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V W TUESDAY, SEPT. 17, 1918. r 0<>0000000<>0000000<><><>00< 1 I The Kaiser as IK | for Fourteen x ^ | By ARTHUR N. DAV1 #^00<><K><XX>C<X>0<K>00<X>0<> (Copyright. 1918. by the McClure Nowi lie was very much Interested, for . \' Instance, in the experiments and (lis- n*' "J coverles of Luther Iturbunk. To make ^ Germany self-supporting as far as ^ na ?\ trees were concerned was one Sr ' of his dearest ambitions. Ho realized s s that In the event of a world wur his e|nI" ror t .rople would probably suiter more c 11 "",r n from inek of food than they would J"!'. inun nosilie DUIICIS, ami lie WHS hoping * that he would he able to obviate that ^ar' a ' pf C(W<] ?i 1 condition before his country was put to the test. He was constantly preach- I Jl?r un log simplified diet und the couserva- s*1 tlon of food reserves, and he had great I n ' hopes thut much could be done in a | j*""'( " J" ? *dentlflc wny to help solve general ?m??' ? r ood problems. When attending din-i 111 . nry' ?rs given him by his officers, his . . f ,?n . . . , hold Ge ^'-hes respecting simple menus were .. ' 'tg .ays carefully followed. leo'ii ??i / The kaiser enjoyed American hu- iH,liind p fcpior. He was very fond of Mark t|?,v w|| V' 4 Twain, und lie followed one or two of turJls |m the American monthlies and weeklies triumph 11 more or less regularly, lie told me that, one evening while In his sitting t ,.lt Vjpom in the Herlin palace, reading victory ^-'Something In an American maga/.ine, 6H|<0 ?j \ he ran across a story which caused continue him to laugh so much and so louu that throne the ladles of the coijrt, who heard him Coinln | \ an adjacent room, came running in qU,>nt co ' v with their knitting to see what the WOnderfi Imntter was. relations The kaiser had little respect for our an(j ^is ^ architecture. He thought our sky- ?jq,e C( scrapers, of which he had seen illus- wnr nffC / tratlons, were hideous. normal "How terrible to desecrate the land- activity scape with such tall buildings," he power o commented. "They hurt the eye. How such a p can people live In them?" of the p W I explained that most of the build- ot entht logs to which he referred were office must bi M buildings, but tlint we did have four- deinonst; jgjff -en and flfteen-story apartment houses and hb uuu noieis, ana even higher ones, In been mo r\3B whlcb-the upper floors were used for being wc living purposes just the euiue us the and the Ml lower ones. lie couldn't believe it mngnlfl" possible that people would consent to ever, wli 31 live so far above the ground, and from celved f IjV Ids own aversion to visit n place that neously, was even one story ohove tlie ground grentcr t Y floor, I rather got the idea that he was I kno' f u'-ald of height. Under the building colled nt la ws prevailing In Germany no" build- ered outi ing of more than Ave stories may be when he (Bi^erected. tlently, i Perhaps the quality that he envied hour, fo ? most in us was our inventive genius, emperor. ? When Orvllle Wright was flying at caslons Tempelhofer Fold, in Berlin, in the had a st early days of aviation, the kaiser The kni! could not restrain his admiration. were rea "1 wish 1 could encourage my people for the s to become great inventors, such a* It wa America has produced," he declared, school ct rather hopelessly. "I admire yooi garten fi wonderful inventive genius." groups o The kaiser objected verj^ much to the cestors ii fact that many of the foreign opera ly passe singers ./ere attrueted to New York their ohj by reason of the fabulous sums paid times, v them at the Metropolitan opera house, house, 1 Despite the fact that the kaiser ac* ?d 'n ^r< cused us of spending our money too emperor lavishly, be repeatedly charged the doubt, i ^ ' English as well as ourselves with he- wou'd g lng money-worshipers. B fleetln; /\ "The Anglo-Saxons worship inam- arc^ ,,lu "I mon, and they try to gloss it all over 'roni a '' / with a show of religion," he said. 