Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-13

agree that "the whole adventure
would not have lasted twenty-four
hours without the support OF the
French. who went the length OF dis
them to be bludgeoned by the hooli-
gans. The government in Berlin,
watching these events, grew natural
ly reckless and desperate. and set
out to force the hand OF Paris. and In
doing this the crown prince proved
Not alone in French fears lies the
revenge Of the defeated. German
dreams may be in vain. All civiliza-
ton hopes that dreams or revenge
there are, as truly as there were
hopes and visions OF the Jews for the
coming Of a Messiah who should re.
deem them from the oppression OF
ing for some superman to rise with
power and majesty In his person, and
with magic to raise up equipped
armies to go forth and conquer. This
Is not idle rumor: It is told in detail
by German Of wide, knowledge Of
people. They believe that the SUPER
man will be of royal lineage. But to
imagine such a parsonage in the
Crown Prince Wilhelm assumes a
overstraining even for a loyal Ger.
man.
X y 4.
One significant and immensely i'm
portant fact must be, recognized as
controlling Germany, France and
England in varying degrees. Gov
eminent Is more closely controlled
now by big business than ever before.
In Germany there were SHINES.
krupp. Thyssen and a few other
captains of industry even under the
empire, but what were bourgeoisie
amongst nobility and the army? The
kaiser listened to their advice. but
dared not go too far along their
keep the home fires burning.
Poincare has fought the German
tween France and the separated
and dewnf@ @asr, France
army Of Germany. why should she.
against Germany's 60,ooo.0 900? For
the French now reckon all her
colonies as part Of France.
many which she has surrounded
with her satellite nations Of the
little entente 100000 people,
armed by France and ready to
strike from the east the minute
udTeS REPEAT HeE
and France invasion? France and
her allies now have 100000 more
men under arms than there were in
Europe in 1914. OF course, France
can't pay her debt to the United
States and Great Britain. A few days
draft from France to add to the
ornaments Of her satellites on the
eastern boundary OF her enemy.
At first refusing. France at last
reluctantly consented to the Hughes
Curzon proposal to send two COM
missions headed by Americans to in
vestigate the actual capacity OF Ger
many to pay her reparations obliga-
lions. One party is Investigating the
foreign holdings OF Germans evading
taxes. The other, under Gen Dawes
is studying Germany's taxable re-
sources and ability to pay. though
Poincare stipulates that that must
mate amount OF PREPARATIONS. but only
what Germany can pay annually up
to 1890.
A correspondent OF the Manchester
England. Guardian. writes:
The present German. government
is reactionary in the crasseSt sense,
1t is difficult to find any
excuse for q government which i'm
poses taxes that fall lightly on the
rich and heavily on the poor.
Throughout the past year the major
percentage OF income taxes was de-
rived from q 10 per cent wage reduc-
ton. About so per cent OF revenue
tax now in force, under the emer-
gency powers law, will be taxes on
wages turnover and consumption,
and 20 per cent from income tax
proper and from tax on fortunes and
by death dutteS-very light"
Copyright. 1924. By Paul Y. Collins.l