The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-14

writer and his family are on a
sixty-dav motor trip along the
highways and by-ways Of the Old
World.
Dresden, August 30 ~ With the
G. stabilizat.on Of the mark, the Ger
mans are tackling their problems Of
reconstruction in mos. vigorous
style After touring the length and
breadth Of France and Italy, it was
-;a~relicf 10 arrive in the comfortable
Austrian and German cities where
notes are excellent, roads and every
manner vi service superior To that in
Italy or France.
ork on the roads and general pub
lic improvements in the large cites
such as Munich, Nurnhcrg. dhemnitz
and Dresden have been resumed.
Tourist travel has increased yearly
and despite general quiet business
fair minded Germans admit that the
most Severe crisis has passed and that
theg country is settling down 10 what
ueces sarily must be slow readjust-
ment.
After leaving Rome our route led
north AGAIN approaching Austria
: Through Venice and the Tyrol country.
I'm Austria. especially Vienna. we
noticed much more poverty than IN
,ro+t cities The prevalence Of beg
Ta,s WIS especially appafcn, and
acute housing conditions vert pres
.ns-as one Of the aftermaths 81 the
treat war
Conservatives in Germany and
Austria seem to fear the menace Of
Mussolni on one side and the Rus
slams on the other Especially true
wits this situation in Bavaria, which
experienced some bitter communistic
disturbances just before the war
ended and afterwards. Vienna. Of
course, Il still menaccd by commun-
ism, as there are still evidences Of
the recent clash between the reds and
the forces Of the Austrian republic.
But considering what the people Of
all European countries have gone
through in the las; 13 years, the Won
der is that conditions are as good.
On the surface at least to the tour
Rt,.conditions seem about normal. But
beneath influences are 1T work which
are taxing the best brains Of con-
tinental Europe to prevent revOlu-
ton. In what was the Austrian
Tyrol, now the italian Trentino. there
is unrest and bitterness. This was
sensed IN our first stop in Austria at
NiIlacn on our route to Vienna.
Shlunken from its fair proportions
Of many decades, the Austrian Tyrol
possesses today not more than a
third Of it, former area. To Italy
L.s passed the southern and major
! orion now called Trentino and
Alto Adige.
TIE Mussolini government has I'M
posed conditions hard for the Aus
TRANS to meet, and residence there is
designed to be difficult for those Of
German extraction. The Italian gov
eminent would welcome the exodus
of every German to make room for
the Italian populat ION which is in
creasing more rapidly than the
mother land can care for it.
A tourist is impressed with the
small number Of men in uniform in
Austria and Germany as compared
to the legions of France and Italy.
: OF course the peace treaty and war
conditions are responsible. but doubt
less it is blessing for both Austria
ssIsil- Germany to be forced Away from
great armamcnts and have its youth
engaged in more productive work
than strut.ing the streets and rat
Ting the scabbard, us is the case in
France and Italy. In Italian villages,
we saw more men loafing in uniform
than in any European country Wis
tied. Women were doing the major
portion Of the heavy work in the
fields and in the city. OF course in
Europe, women perform arduous
work unknown in America As
write this. in beautiful Dresden, 4
center Of art and music. German
cfs. ie - Il
coal as energetically as the men be-
side whom she is working. The wal
reduced the man power Of Europe
greatly. In Germany there are
three women to one man. In one hay
field, counted five women at work
to one man, and he was taking the
easy task on the top Of the load
But this may have been merely con.
dition imposed by harvest time, anc
Germany was harvesting an average
crop. The women booked happy
healthy and well fed and the children
who joined Justify in the work were
fine specimens. Not so in Italy
There the standard Of living is low
and the women are drudges. Theil
tasks are hard; the hours long. II
Italy you see pale children
- of hunger and want; not 81
in Germany. nor to any grea'
extent in the places visited in Aus
= fia. Germany, and we have visitet
some Of the most typical cities ant
villages, has virtually no beggars
few idle men; everyone seems to b,
hard at work. The French and Italian
. cities and villages had many beg
CARS, a terribly low standard Of liv
ing and prevalency Of bad housin,
conditions. Mussolini and Poincar,
have a great task ahead to improv,
!. economic conditions. The Latin, un
like the northern races, do not par
ticipate generally in the various pro
. cesses Of their government. l wa
! told by an informed Frenchman ii
Paris that very few of those il
) France eligible, vote or seem to car
about the government except as i
: affects their purse. It seems to b.
general impression that no gov
eminent pledged to payment of TIL
American debt can long survive il
. !. France. The French may be indiffer
.ent to most issues Of their govern
ment, but the boulevards of Pari
and the villages can become excite'
over the national debt while tn
franc, which bounds upward an.
= then downward, mostly the latter
seems to disturb the French YER
{ little: They spend great deal NOR
in recreation, drink and every forn
Of entertainment than either tn
\ Italians or Germans, and to the tour
5 ists at least there Is every evidenc
i OF the ability Of the French to pay
i: Some Of the finest crops and creates
evidences Of frugality were seen j
France. Italy looked impoverishe
Il beside France.
Some realist should rewrite tn
ruidebooks. It would not dete
tourists from seeing the shrines bu
wight prevent the unpleasant shock 0
dis5llusionment. Illusions built U
~ years Of reading are shattere'