Evening star., 1924-06-15
GERMANS STILL PUT
FAITH IN INTRlGUES
Nation Has Come to Regard "Mak-
ing Haul" Better Than Hon
orable Work.
USE SNEAK-THIEF SLOGAN
Sincerity of Political Leaders Is
Questioned.
By MAMMALIAN HARDEN.

By Radio 10 The star.
BERLIN. June l4.--When a minister
has misled Journalists; when a bust
ness man, incumbered by debts, In
order to cheat his creditors. allows
his business to he controlled: when
he pretends to have important foreign
property to look after in order TO
cheat the treasury OF the 500 gold
mark travel tax, and by certificate
OF i'll health manages to get his wife
through and goes to enjoy luxuries
in Italy and Switzerland it Is said In
Germany that these people have sue
ceeded in making haul"
The expression. borrowed from
criminal jargon, formerly was heard
when burglars succeeded in entering
a well protected house or turned a
similar trick. 1t is now used to de-
scribe all kinds of human cunning.
Kaiser Made His .HauI."
Wilhelm. who cursed. like an angry
fshwife. "unErateful dollar hunters,
because America joined the war. ac-
cepts dollar heaps from an American
urm TOT his tedious. lying book. He
!iNeS IN II castle with a private park
he mas a special doctor. automobiles
ana other comforts. living as a free
Holland He has frequent visitors
and takes frequent walks TO the
nelghboring town OF Etrecht, with
ms second wife, who is officially called
1he kafserin." He has made his
maui But despite this he is hon
Sreo as martyr by millions of
In the first OF October. 1915. Gen.
L.udendorn five times demanded an
armistice. He accepted conditions
which changed the army into a ca
pitulation. Then he tried TO make
lieve that this happened against his
VIII. and that IL was due to the stu
plolty. cowarGice and treachery of
civilians. He also can boast OF hav-
ing made haul" Success, even if
snort lived, in these chaotic years
has become a god to which nearly
everybody bows. Work is judged
only according to the amount of
money gained Those speaking of its
moral and social value are mocked
where discovery of bribery and cor
ruption is followed by a burst OF ma
tional Indignation are regarded as
ruled by pharisaical hypocrisy and
Anglo Saxon cant. Those who do not
realize the moral level to which
derstand present-day German politics
Turn TO NationaIists
The election May showed sharp
turn toward the nationalists. who re-
fuse responsibility and defeat. oppose
the league of nations as hostile and
false. reject international agreements
and courts of justice. and would place
Germany's future on the sword and
newly founded power.
But the same cleverness which
found substitute for everything
lacking during the war. which sup
pressed all unpleasant news and un-
dertook to keep the people for four
years in a delirium OF certain victory
now has succeeded in excluding the
victors of the election from the gov
ernment, and has collected a major
ity to accept the Dawes report. Join
ing the league OF nations is also de-
manded.
Has a new belief overgrown the old
one? No. But bad business, threat
ened with catastrophes, has given po
litical jugglers the opportunities Of
once again making a haul"
This time. also, success will not
last long. Those who really love
Germany must wish heartily that she
should strive to heal her soul with
that pious enthusiasm which strong
people are capable of in misfortune
and that she abandon tricks which,
even in dramas played behind the
footIights can deceive only for
time, and which are of no lasting
value.
Copyright 1924