'l's \ "Your rich Americans have so much t M?st < e money, Davis, thut they really don't *ulM'r V1 know what to do with It. Why, re- ns'c'n? cently one of your millionaires saw ft'nios' ' my eastle at Corfu and sent one of his t,u,t representatives to the court with the i! presumptuous message, 'IMease tell the falser kaiser that I will buy his eastle at "Does Corfu, and ask him what's his price!' vor-v <:,inl 1 had word sent back that the eastle "'"'is fo\ was not for sale. The American then 'dO'thing told my representative that he wouldn't A new' take *no' tor an answer. The cheek of ?OKIl.'-,.li the man I He said he didn't care how jjoq jjn( much it cost. I sent word back to shuj|e lu that man that there were not enough left th4, dollars In the world to buy that castle. ' h, . , m. .. . , , ser had There are some things that your dol- wnHh lt lars won't buy, Davis, and one of them ?. . n my beautiful castle at Corfu 1" the . eHA^x^.i ?? ; ;] . . .. The German PtoR^ -V. The f" The oath of allegiance ,eyyy to ftC German soldier * and publff ^-official ' stakes hinds him first to sanest ,?tfre hun(1 W8 kaiser, with his life and. fila wpw, dousneti and then the fatherland. * > *jjjLw mul"nR That Is what the kaiser riferdQ. tdtlon was ^ when he said, In the course ' To mil dress to a- body of recruits *a| one dam: . I *. 4 ^4>e| <yrns. "Body and soul jot* belong <to nylJLlwhttd I' ?Tf I com inn yoif to^ shoot ycjur faWsAynJie JHk' thers and ^our mothers . ',:-r /ou C^^xnust foirh'vjtyiy comflinnd without a * B-^KmurmA'/: - ? . iTerJfni! ^ V The same Invited, of "liowtd B"^kour?o. In^ie ?;Hl*r>^nvanjjjwa use tdmfirl possessive'jmrnrtlsn^flrstvpafiion, waff ttP" .V^fcjalkln^ of tlLe Uerin'i^jp jfcfople! *IIe kWhy.rlfc* jR^^^Mg^iiyartuui people "^bevcH^'the ?? was a 1 Xtrtt It wlllcfl ?h ^ k? ySt k^bier si J THE LANCASTEF T~~- . ambition of his life?bis dreuiu ' Y i world dominion. p _ ! Y j There Is no doubt thnt the war ^ m L|1vm Y , planned and made possible by the n JHiC XTini A tar'8ts and the Junkers, and that ev V effort was made to "Conceal /Tom ? t X people Its renl purpose and ultlm Y aqvc a goal; but If anyone Imagines that X CdiO X people at large would have held hi IX realized the truth, ho falls X understand tho underlying spirit of IX Teutonic race. IX Tho Gert,. ns are the most quar S? D? D S? lX some people fho world. It Is n IX loading to speak of the German it tarlsts. All Germans are mllltari 3p?p.r Syndicate.) . The roe?nln <>' dvll courts tli?' story. Ir lltl.'t there were no 1 ntion and awe or tne Kaiser are J,.. .111 , ? .. ? ,, than O.tMMl.OPO petty cases tried in I he hone of the Germans. Even . . ... , , ,, . , . courts, and as every case naturally lie socialists, who are not near- . , , . , . . ,. , . . . , volvcd at least two parties, the list posed to the tnonarchial idea , , . , . ... . ,. , Ishing fact is disclosed that some omtnoiily supposed, there is r f ? . ' . , tKNl.tMKI i.t'i'iniins, or one-seveuth of cnttment ot loyalty toward the .. ... 1 . J entire population, appealed to . True, the socialists are .. ' . .. ' , ., . oourts In 11 single year I ig constantly for the reform , ,,, , . ... . ,, .... . . 1 . 1 I he hellico.se character of the pen I other political changes, hut I , , , , , 1 .. . ... . , _ .. was evidenced In coin.Mess other \vi >ry much whether?before the . . . It was the natural result ot whu my rate?any large percentage ... , . ? . . ... , ... believe to he the most pronounced Ists would have selzeil the op- . ... , .... r ...... .. . , , . tional shortcoming?selfishness. y to dethrone the kaiser had ,. . .. . ,,, , . 1 11 ? o .! 1 average German is the most selfish 1 ted itself. Certainly any such , , ,, .... ... . ... dividual in the world, lie thinks would have been speedily ,. ., ... , . _ . . .... . , j himsclt and his own comfort first, 1 id by those who remained , , .11 1. ,j m Hi?d all the time. 1 have noticed It von without the aid of the .. . , .. ., . the street cars, in the theaters, in .... , ... public highways, in the restaurants 1 ig as the kaiser Is able to up- ... , , , , ,. hotels, where people congrcgi rman *s place among the nn- ., 11..