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PUBLIC
BRANDED AN EVIL
III GREAT BRITAIN
Business Men Demanding That
Government Interference With
Enterprise Shall Cease.
MEAT SUPPLY IS CORNERED
England Is to Purchase Cold
Storage Products for Sale to
Italy, France and Belgium.
GERMAN CHAOS IS
DUE TO EXPLODED
SOCIALIST IDEALS
Effort to Keep Hold on People a,nd to Retain Power of Marxian
Cliques Has Resulted in Building Up of Present Mili
tary Dictatorship That Exists in Country.
By Edward Price Bell
Frwcial Cable to Th Journal and Tha ChicMO
Iiaily New.
(rnpyrtcht, 191!). by Clilca" Patty Nnri Co.)
London. Sept. 20. Many business
men in England are demanding that
governmental interference with pri
vate enterprine shall cease. They
rail it an unmitigated evil. Instance
after instance is cited of the alleged
incompetency, carelessness and ap
palling waste resulting from the sub
Ktitution of public for private con
trol. Yet the government shows small In
clination to quit the ecohomic sphere.
Indeed, food experts tell us that Brit
ain. France, Italy and Belgium have
combined to control absolutely the pur
rhase. sale and distribution of froren
and cured meats for all these countries.
BRITAIN TO BUY FOR ALL
One representative I believe a Briton
will buy for the four governments.
and those supplying meat must trade
through him or abandon these markets.
It Is reported that Britain has already
pent a commission to the United 8tates
to buy the country's supply of bacon,
hams and lard, meanwhile requisition
ing all the stocks of these atrlcles now
bere. After the end of the present
month no private trader may deal In
frozen or cured meats for consumption
In the United Kingdom, France and
Italy have established embargoes
against the Importation of such meats.
"WEAPON TO FIGHT PACKERS
O. A. McCurdy. parliamentary secre
tary of the ministry of food, according
to an interview in the Empire Mail,
Mated that Great Britain had one very
effective weapon with which to fight the
American packers, namely, control of
the overseas transport. "We can say
to the trust." remarked Mr. McCurdy.
"that your products can come only in
our ships on our own terms."
According to the Times, the ministry
of food made an estimated gross profit
last year of 13.500.000 pounds sterling
($67,500,000). or a net profit of nearly
7.500,000 pounds ($37,500,000) on a turn
nver of 550,000.000 pounds sterling ($2.
7r0.000.000). Traders point out that the
customer paid this profit. They point
out also that the ministry of food got
this profit merely for supervising the
business since the actual handling of
the goods was done by those who do It
ordinarily, and that these men necessar
ily Rot the profit. "Thoroughly un
economic, I call it." said a private trader
to me.
JIOXTHl-Y LOSS LARGE
Some time ago the ministry of food
Informed the board of agriculture that
prior to May 5. the average monthly loss
of the ministry In Its purchase and sale
of home killed beef was 423,000 pounds
($2,115,000), whereas the average month
ly profit to the ministry for the same
ptriod in the purchase and sale of Im
porteil meat was 476.000 pounds ($2.
281.0011). Accordingly, on this b;-sis. in
stead of selling imported meats at what
they cost and giving the consumer the
benefit, the ministry of food sold im
ported meats in the course of 12 months
at more than 5.000,000 pounds ($25,-
000.000) more than they cost and paid
this to home producers over and above
what the home producers' meats sold
for.
COST OF BACON
Figures given by the ministry of food
. I ow that it cost 9 pence (18 cents)
1 fund to handle ISacon from the time It
v as delivered on board ship at an At
lantii- seaport until it was sold from
the retailer's counter. From figures
taken rrom a government committee re
port in 1916 on food prices, it cost I
pence (10 cents) a pound at that time
to perform the sajne service. Thus the
cost of handling under government con
frol was 4 pence (8 cents) more I
pound than was the cost under private
management. Apparently, therefore, the
entire purpose of the ministry is not to
give the consumer meat as cheaply as
possible. One hears the charge that
these arranger ents result in a pre
mium to the shipowners as well as a
bonus to the United Kingdom farmers.
Br Bea Heekt
(Special Correspondence ( The Journal and the
Chicago Daily New.)
