Most of the working-men's demands in France as in Britain were granted, but the relief they promised was illusory, for prices still went up, leaving the recipients of the relief no better off. And as the wages payable for labor are limited, whereas prices may ascend to any height, the embittered laborer fancied he could better his lot by an appeal to the force which his organization wielded. The only complete solution of the problem, he was assured, was to be found in the supersession of the governing classes and the complete reconstruction of the social fabric on wholly new foundations.[35] And some of the leaders rashly declared that they were unable to discern the elements of any other. FOOTNOTES: [1] Cf. _The Daily Mail_ (Paris edition), March 12,1919. [2] On December 18, 1918. [3] "With what little wisdom the world is governed." [4] "Mr. Bernard Richards, Secretary of the delegation from the American Jewish Congress to the Peace Conference, expressed much satisfaction with the work done in Paris for the protection of Jewish rights and the furtherance of the interests of other minorities involved in the peace settlement." (_The New York Herald_, July 20, 1919.) How successful was the influence of the Jewish community at the Peace Conference may be inferred from the following: "Mr. Henry H. Rosenfelt, Director of the American Jewish Relief Committee, announces that all New York agencies engaged in Jewish relief work will join in a united drive in New York in December to raise $7,500,000 (£1,500,000) to provide clothing, food, and medicines for the six million Jews throughout Eastern Europe _as well as to make possible a comprehensive programme for their complete rehabilitation_.--American Radio News Service." Cf. _The Daily Mail_, August 19, 1919. [5] Countess Lulu von Thurheim, _My Life_, 1788-1852. German edition, Munich, 1913-14. [6] _The New York Herald_ (Paris edition), February 23, 1919. [7] Grafen von Montgelas, _Denwürdigkeiten des bayrischen Staatsministers Maximilian._ See also Dr. Karl Soll, _Der Wiener Kongress_. [8] Varnhagen von Ense. [9] Friedrich von Gentz. [10] Dr. Karl Soll, _Count Carl von Nostitz_. [11] Cf. Dr. Karl Soll, _Der Wiener Kongress_. [12] Dr. Karl Soll, _Friedrich von Gentz_. [13] Dr. Karl Soll, _Count Carl von Nostitz_, p. 109. [14] Jean Gabriel Eynard--the representative of Geneva. [15] _The Daily Mail_ (Paris edition), March 22, 1919. [16] Count de la Garde. [17] Cf. _Le Matin_, May 31, 1919. A noteworthy example of the negligence of the authorities was narrated by this journal on the same day. To a wooden cross with an inscription recording that the grave was tenanted by "an unknown Frenchman" was hung a disk containing his name and regiment! And here and there the skulls of heroes protruded from the grass, but the German tombs were piously looked after by Boche prisoners. [18] _The Daily Mail_ (Continental edition), March 12, 1919. [19] _Ibid._, April 23, 1919.