* ?.i ,f . .. , . , ... . , Every one looked out for himself I the world, so long will his . . . . , ., . ,, . and pushed aside those who stood iphold hiin. They will stand . . . ,,,,,, / . , , . his way. In civil life, just ns In a st 1111 ns long as he-goes forward; r ... , .. T . . . of war. the (>eruum practiced the i>: I repudiate hiin as soon ns he . . . ... . ... ck. They will acclnln. him in C,V\ , hut will not tolerate him in ( .,,V"lry' magnanimity The Kaiser himself realizes fn,v,?nl ,u makeup ? ,n . they are eharnctei1s?fes of the ! rei tenure of olllce rests upon. . , , . . . . - .. A keen desire to iniike soineMilng 'I he war was started for the , , , ... . . . ... . _ ot nothing is another national trait world dominion; it has been .... ... , .. , , , . , the Germans, it my observation d solely to save the kaiser's . been ncourntc. \\ lint Is commonly . . , , .. . . , ferns) to ns German thrift is 011P g into such intimate and fre- ... ... ... ... .. , , . . . polite name lor German stinginess, i Iltlict with the U-nicei- I hn.l ?? * , ? . , . .. I have so many illustrations ill opportunity to observe the .. : ,, ., , , . . . . , the petty meanness of the ticrman i i which exist, between him . '. ... ...? ... , , , pie that It seems idle to specify sin people. i ! , lustunccs rnduct of the people since the ., . .. ? . . . T , . ' . , . i One of the first Impressions I irds no safe criterion of their . . , . ., . , . _. celved about the German people, wl views and sentiments. The , . . ., .. ' * . . . . .. 1 went to live among them fourt of government agents and the .. , , , M r. , . . years ago, was the lack of comru if the inspired press exerted *,, .. . . , _ H .. . ship among them. Class distinct! ;reat Influence on he feel ngs afe drawn HQ an(, thpre an. eople tha any outward signs m|n datlllIMI> that u was islasm which they displayed , S8lble to ttnd two aertnans on e liberally discounted The Mm|. Horla, t ^ was a s rations in favor of the kaiser Q{K,r.H rlor Aft|,r fourt leaders since tne war have . expt,rlom.w Hn? the8e re or less artificial, the crowd , nmnot sa t,m( fhat e|( ?n irked tjp by government agents ^ if anyllllnK> lt press accounts have invariably , , , d them. Before the war, how- . 1 , , , , , Anyone who lias lived In Berlin, i intever acclaim tne kaiser re- , ... ... .... . .. . is tamiliar with conditions In ot rom the nubile came sponta- ., .. , . , * ... - Kuropean capitals, will bear me and was for that reason of that tbe German poI,wl??? ls th, ilgn i flea nee. arrogant police ofllclal in the wo iv that whenever the kaiser ... . . . , m ... Jlis word is taken in court in pre) my ofllce great crowds gath- . .. . ? , . ... . ,. . . r ,, , ence to that of six civilians, and side to catch a glimpse of him _ . , ., . ., . , . . ... power ls such t tut t it might very ens came out. They waited pa- , , , , . . 4 be used oppressively: but Strang sometimes for as long as an ., d ^ of r the sake of greeting their cllalacter> fl and corr Their conduct on these oc- tUm |m tbe Gt,rman , showed very plainly that he ., ?. . . ,, . 4 , _ , other otlicials were practically rong hold on their affections. ! .... ? ...... , . known before the war. ser was their Idol, and they ... . ,. . . ... . , . . . . ^ J Such were the people behind dy to suffer any Inconvenience ... ? .... .. ' ...... , .... . * ... . . . kuiser when the great war started, ake of doing him honor. , ,, , , .. , * , _ ; shall never forget the sentiments s customary for classes of ^ U) mt. , lvnU, |n(llvldlI illdren to be fjiken to the Tier , |n t.vor WJ(|k j|f Hfe as ?u. varl) om time to time to study the a (>f t)u. wj|r develop?d. if statues of the kaisers an- ; N<| Ilu.asun. that was taU,.n hy 0 a the Sieges Allee. They uaaal- no niattl.r how atrocious or "|y houfe on Jh<;,r w"y to 1 consistent with the world's Idea -Messon In patriotism. Some- j M ,s ^nuissn,h, olvlllze,l w ,-hen the kaiser was at ray fn <>V|.r , ||t u won, of