AMSTERDAM; Out of the confusion
which has engulfed Germany since
the armistice four vital and concrete po
litical tendencies are emerging. The
most successful of these tendencies to
date has been reaction powerful and
dangerous reaction. By crying "Bolshe
vism," by using the menace of radical
Ism as a subterfuge to strengthen armies,
military budgets and make seemingly
neceaaary a military 'dictatorship, reac
tion has been able to establish itself
firmly for the time In Germany. This
reaction Is not the product of a group
of dark minded capitalists. It was not
foisted upon Germany by a clique of
Junkers. It was brought to Qermany by
Socialists. In its effort to retain power,
to remain the spokesman of the German
masses while forced by economic circum
stances to divorce itself from the blurred
though Insistent ambitions of these
masses, the government of Ebert, Scheid-
emann, Sauer and Noske likewise was
forced to create new support. This it
did by reorganizing German militarism.
MILITARY DICTATORSHIP NOW
The present German government Is a
military dictatorship. The political strug
gle in Germany has not been a struggle
between capital and labor between radi
calism and conservatism but a viciously
farcical machine gun row between radi
cals themselves. Party dogma precipi
tated the, miserable street revolts in
Berlin. Differences of opinion over the
interpretation of the Marzlan tenets were
responsible for the brutal wholesale exe
cutions of workingmen by accredited
leaders of these workingmen in Prussia.
The military dictatorship in Germany to
day, which may be called the reaction.
Is not in theory a return of the old Ger
man government. It ts the direct result
of the explosion of the Socialist idealism
in the nation. When the majority Social
ist leaders elected to the government in
February found that the theories for
which they stood as Socialists were im
practical, that the Marxian textbooks
were dubious material for national con
stitutions, they did not so inform their
constituency. On the contrary, they is
sued propaganda full of roseate if am
biguous references to socialization of in
dustry, sovietization of factories and the
like.
BUILD CP JIEW ARMY
Simultaneously these government lead
ers, desirous of keeping in power despite
the. inevitable revolt of the socialistical-
ly educated masses whom they represent
ed, worked feverishly upon the reorgani
zation of an army. They were able to
delude the working class into a mild
support of their military program by
howling of the menace of Bolshevism. It
was not for several months that the
working class awoke to the fact that the
Bolshevism of which its leaders were
howling was none other than the Social
istic dogmas which had placed these
leaders. In office. Thus the various revo
lutions which had enlivened Germany for
the last six months have been revolu
tions staged by Socialist workingmen
against a Socialist government, a variety
of internecine vlclousness. The Socialist
government In power In Germany today
represents the depths of reaction possi
ble to German politics. The restoration
of the kaiser and his retinue of junkers
would be a violent step toward liberal
ism. DEMOCRATS HELP REACTION
Working hand In glove with this reac
tion although disdaining it thoroughly is
the democratic tendency in Germany.
ALL BIRTHS IN
PARIS SUBURBS
ARE NOT LEGAL
Equally Illegal to Get Married
or to Die in Outlying Dis
tricts of the French Metropolis
This .tendency finds its spokesman in
figures like Erzburger, Wolff, Bernhard,
Bonn and Naumann. Although democ
racy in Germany Is at present support
ing the vicious tactics of the Socialist
government in Its abortive effort to keep
itself In power against its dogmatic
rival, its ex-constituency, the democratic
leaders are oh the whole men of kindlier
possibilities. Democracy as represented
by the Democratic and centrum parties
has grown in the last six months. It has
drawn to its standards from the trade
unions under Leglen, from the majority
Socialists under Scheldemann and from
the urvlvlng Junkerists under Count
Pasadowsky.
HAASE IS SHREWD LEADER
The third element In German politics
Is the socialist tendency. This tendency
has for its leader the shrewdest and
most engaging personality in Germany
Hugo Haase. Under a man less brilliant
than Haase, Socialism it is almost cer
tain jvould have collapsed months ago in
Germany. Workingmen trained in pre
war years to look forward to the millen
nium of Socialism, found themselves
under a Socialist government confront
ing, a variety of machine gun wrang
lings, graft, stupidities and hysterias
comparable to the theological discussions
of the middle ages. Two things alone
were possible to such workingmen, a
deepened and blinder faith in their ideals
or a revulsion against these alleged
ideals. Both things have happened. A
part of the German working masses has
become more intensely and spiritually
socialistic than it was before. A part
has disintegrated. It Is Haase who leads
the first part, fighting against the vilest
reaction, and, more dangerous to him,
the growing democratic tendency to
keep alive the Marxian political dognja
in central Europe.
