GERMANS AND THE MARK
Sta,—With reference to your , paragraph German • Complaints in the News of the Week for October 17th, may I suggest that, human nature being what it is, it is fantastic to expect to put Germany's internal economy on a sound basis, to halt the black market, or to make the German farmer reveal his full crops, until the currency is reformed and the mark given real worth ? Germans are as ready as most to subscribe to charity, but are not in general more than any other peoples prepared to sell goods willingly in exchange for paper notes which they do not want and in the future value of which they have no confidence. One of the first duties of the Allies should have been to establish a sound medium of exchange. The Anglo-American authorities deserve the heaviest censure for having made no attempt to do so.—I am, Sir, your
obedient servant, J. D. BATEMAN.
The Old Bridge House, Datchet, Bucks.
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