The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-14
GERMAN ENTRY
TO LEAGUE STIRS
DIPLOMATIC Pot
Berlin Aid Wanted In
Anti-Russ Pact, But
BY ISRAEL AMTER
Especial to The Daily Worker)


BERLIN (By MaiI)-CapitaIist
Germany is aroused. The Dawes
report has just been accepted
on terms that the German bour-
geoisie does not exactly like, but
they were dictated and the
Dawes Commission was "the
last hope of peace in Europe"
A loan was to be forthcom-
ing-and the dollar-sign be-
came the star of a new morn
for Germany. Not that the Ger
man workers regarded it in the
same light. The social-demc-
cratic "Vorwaerts" recently had car
toon with sun marked with a dollar
sign as the symbol Of a new day But
the workers do not look at it that way.
The capitalists are closing the fac
tories; wages are going down. Till
funds come in thru the loan, they de-
clare they will not be able to oper-
ate again. The Dawes plan means
Preparations cut out Of the hide Of the
workers-but the German government
has accepted it, so that is an end Of
the matter. Ebert can do no wrong
and he has the assistance of the best
minds of the bourgeoisie in running
the government.
Serious Problem.
Then arose another momentous
question. Should Germany enter the
league of nations? Stresemann, Sec
rotary of foreign affairs, was in Eng
land and had a conversation with lord
Parmoor. eyes, yes, children, the la
Dor government, too, knows how to
make use even Of lords) Then arose
the grave question: Did he or did he
not? Did he what? Did Stresemann
speak to Parmoor about Germany en-
tering the league of nations or not?
Stresemann said no, Parmoor said
yes. This was fine spectacle: Two
foreign ministers-and neither knew
what their conversation was about
Finally the mystery was solved by the
explanation that the gentleman who
did the translating forgot to translate
this most vital point. Still Germany
could not be restrained from consider
ing the matter, especially as Frithjof
hansen, the league of nations enthusi-
asst, had called on Chancellor Marx
all on his own initiative-and convinc-
ed him that Germany's place is in
the league. Ebert and his govern
mental colleagues got together on
September 80, and decided to approve
the step. Not that Germany will now
request admittance. These things
have to be well considered, for many
things are at stake. What is Ger
many to get out of the league? AS a
member of the league, are the ques-
tions that are supposed to have been
settled by the Dawes report still de-
batable?
Well, who would have believed It?
Here Germany was given an open
door by which to get back into the
society Of nations" and now she is
putting conditions. But that was not
all. If Germany is to be given equal
rights, is she also to get mandates
over colonies, by which is meant the
colonies that she once possessed in
Africa? The impudence Of the ques-
tion-or the suggestion! Was the war
fought so that Germany, the defeated
might come back and put herself on
a plane with the other imperialists?
But Germany must have some way of
restoring her economic situation. She
needs colonies the same as England,
France, America or Italy-otherwise
she is no equal.
French Ire Aroused.
French politicians Immediately de-
clared that such rude questions re-
CURED equally brusque answers: The
sessions of the league Of nations are
about to come to close and Ger
many's entrance cannot any longer be
considered. Even in England, the sug-
gestion created CONSERVATION. Had
not Nansen assured the French and
British delegates to the league that
Germany would be glad to onter-and
now she is daring to put conditions"
Well, this is Germany to It." Ger
many will get no seat in the council