▪ PAGE EIGHT THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE IUBEIMENNIELMOSIMER :, IBMSZIENEISSIMEEMIMIEMEWEEMEICEMESSIMERENN 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. • 14 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- 0 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. • • • 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? ■ •• By W. D. BLOCK ■ ■ ■ • ■ ■ ■ • ■ ■ ai ■ • ■ 0 zs Stout Women (Sizes 39 to 56) $ .. 20% OFF A 0. —on— Voile Waists and Wash Skirts Ia 45 Choice of the house at this substantial reduction, embracing a very desirable as- sortment of voile blouses and wash Skirts in a variety of materials. Infants' Soiled Wear A fi 331/2% Off a/NZ/yawl - 2nd Floor Washington Arcade s. • • ■ • STOCK ON ABOVE EXCHANGES Second Floor Majestic Bldg. CADILLAC 6502 sz ■ ■ 45 112. 45 45 I5 11, a s W. D. Block Ss s• ■ Z President of the W. D. Block Motor Co. Distributors of ■ (Members of New York, Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago Stock Exchange.) ORDERS EXECUTED IN MOTOR. RAILROAD AND INDUSTRIAL sz •• as 255 Woodward Avenue OTIS & COMPANY 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. ■ 0 2.101016KiNNOTTINGElik