c,aid< have seen these children halt- | natlon frolI1 tUe German public at mt of the place to await the ; wh alt,lolluh. ?f (.ourst.. w h departure, their teachers, no 8<)I[H. notu|)|(i ,.xrt.ptlons< The Rr eellng that the youngsters maJor|tv of (;,.nnany who dls<>us ain greater inspiration from th|.se InaMt.rs w,Jh ,iM. hoWt.v,.r> g glimpse of th- living mon- onI (lermany < n they could possibly derive ,iU, r?IIiplalll,.d htH.aust, IIloru rlp,r irolonged study of the statues , . , ". . measures were not taken, e pat ted ancestors. p . , ? , 1 .... . ... .Merely by way of example, and if my patients knew that the . sited me. and they never tired ","r *UKKUS1'011 waMI,,,lflwn < questions about him. It was ",nn r?^\ '?>' ..possible for them to helTeve . ?pp,?nn PalU-nts I may mention ' were to have the privilege of prising viewpoint expressed by . the very chair which their -'mtess S'erstorptT. a relut.ve of id occupied Henckel-I.onnersmnrch. It was af the kaiser actually sit In this ! *,,,ly J"in; ,, th? n"\v* .i. .. ... ..ia 1:1 > Gorman resentment a?n list that !r? they would ask in Incred- ... ,es. "Does he ever talk about ' N, rv " 'j ? I Mease tell me what he said * h"} we t?ie very fl in.e he was here." available opportunity, slie dcelar German office girl wiwm 1 nau "is to destroy every single work of uttructed the kaiser's ntten* In Italy. Not a single one of tli 1 he was gracious enough to landmarks or art treasures should tnds with her. After he had left standing. Then when the war itlrt held out the hand the knl- over and Italy no longer derives grasped and suld she wouldn't enormous revenue she has been < for a week 1 lectlng for years from tourists, she \ 'o fhlnk, this hand has grasped be sorry for what she 1ms done er's hand! When I tell my Germany 1" bout It tonight they won't be- Did the German people countenai ' i the submarine warfare and the slau ct that the kaiser condescend- i tef of Innocent women and children, knowledge the plnudits of his defiance of all rules of lnternatln y a salute or a wave of the law and the dlctntes of common 1 is cited as proof of his gra- mnnlty? They hud only one critic! . and kindness; their god was to make of It?It whs not compreh on them, and their gratlfica- five enough! It was absolute folly overwhelming. not u crime, they said, for Germ. Intaln this state of veneration to prescribe snfety innes for neut of the kaiser's principal con- vessels to use. The whole world sho That was why lie never ap- have been declared a war zone, tl i public except in full uniform ; death nnd^bstructlnn might he d< always rode a white horse, wherever urtTyRhenever the opport e rest of ids staff rode dark. Ity offered. Ejfcry sj^Jp that sal by the pictures of him that1 dtogfd he aunk?Wnd*every Amerlt owed to be circulated always ventured Wlthlp range of n (i him to the very best ad van- j nttin gun, on sea or land, should iy-every case of lese rnfljcftS^ stuff. That wps the unlversul sei Ishcd with the utmost severity jvlfrnt. islewt, every possible precuu- i The suggestion that a contlnnat 'itaKen that the exalted Ideas . W the" submarine warfare would ttf/pijblio held regarding the^" Vvltably bring America into the i leuldfnever be undermined. did not perturb the people 1q his apiatfcrf devotion deauiuat- "lightest. po<d>i#*CJk&rl?U?- It was' oidp "'How can America do us more ha pet t etl mat tbeyT^niH Bkve th^a Ja Ihey ask >Hdly behind theli\fmperor "^nirlcao >.inuejl on Page<|fhgJ| i sought te acMeve^g^fc one onx mrt. ' s HWrnSmm m" V ' t NEWS, LANCASTER, S. C. ~oi our "enemies. American "dollura "fire were hvleigla'KvTrvx working against us In every possible enthusiasm?young vns way. Let America come Into the war Brhool steps were illt- and give us it chance to pay her back 80ngs, students w ery 'or what she has done to us. Rho speeches were beln; the couldn't hafin us any more If she were places, ate a belligerent. Why allow her to re- About five o'clock lha ninln nmilriil n?..l .?.? ?" witl>'<n the previous ten years tluit we j talking on mi . saw ?n> rem <?n why an amicable solu- said: "J .