23 JULY 1921, Page 3

A special correspondent of the Daily Express described in Monday's

paper how Germany is setting to work to recover her industrial position. The fact that reparation can be paid in manufactured articles is an incentive rather than an impedi- ment to trade. Not that we regret this—quite the contrary, for the German markets are necessary to the world—but the contrast between the feverish energy in Germany described by the correspondent and our own half-heartedness is a challenge and a warning. " Germany's working people," says the corre- spondent, " are economizing, sacrificing, and throwing them- selves into real production." The average wage of a German workman is about 7 marks (6d.) an hour. He rises early and works late. He knows that enormous production alone will be his salvation.