FEW GERMAN WORKERS
The fourth tendency in German politics
is known as Spartacism. In Its heyday
Sparticlsm or communism or Bolshevism
numbered as adherents an almost im
perceptible number of the German
workers. In Munich at the height of the
soviet revolution there were only 8000
communists by actual count in the
workers army of nearly 300,000 members.
In January in Berlin there were under
Liebknecht not more than 2000 members
of the Spartlcist party. And since Janu
ary and March the Spartacist party has
been losing ground rapidly. Its chief
function has been to provide a subter
fuge for the reaction. Noske'a army of
1,200,000 men has been reared ostensibly
to protect Germany from the Spartacists.
As a matter of fact, it has been reared
because the military party in Germany
is still a virile, intelligently alive Institu
tion and because only by allying them
seves with the most autocratic support
in Germany could the majority Socialists
remain in power and keep up the hoax
that parliamentary Socialism was a
vital and plausible factor in the life of
the nation.
In eumming up It is perhaps well to
make clear than Ebert, Scheldemann and
Noske have not so much betrayed the
German workers as they have them
selves been betrayed by the theories
which they, in common with these
workers, once shared. The political fu
ture of Germany lies between a slowly
strengthening democracy and an Inten
sified quixotic Socialist faith. It is more
than likely that democracy will win this
conflict, that government intent upon
practical reforms, upon normal welfare
work, will succeed in bringing a decent
sort of "order into the life of the nation
an order different from the silent, fever
ish streets patrolled by Noske's con
cienceless machine gunners.
PECULIAR STATE EXISTING
All Municipal Employes in Sub
urbs on Strike, and No Rec
ords Being Kept of Events.
By William E. Nash
Special Cable to The Journal and The Chicago
Daily Newn.
(Copyright. 1910. by Chicazc .Daily Xewi Co.)
Paris, Sept. 20. It is illegal to be
born in the Paris suburbs, and. it is
equally illegal to be married or to
die there. This strange situation is
a feature of the strfke of municipal
employes in the suburbs, including
clerks, 'Inspectors, firemen, cemetery
hands and garbage collectors. Since
there are no clerks to record births,
marriages or deaths, they cannot be
recorded and hence are illegal.
Seventy-eight communes of the de
partment of the Seine have been
deprived of administration labor. Sec
retary Verrier of the workers' syndicate
declares that the demands for a mini
mum wage of 14 francs 50 centimes
MJ2.80) a day have been ignored by the
prefect of the Seine since January last.
To the original demands have been
added claims for a pension system, half
pay on retirement and accident insur
ance. Thus one strike follows another
in Paris. The taxi drivers are next on
the list. One observer said :
"These things' react badly on the
economic condition of the country. If
they are caused by the cost of living,
they as certainly contribute to the fac
tors forcing prices up. Some way should
be found to prevent so many interrup
tions of production, otherwise the
strikes may develop Into a political
revolt."
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National Militia of
Turkey Grows Daily;
Guerrilla Warfare
By Louis Edgar Browne
Special Cable to Tbe Journal and Tbe Chicago
Daily News.
(Copyright, 1919. by Chicago Daily News Co.)
Angora, Turkey, Sept. 17. (Via Con
stantinople, Sept. 20.) The forces of the
council of national defense which are
called national militia and which are
fighting a guerrilla war against the
Greeks in the region of Smyrna now
number about M,0')0 men, comprising
mostly discharged soldiers inhabiting the
territory occupied by the Greeks. Kvery
day sees a string of recruits passing
through Konia, Angora and other cities
to join the militia.
Inasmuch as the national militia still
hopes to achieve an understanding with
the government in Constantinople, of
ficers and enlisted men actually in serv
ice are not going to what is known as
the Smyrna front. Many officers are
joining the militia, but they first resign
from the Turkish military service, there
by avoiding implicating the milita.