-ball inak the tlon should not t>n he round ?io It responsible for the ?ol- had always heen before. glad I had admired viu On our way out toe Charlottenburger Krorn the coupe to Chpyasee we passed the kaiser and the soldiers drag six Iti kalaerin driving to Kerllti from Pots- down and kick the dam at ithout sixty miles an hour, and one was a woman gt,. there were other Indications of nc- out as the crowd cl ,n tlvlty, hut we attached little lmpor- that I was unable t nal tanee to them. of those Innocent t l,u. When we reached Potsdam, how- gers. sm ever, and saw thousands of tons of When we flnall on- coal heaped up between the railroad about five the next If trucks which were ordinarily kept like a dead city. ,ny<-Clear, we realized that preparations for droschke, a taxi o Tlll war were being made In earnest and Every available nn uld wp stopped to consider whether it had been mobilized tint would not he better after all to return As we had heav ,n!t home. Such was our Ignorance of war had to And somethi un- , that we decided that, even though It and after half an led ' were not advisable to motor in Bel- from the station I .un glum and Kmnce, where we were driver who thought ler? hound, we might safely plan a tour in for the liberal ben' t,e the Black forest In Germany. hlin. We had hard atl- had left Berlin late In the after- an ofticer tried to noon. In the evening, when we arrived only my yltv'M qu ion nt Gotha, we found that the younger saved hint a black la- waiters In the restaurants and hotels bars or a lnrge fine, var ' had already left and that the older re- After Enptsnd de the ! Kbrves expected a. general call the next forts to capture sj o daj* * . v i<jt and the mob had u! intt ; "The next morning H?>.started for tear down. We we. mi I VtankJoft. As we passed through vtl- .English on the tel K, village.-war preparations be- street. We kept to "^nore and more evident Measures closely. Most of t < . .< 1 ?.? ? uuovuiiiiui j arrived in Frnnkfor nek The juhllntlon with which the news was jn n feVer of ? ! to of the sinking of the Lusitunlu was re- mobilization poster the eel veil by the German people was gen- meat against the 4 eral. It was so significant that I be- aroused by "oxti rel- lleve America would have declared war handed out wlthou ills- Immediately had It been known. I jiu; that the Fr< till- have failed to And a single Gorman dropped bombs 01 sts. who did not exult over the dastardly Kurnherg and that tell crime, and the activity of the Zep- nutos had over-rl ess pellns In their raids on open towns The ridiculous the evoked similar demonstrations. French livers drop in- That the views which the people milroad at Nnrnl on- held regarding the conduct of the war slightest foundatioi Id.- were strongly Inlluenced by the public 1 The older peop the press, which was absolutely controlled thnsigh the war of the by the govern" nt, was only to be ex- audiences for once pected. The fact that In peace time tlio j)nst experiences at iple press of Germany was perhaps the what preparations i.vs. most reliable in the world, made of It blllty of food shoi t 1 a particularly valmHde tool In the uppermost In all n na- hand, of the government in time of cerles were stornu The war. ers. Salt suddenly In- The German newspaper Is gospel to a pound and otliet of the people. The last word In any argu- tlon. ast ment was always furnished by proof On Sunday, Augi *>ii supplied by some newspaper article, line In the country the "Ks stcht In der zeitung," liberally and we heard of m md translated, "The paper says so." was Ists being put out < ite. ulways final and conclusive. Nothing ' cities ami even on irst the papers declared wus too preposter- matter how Inncces in ous to be believed. might b* We aro ate The press was used to excellent nd- stow our ear awuj rin- vantage to conceal reverses and to sl^k attached to a make the upmost capital out of sue- return to Iterlln bj nre cesses, ltlght from the start the news- At the railway as papers