that time.
 He said he took one deposit to the bank in an old Packard car. The money was piled in the back seat and his five children were all placed on top of the money to keep 1t from blowing away. When it arrived at the bank he told the officials how much was there and received credit for 1t,
 Didn't they count tt?" questioned the bishop.
 Count it? should say not! There are not enough men in all Berlin to count that money"
 Poverty is Explained. The bishop talked with one man who had been well to do before the war, but whose condition at that time was one of the meanest pow. , erty. The man said that he had been . sent to war and on his return, re, , ceived notice that his account wal [ depreciating, until finally a notice . arrived from the savings bank, say. ] ing that it was non-existant. When asked how this had hap. pened, the man had said that golL had been the only thing acceptable 10 the contractors who were making
 war materials for the German gov, ernment When the gold in the I'm. perial treasury became exhausted
 the government had called on thu savings banks and they had respond. ed with all they had. For every
 $lh0 deposited by banks in the I'm. perial treasury. they received gov. ernment certificates for $125.
 The man was asked by the bishoI and other members of his party il that procedure was exactly fair, tc
 which the man had replied: "What greater guarantee have I than my state and nation?" A reply worthy