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THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
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THE NEW POLITICAL
COURSE IN GERMANY
smile played upon his lips and he re-
plied, "I am confident that we shall
also succeed in bringing among you
the fire of revolution." Nor was his
(Continued Front Page 5.)
confidence without basis. And all those
who at that time cursed him, are
knocking at the door of Germany. for blessing him today.
the Ukrainians are played out. With
But, however great the Bolshevist
sthonia, Lettland and Finland, the danger for Germany may be, still the
Russians made peace, and Poland is Government seeks to regain the
not capable of an effective at against friendship of her northern neighbor
the Bolsheviki because of inner lack as quickly as possible. In the im-
of unity. Is it not better to hold the mediate future unless Germany moves
enemy in your midst than to have too late she will gain an old new
him lurking on the outside? It must friend---Nickolas's heirs. Little won-
be borne in mind, that the powers of der that Germany is ready to over-
the Bolshevist armies are not to be look the great danger which eventual-
underrated, because even the highest ly must come when she will open her
czarist generals and church poten- doors and gates to Bolshevik Russia.
tates have gone over to the liolshe- The German people is now passing
viki, and the Russian soldier is well through a terrible crisis and finds it-
paid and disciplined.
self upon its deathbed. It is still seek-
Furthermore, BoIshevism has ing a cure and is stretching out its
changed greatly in Russia of late. It thin, emanciated hands for anything
is forgetting its high strung ideals and which may save its sick body. Wien
principles and is almost assuming a the stomach is empty theories and
strong resemblance to imperialism. phrases cease to frighten. The right
The Russian workers are nowhere to live is above all high principles
near the utopia that was promised with their wide horizons.
them. They work 12 hours a day.
The present trend of the conserva-
Strikers are shot down or are con- tives is to go wherever the wind
fined in the Russian prisons.
blows, and they are ready to accept
There are even rumors that chau- anything that may improve the eco-
vinistic nationalism is returning in nomic conditions of the country. This
perhaps another form. The Govern- is quite known to the calm and ob-
ment did take over the national re- jective German politicians who arc
sources and all industry, hut the num- less afraid of radical Russian Bolshev-
ber of factory workers has decreased ism than they are of the starved peo-
to one-half and production is only ple. During the last few years the
fourth normal.
German "Michel" has been drawn out
Of one thing Germany is very much of his usual complacency into an un-
afraid. Trite enough, the German certain current which carries him
worker is not Bolshevistic as yet, but away.
if Germany should establish economic
In the halls of the mighty, wheth-
relations with Russia, he is certain to
er at Paris, San Remo, London or
imbibe the teachings of Lenin and Rome, too much trust is put in the
Trotzky. It would not be difficult to
national pride and hatred of the Ger-
win over the German masses to a man people and insufficient account
new idea. And after official diplo- is taken of the peculiar psychological
matic relations were established, it
reaction of the Germans under the
would hardly be difficult to smuggle present abnormal conditions.
into Germany ammunition, propa-
The new political course in Ger-
ganda literature, and other Bolshevist
many is an itching problem fur her
material.
Does anyone suppose that Russia own political leaders. It will also
soon disturb the peace of all the diplo-
is listless now? The Russian colonies
mats of the Entente, for the whole
in Berlin and in the other German
problem eventually must trespass the
'cities are not small. Vigdar Kop, the
Russian delegate, is not in Berlin boundaries of Germany.