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AUSTRIANS TOO
INTELLIGENT TO
BE BOLSHEVISTS
Lusilania Cup
London. Sept. 20 (U. P.) The "Lusi
tanla cup." presented to a Barnet Rolf
club for annual competition by F. Bat
lorsby, a Lus'.tania survivor, was won
this year by Frank Partridge, another
l.usitanla survivor.
Finally Gol Hin.
London. Sept. 20. (U. P.) Demobil
ised after four and one half years' serv
ice, Hugh Garvicaij returned to his Not
tingham heme to be served with a 5-ytar-old
summons for playing football
In the streets when he was 16.
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Chicaco Daily News.
TARIS. German Austria is different
-l in many ways from Germany. It
lias no large percentage of workingmen.
Its population is made up largely of
peasants, and of Viennese bourgeoisee
who used to live on the proceeds of Jabor
in other parts of the dual monarchy.
Also there are a tremendous number
of officials who used to run the Haps
burg political machine. These people
do not make enthusiastic socialists. Re
cent events in Hungary have proved
that farmers also object to the socializa
tion of their lands.
A bloodless revolution toward the end
of November. 1918, put the socialists in
control. Their boasts that they repre
sented the real sentlmenets of the
country were not borne out by the
electiotrs for the national assembly which
took place in March. 1919. Of the two
main parties the social democrats gained
a narrow plurality of three votes. The
second or Christian socialist party is
socialist in nothing but name, and that
is a popular new disguise for conserva
tive interests. It is significant to note
that these sham socialists were particu
larly strong in Vienna:
."SOCIALISTS GET SOWHERI
The new government, however, was
predominantly socialist because that
was the strongest party in the govern
ment. The premier, minister of foreign
a (fairs, and first president of the assem
bly were social democrats. The country
has no executive head similar to our
president. These officials were en
trusted with the future policy of the
rept'Diic vnat nave Deen the main
sirii gs of this policy? First, a desire
to bring about annexation with Ger
many, and second, an ambiguous atti
tude toward communism. Both of these
aroused Intense distrust in the west and
reacted to the disfavor of German Aus
tria. True, they were due principally
to the strong man of the government,
Bauer, who lately has been forced to
tesign, but their failure reacted badly
on the credit of the Socialist party.
People began to ask themselves what
the social democrats really had accom
plished. The answer was nothing." In
spite of glowing promises few real re
forms had been made. . Corruption was
still widespread. Distrust on the part
of the bourgolse and the radical 'Social
ists had grown worse than ever.
What are the chances for a change of
government? They are not strong. A
feeling of political listlessuess which is
impossible to understand for one who
has not been on the ground seems to
have teized the people. They are al
ways ready to talk politics, but never
prepared to offer a constructive solution.
I-erhaps after the lessons of the last
five years they consider politics too
dangerous a game to play. Likewise
the present management of the country
s an unenviable task as German Aus
tria is bankrupt and surrounded on
every side by irreconcilable enemies.
BOISHEVISM IS IMPROBABLE
The chief dangers are a Bolshevist ex
periment or a monarchic reaction. So
far as one can judge from outward
sisns. the first is improbable. All
through the period of Hungarian Bolshe
vism Vienna turned a deaf ear to the
blandishments of Bela Kun. Two at
tempts at communist uprising failed, not
so much on account of government ac
tion as on account of popular antipathy.
The people are too intelligent and easy
going for a mad dash into the realms
cf the unknown. And now the chances
of Bolshevism are less than they were
a month ago. The other tlternative. a
return to monarchical rule, is less easy
to Judge. Certainly a larger part of the
!eople favor it than communism. But
what would be gained thereby?
Monarchy is on the wane everywhere.
A restoration in Vienna would not in
crease the popularity of Austria abroad,
and yet htat Is exactly what must hap
pen if this countty wants to live. Most
Important of all. perhaps, is the atti
tutde of the peasants. They want a
democracy, not an autocracy, and arc
reascnably well satisfied with the pres
ent government so long as it does not
lay too much emphasis on socialism. In
short the social democrats stand in the
same position In Austria that the Third
republic did in France in 1871. They
are not strong nor popular, but they
stem to offer the only reasonable alter
native bativwn two extremes.
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