Show I HARDEN ES GEO GE 0 IN INTO TO A FAT POLECAT I ii By MAXIMILIAN X IL Central L A oL lub Pub copyright by l y Consolidated Press Association ERLIN April 17 lC 17 It George Georg BERLIN B did not exist ene ene- ene mica lutes of oC bolshevism woul would haVe in tented dented him as S a 0 a scarecrow V E 11 the tho observer who endeavors endeavors ors to recognize the cultural ork of the time soviet let leader Is seized bya strong antipathy as soon as the commissar for Cor International speaks publicly The Len Len-ines Len rn- Ines moe Stalin etc have Impre impressed ed even their opponents b by their reconstruction work but poses upon a fiord field or of ruin This product of oC czarist dl- dl di diplomacy who resembles a fat Cat pole pole- polecat polecat polecat cat works mainly at night and en- en enjoys en enjoy Joys joy sending evil reports abroad lie He obviously regards himself as the latest novelty but lie employs alt all the methods of old cabinet diplomacy ncy acy acy Intrigue Intimidation and tn- tn In Instigation of ot nation against nation nation- nation and merely substitutes brutality for cor corthe forthe the former hypocritical courtes courtesy Having tailed railed to Induce Germany not to apply for Cor admission to the league of oC or to abandon the Locarno pacts now IS endeavoring to render the disarm disarm- conference Ineffective e He lie not only rUdely rejects an to Geneva but accuses the league of oC false Calse pia play This Is the trick of ot a who flees Clees and cries Stop thief The murder In Switz- Switz Switzerland erland which Is pre pre- pretext pretext text tor for refusing the Geneva tation had no connection with time the th league of nations and the tho conflicts arisIng from Crom that murder involve only Russia Hussla and Switzerland S to t which should be grate grate- grateful grateful ful Cui for tor the refuge It granted them In 1217 1917 Furthermore the league Is territorial extra extra territorial and all Its mom mom- members bers ers and officers enjoy dIplomatic privileges and Immunities Th The Berne government go moreover ex cx- cx expressly presslY assured the Russian nu lan dole dele delegates gates the same protection and Im- Im Immunity Im as was accorded members or of the league Cut But It was as as all too easy to pick a Quarrel with Switzerland and th thus us escape V the the verdict of or the league Germany whose hose ambassador ador Count Morbach l was murdered In Mos Mos- Moscow Moscow Moscow cow could not If It It followed chenin's principle negotiate at all with nu Russia sla which appears quite I as dishonest In Its condemnation of political murders as in Its flattery of lif the time United States Stales tat s and nt TAo Tho doubt of- of tho the United States ilS as to Europe's es e's serious will wIil to disarm dis disarm arm Is sell by the tIme same who dl declared clare i a week n-cek earlier curlier that Washington was enea endeavoring 0 t all 1111 means to conceal time the real alma aim of oC Its lea policy world policy world domination l by y car capital and capital and and who de- de declared de do declared dared that Russia must save Eu- Eu Europe Eu Europe rope from Crom being subjugated subjugate i by non non- non continental continental powers calls tho the Geneva and Locarno pacts repetitions of oC th the holy alliance of oC 1815 which how how- however however however ever was organized by Russia Hussla and which England never joined He H declares angrily that the pu purpose of oC all these pacts pacta Is isolation and destruction of oC the soviet let union lie He emphasizes his glowing desire desho for Cor at the same time strives tor for a German Russo-German treat treaty which even tho the political dilettantes In n Berlin would regard as worthless worthiest if IC f Russia Hula should really disarm The rhe thread which holds all this together Is visible even In lii the dark Lack of or capital remnants of com com- communist coni- coni communist dogmas and false of the relations between agriculture and Industry again have upset the slowly beginning recuperation of oC Hussla economic life lire The emer emer- emergency emergency emergency gency structure 0 ot or the trading or or- or and the pur pur- purchasing purchasing pur- pur chasing chasing p power of the tile Is la sInking The foreIgn minister Is compelled to relations with countries that can cart lend money who Is a II friend or of ortho othe tho he German ambassador Count l bitterest enemy of the Geneva and Locarno pacts Is making his attempts along charae- charae lines He lie promises Ger Ger- Germany Germany many to loosen the tho fetters ot or the th Versailles treaty He promises France assurance against British domination he makes makei Lithuania think jt it can regain Vilna which was seized by Poland ho he employs alternate threats threat and amorous glances In his communications with wit the English Turks Rumanians Poles the loOt Lett Letts and the tho Esthon Esthon- lans inns he tries to make confusion everywhere and thus compel cap cap- capItalistic countries to reach an un un- un under with the SO let unIon For this reason he believes Rus- Rus Rusala ala sla needs an army and he therefore avoids the disarmament conference But Dut the game rame looks more dangerous than it really Is Only the guilty guilt r person need tremble at extortion anti blackmail |