declared that Germany was such a tremendous icli. lighting a defensive war; that the na- i quite impossible to out tions of the world had jumped on the ticket office, an f Germany's neck bycause they were ise could he given i has jealous of her growing power. lln. re- The linportu ice which the kaiser Trunks and hags v 11 and his leaders Mluceil In public opin- | every available s md j()n mnnug the <> nan people Is clear- ' months before thai Iv Hlust rn f??d tiv Dm ntinnlln^nm?n?o l,.i ...... .... ..... Il~-.I1 ,tM>" they made and the measures they re- j We decided to < >8'? sorted to from time to time, for home : reach Berlin until consumption. ( Beemed no hope of re" When In Deremher, 1010, for In- dny. 'Ien stance, the kaiser realized that the re- i On Monday mo ,M'n sumption of unrestr' ted submarine 'were filled with < warfare, which he had determined stroylnR every eh "ns upon, might bring neutral nations. In- word on It and lool HO cludlnR the United States, Into the papers had annouii |nst war, he felt that It was necessary to try was full of Fr do something to uphold the spirit of a" well as men. I his people. It took the form of u pro- an automobile, taki ',n posal of pence to the allies. literally tear her cl ' This proposal was designed to ac- 'ore the police su< compllsh two distinct purpasen: r irst, ? "iS It was to convince the Germun people P?"re station. II that their kaiser was really the peace- t'?n WQS that all t 111 lovlr.?; monarch he hud always pro- masquerading as \\ r fessed to he; second, It was to demur- thing the mob did \ out allze the allies by dividing them to see whether nst against themselves. I ^)u Monday evenl rid. . . ? - ? - | i ins mncn is certain: The Kaiser uu* "a-v ' 1 | never intended the allies to accept the train to Ilerlin. W 1 1 | proposal lie made. lie admitted that Innumerable times ^ much to me, ns did also the trains to pnss throw ' ^ Prince von Pless, his most intimate Q'drcd to keep our u" advisor. It was termed In stich a way *''? no enemy pa? that the allies could not possibly ue- bombs on the hrhU "" cept It. Put it served one of the pur- was n but August U" poses which it was Intended to achieve, ventilation was . und nearly accomplished tho other. ^>lir compartment tni! officers on their wn; 1 CHAPTER XVI. i ??tH ?>hd very gr x* they felt in their Germany In Wartime. forms which may 1 Willie the German people*have al- '? "1? !,S , . .. . , .. tunlty, but which to [??.. ways been in thorough accord with the , ,. ... , . ,, . , l?le as well us the i ln. kaisers ambitious project which Is so . ,,f significantly described by the popular . ! J'* . "'slogan: "Deutschland uher nllesl" At Naumberg, w nt. when the great war. which was to between Irani 111 , , r. , , . company of soldier . ? achieve Germany s alms, commenced, ' , , , * 11 ., i. . . a,1(l guarded the coi ..re It came almost as much as a surprise _ ' re . ,, ... . # commissioned olllc to the Germans as It was to the rest i* 1 "l i>ussc?nir??rR s,wi the world. They knew it was inevl- ... . ... i .i .I.# i i My wife, who wi table and they looked forward eagerly ... . ..I. rr .it . i i. . V.i ner of the coupe 1. ii,l to l>er Tag, but when it arrived the . ., I1U' ... . ,. . . . an in the compartn ll1K hustle and excitement, not to say . _ , .... \ , |>. . | . her sleep might h I panic, wlilch developed throngiiout . . >, ..... might, In fact, be m.t Germany was so pronounced that In . ,. . ., ... n"1 ,. , i i, clothing, the olhe some euses it npprouched the ludicrous. ">L 11 "Where are you gi my Obviously tlio people wore kept ln onn nccont rpvi,n the Ignorance of the plans of their war 8Wt>ro(, lllm'p ,ut.t.n the barons In order that hostilities might llI1(l he demand, d a; ;on come as a complete surprise to tliem h|m. to |JS<> ter and give color to the government's your lHIS8portr len contention that the war was forced ( I5y th||f j ,(J na- upon fie. many. papers of id, ntilicat So little thought did we give to the trp.,i to (,.n |)iin f] rst complexities of the political situation were returning to i ed, that on I'rhlay, July .11, 1014. my wife ! j,ut he was t?