The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-20

OlQ WOrId.
Berlin, Sept. 2.---To the tourist at
least, thi; city presents the appear
ance of business as usual" but be-
meath tn. surface, the Germans are
undergoir? a hard and bitter strug
,le to maintain the stability Of their
monetary system. ike ENGLAND,
iermanv prefers to pay and regain
credit and induce tranquility
throughout the republic, rather than
resist her creditors and precipitate
4 situation which obtained after the
close of the war.
At this writing Germany is paying
the allies million dollars day,
seven days a week. Natives here
declare the terms Of the Dawes
agreement are too severe, but others
know that the chief merit Of that
postwar adjustment contemplates
flexible adjustments to fit the com
mercial exigencies.
England is taxing herself to pay
and Germany, while knowing that a
grim necessity enforces that she put
her economic house in order, as
about her are armed troops and
agencies Of collection that can be
used, she has elected also, in as great
a degree as is possible, to live up to
the terms Of the treaty Of Versailles
and the payments as outlined IN the
Dawes plan.
Leon Fraser, Paris representative
Of the agent-general for reparatlon
payments, said recently after a trip
to this city that Germany's financial
efforts will provide her future pros
perity and that "shc is constantly
demonstrating her ability to come
back" He even went farther and
said that Germany could float q
large loan unhampercd by PREPARATION
payments.
The tourist gets the same impress
sion as that uttered by Mr.. Fraser
It is wonderful the onomic adjust
ment Germany has made in the
years since the war, for in addition
to meeting a monumental war debt
it was necessary to reconcile the Ger
man people to a nev cheme of gov
eminent and to resist the communist
ic and other revolutionary elements
which sought to repudiate burdens
imposed b. It war through tur.
MOL Of d. revolution. How nearly
such elements succeeded is only tot
well known to those German pa
triots who fought for economic
peace W the allied governments.
Soviet headquarters exist openl,
and the red flag still flies in some
sections of Berlin, but the tourist i:
assured that it is a mere flourish
and that the police have the situa
ton absolutely under control. The,
cite the fact that in Berlin, the
Sacco-V anzetti case brought littls
or no demonstration.
Many t.lousanus are out Of EN-
ploy4nen- IN Berlin and as in Eng
lana tae .ole system obtains. II
some instances the dole runs as high
as Is marks week. Some income:
are assessed as much as - per cen
to provide dole revenue. Publ
opinion here, as in England, i
against the dole system. l. is main
tanned that the system encourage
Incidence. In some lines Of wor,
remuneration is low and the WORK
man elects to take the dole and saw
his clothes and his hide. The write
was told that there were 100000 il
Berlin on the dole and as many q
two million in all Germany. Their
was no time for a verification Q
these figures, but the 100000 in Ber
lin seemed excessive. If there IS
great unemployment problem here
Germany has most excellent wa
Of concealment. It was noticeable il
London, while here the parks an
public places are not filled wit
loafers, nor are the streets Of Bel
lin lined with sandwich men" an
''pan-handlers" as in London. .
cleaner and more orderly city is nc
to be found in all Europe. In tn
evening the cafes and beer garden
are crowded and even the Dave
plan does not seem to have put
very wet blanket upon the recreatio
Of the German people. Their park
and public places are in exceller
repair and their streets as far q
excellent pavements are concerne
would put many an American city
shame. The Germans have mastere
the art Of ECONOMY. II is scient
here.
A visit to the former kaiser's Be
lin palace is one Of the interestin
iaunts. The German people in mo
instances are bitter toward the
former war lord. War was not ;
popular with the German people
pictured in the press back in 191
The machine about the kaiser is b
ING blamed bitterly. Many Of Il
ruling class Of "goose-steppinl
days have feathered their nests al
are a. my informant told me "slttir
on high horses" In other wore
they had the advantage Of inside j
formation and when the fortunes
the empire began to crumble, maj
of them saved their fortunes up
aadvice Of bankers and counsel
Especially did the bankers win gre
fortunes during and after the W
IN specializing on German exchanl
The people, too, participated in t
gamble and many lost their savin
when the bottom dropped out
things. Old men nee in affluen
are now doing mental tasks.
But to return to the former kais
and the departed glory Of the roy
palace. When the kaiser skipp
across the border to Holland, he IL
the love of the German peopl
when he remarked nine months a
er his wife's death he lost their !
spect; when he summoned the &C
eminent as defendant in the cou1
81 Germany to recover his proper