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merely to transport to Russia the
Russian war prisoners who are still
found in Germany, but with comrade,
the Spartacist, Kahn, he is surely con-
sidering other "higher, more impor-
tant political problems." The "inde-
pendent" German delegate Kahn was
one of the most intimate friends of
the former Russian Ambassador Jaffe,
and was even at that time, advancing
with all his energy Bolshevist politics
in Germany. Today he has intimate
relations with the Russian Bolshevist
leader, and the German Government
must permit this association for it has
no choice. Officially, of course, Kop
has only one thing, the Russian pris-
oners, to worry hint, but Jaffe also,
it will be recalled, after the Brest-
Litovsk Conference, was staying with
suite at the Botschafter Palace,
ly negotiating peace, but ac-
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was arranging the German
tu
. Count Chemin, the former
rev
inister of Austria, in his
For
of the World Tragedy,"
"Me
sit to Jaffe in Berlin, dur-
tells
he explained to the Bol-
ing
presentative that the Gov-
shevis
ertymt of Germany and Austria do
not desire his meddling with the in-
ternal affairs of their countries. What
did Jaffe answer this great diplomat?
After the long speech of Chemin,
Jaffe first was silent, then an ironic
W. It. Patterson, Lexington distribu-
tor and president of the Dallas
(Texas) Advertising League, excited
comment at Indianapolis by Ills espe-
cially finished Lexington, the "Rob-
red" model. The top boot carried the
insignia of the Dallas League and the
disc wheels the emblem of the Asso-
ciated Advertising Clubs of the World,
in session in the Hoosier capital city
at the time.
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The Detroit Automobile club is in-
vestigating complaints that the speed-
ing ordinance is being unfairly en.
torced in the vicinity of River Rouge
and Ecorse and that strangers, par-
ticularly dealers who are driving cars
through to distant points, are being
mulcted. Several eases have been re
ported where motorists were sum
moved to court and required to put
up deposits far traveling 17 nines an
hour. Another complaint Is that a
traffic officer of River Rouge has been
using a speedometer relining nine
miles an hour fast. A Cleveland deal-
er has informed the club that he was
required to deposit $10 in Ecorse be-
cause he had driven on the wrong
chub of the street.
Where is the Motor
Car Business
Heading?
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Although mindful of the low honor rating of prophets at home, I
am irresistibly tempted to make a statement, which at this time is more
or less of a prophecy.
It is probable that my fifteen years' experience in the making and
marketing of motor cars adds a little emphasis---in my own mind at
least---to the importance of my message.
The survival of the fittest is one of the primary laws of nature.
And it applies to the motor car industry.
A forest of gigantic pines has its beginning in the mass of under-
brush, composed of countless varieties of plants which spring up under
favorable conditions of sun and rain.
Conditions change periodically --- winter comes on --- brush fires
sweep across the country---only a few of the most sturdy pines sur-
vive. They continue to grow, striking their roots down deeper and
deeper, throwing out their branches higher and higher, and---
The ambitious weaklings that spring up and flourish with each re-
curring summer season are gradually crowded out.
The motor car business has passed through alternating seasons of
favorable and unfavorable conditions. The past few years have wit-
nessed an amazing growth of new companies, of new cars. Some few
are of a sturdy variety. They are sending their roots down deep.
They deserve to live.
Most of them, however, have sprung up for no other reason than
the high purchasing power throughout the country and the inability
of established manufacturers to cope with the sudden demand.
And it is my opinion that the end of this condition is in sight---that
the eliminating process has begun—that. the next few months will
prove which cars are fit to survive.
Prospective purchasers of new cars may already see the handwrit-
ing on the wall. They are finding it easier and easier to "make a
deal" for certain cars, which are already beginning to feel the "sales
resistance" of a more careful public---a public that is being gradually
educated --- not alone from the performance of these cars as their
mileage accumulates, but also from their comparative value after a
year or so of use.
For the Used Car Markets (like the stock markets) discount the
future. They form an almost infallible barometer of actual motor car
values. They know, as the public will soon know, which cars have
passed and will be able to pass through the "fires" and "winters" of
the industry.
If I were buying a motor car today, I would buy one which is al-
ready high above the "underbrush"---one which is selling not alone
because of the ,present unprecedented demand, but because of in-
herent, deep rooted qualities, which have enabled it to weather suc-
cessfully the storms of the past---a car whose second and third year
values can be precisely estimated in advance.
Marmon and Lexington Cars.
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