the end of the german mark

Events show that the social crisis in the Rhineland has no partial solution. The passive resistance must end, Germany must give in and everything must be put in order starting from the summit.

The agreements with the strikers are illusory, just as the current value of the German mark is illusory. All the evil is there and the Reich is suffering today from its voluntary bankruptcy.

Scarcely, in fact, has the situation improved throughout the basin and the last strikers have decided to return to work than already everything points to an agitation among the workers.

Salaries in Dollars

It is strongly believed that the salary increase granted will be rendered completely illusory by a new fantastic rise in the price of living. The dollar in fact suddenly rose yesterday, on the Berlin Stock Exchange, from 59,000 to 70,000 and the pound sterling from 211,000 to 320,000.

This new collapse will lead to a considerable increase in the price of food and manufactured products. Already the price of coal has been increased by 50 to 60% and from all sides, new increases are announced

Increasingly, in working-class circles, the idea is emerging of demanding a gold salary, based on the rate of the dollar.

End of Mark

This is also in the logical order of things. It is the end of the german mark, which fell lower than the austrian krone, but this time during a deliberately provoked fall. It is the end of the mark and it is also for the Reich all the political dangers of bankruptcy.

The German police can carry out purges, they can, as in Dortmund, arrest forty at a time, they won't prevent anything. The only salvation would be a return to reason. It is up to the leaders of Berlin to take the initiative.