>n ex art and I started off on a motor trip. W'e j WotiId have draggi \elr had hear i so many rumors of war I n?,i .... ..n;,.? .. 4 I <yPAGE SEVEN -erywlivrvTo arouse , a|1(J hnrs,,s |lot,? cdiumandeered, men k? ?r?? on an<j jj,,, only slpns of life In Berlla s np rip pa roc furnished by the officers driving ere inarch, np and mn aJ iQ j^h-powered cars i? made In the mar- whl< h vxvvvlM n|1 speed llmlt8 aud I other traffic regulations. : that nfternoon we j . f, ? , , ... , _ . .... . . , After a few <lavs. things bopan to ret. The whole place # , * ', ^ _ . kU4 14 iw <>1111111 liquid. lilt* HWIU Mir >xcltt'im?nt over the ply umple timl the heiidllnes In / s and tli?'ir resent- t))C newspapers were so eneouraglug * Freacli was being nmj ttie report?; of victories upon vic'IIs." which wore p,rios so convincing that every one ex* t chnrge, announc- p,,<ted the war to be over within a eiioli had already V|,ry Bi,ort time and th?\v begun to eat n tlio railroad at stores they had so excitedly French others In t.olIt?.,cd. ddeit the borders. n,v,,d cards were initiated, it Is true, statements about |mt j||(, ?motint allow was more than I'injt bombs on the , ndoi,uute. for all except, perhaps, the * "Til had not the ym-y poor who depend almost entirely II. of course. j upon bread. le who had lived | The press began advising the peo1S70 had interested pje to conserve food hut at the same while they related time said that If care was taken there id pave advice as to w.,s dmiper of tlmre not being to make. A possl- enough for all. School teachers pave tape seemed to he dtiily tulks to the children to eat overylinds, and the pro- thlnp on their plates. (Hie went so far d with coper buy- as to announce: "I always lick my Jumped to 75 cents piatc, children, and you should do tho r thltips in propor* su,?e!" Tho restilt of these warnings was ist 2, all the pnso- merely to increase InAirding and buy* wit* commandeered, jn>, fmtn fond speculators. I never any American tour- knew of a sinple t'.ermnn who volunr?f their cars In the turlly deprived himself of u single country roads, no mtlcle of food out of patriotic inoislhlc to trains they tlves. The only saerltlce a tlerman is trdlngly derided to willlnp to make fOr his country is the i In an old wagon u;u, |ie cannot escape. hotel and soupht to time* went on and England's ' train. blockade became Increasingly Hi. ?%ive, station there was tjM, internal condition of fJcrmany crowd that it was went from had to worse, and long beget anywhere near lort, j i,.tt ]{,.rlin. on .Tanuary 22. 1918. d anyway no prom- conditions had become well-nigh miis to trains to lh-r- bearable. were piled high In CHAPTER XVII. - ? pace and It was ? t enormous pile of Economic Situation in Germany. r sorted out. by the spring of 1919, butter and lefor our effort to meat had become extremely scarce In ilondny, since there Berlin. My wife had remained In getting away that America, where she had accompanied ' me In the summet of 1915, and during rnlng, the streets , j,er absence I dined nt hotels and res xclted crowds de- tnurants where the food was still cn with a French , rather good. In June. 1?10, 1 left for dug for spies. The America again and Just as I was leaviced that the roun- meat cards were Issued for the ench spies, women first (jme. \ saw the crowd stop j returned to Berlin with my family ? a woman out and )n <ictol>er, 191d. Conditions had _ * lothes to shreds ho- ' changed considerably for the worse ceeded In rescuing during the summer, I found that ilid took her to tho eVerv one who had the money had le general supposl- bought up every available pound of f he man spies were nnd soap whlcli had not already -omen and the first been commandeered by the govern,vas to pull out hair ?,ent. Butter, potatoes, eggs, milk, the hair was real. flour, sugar, soap, bread nnd meat and ^ lug. we managed to dry groceries were all rationed and it v ? ino uist inmugn was now uo longer necessary for worn- ^ e were side-trucked en to stand in line In front of the i to allow troop i shops, sometimes all night, to u-coU gh, and we were re- ! the morning opening. At windows closed so Shopping by the card system was ssenger could drop very complicated and the quantities 0p ;es we crossed. It ; permitted by the ration cards so small x >X- 'V night and the lack that a well-balanced meal was an lmmost oppressive. i possibility. To dine In a restaurant It was crowded with was necessary to take a whole pockety to Join their regl- fuj ()f cnr(]s and muke a careful unulyund and Important ?u i..* ?i?** i..... ... ?... m ucivie uiufnug me meager menl which the lnw allowed. . - Empty boxes were used to decorate rr? or Just tli s oppor- ^e depleted show windows of the >o t ie ( erinnn peo- 8hops. The fact that they were empty > lilies completely by WJIS not known to the public and very often the windows would be broken by * hlch Is about half- hungry inoj)S who couldn't resist tho kfort and Rerlln, u Gf what appeared to be so mnch x * s hoarded the train f,?4><1. This led the government to orrrldors while a non- s),0j,keepers to label the boxes: er questioned the "Empty Ilexes" In order to avert such ^ i disturbances and riots. ?... us asleep In a cor- . ... . . . -( .. . i There was simply nothing to hay In / was the oidy worn- 1 , ... . ..... . . . i. << . ... the food line except substitutes, and of tent. Relieving that , ., . . , . . . , , these there were hundreds, each worse e feigned and she .. , . ?, . , ov , , | than the last. The remark: If things1 ? a man In woman s . . ., , . s. . , , get much worse, we shall soon he eat- x er jelled at her: ' . -v. ,. .. .. , , , :,, . . Ing i%Is as the Parisians did 111 >lng? Her A inert* . T x\ . , . . . brou f the rej under: Well, that led w hen she an- , , ., . . , . T. . j. ... .. woublr. .die so had; what I m dreading sed lilm the more , ., , , ? , . . ,, .... Is the time when we shall have to bo ngrlly: "What right . . ... , ... . . . . , .... , content with rat-substltllte! Is train? Where Is .... .. ,, , . , . . When we ilnallj' had cards for cof. . fee-substitute I gave tip Interest in id produced all the . , * , , ., , . substitutes and commenced to patronIon I could timl and . . , . > ... . . lze the speculators, figuring that It was tint my wife and 1 . .. . ... ... , , , . ..... better to risk the penalties Imposed by >ur home In Rerlln, ... , , , , . , , ? . the law for such violations of the food ? cited to listen and , .... ?. ?... _ . . regulations than to ruin our health <1 us off the train .. , . . ... , , , , through undernourlshinent. _ * ? with whom I had .. . ., .... . if *' . . lor a long time we were permitted KL V < lite, intervened ami . ... ..... , v? ... ,. to receive 'presents of bacon, ham. . t e mjseit personally .... , ^ , , sausages, eggs and butter from Den7, ''' t XS l mark, hut thb was finally prohibited his new uniform. , . ,. . * _ 4 . _ through .he influence of the Central next to ours I saw isslans, throw them ^\*rUn<{ ,(T,he Cc"?nl . ^ in the face, am booUt>' for BuyUl* Food Froni 0thet s I Tim frntn niitte. foT/ntrlos) which found that It win# ?.?! .? onV ?. !""?for,?g with the.r graft. a ascertain the fate Thls was formed by a com- , , tut helpless passeu- pHny of c,evor Jewliih business men to ' - - ,, buy food from foreign countries and " ' y reached Rerlln ?e,, 11 to th<* PP0P|0. 8 Bmn11 percent- \ * * morning, lt seemed ?*c of the Prott,s ?0,nK to ,,u> govern- * . There was not a n,en?. It not only developed Into u ^ r a tram in sight. raowt successful enterprise from. the ' ?ans of locomotion "tandpolnt of profit. Its prosperity hefor the time being. lnR ""k'mented by graft, but U proVlfl^d - v hi>t-u w.. uititrviv 8 haven for the slacker sr i of ithoL^ njj to take us home proprietors nnrt stockholders. Just i hour's search far ' l?ft Berlin, tills company, to ^ fotinrl nn old onh hMe ,h(>,r *'nr profits*bought a bulldt ho could take us f?r three million marks, which the/ us I agreed to pay claimed was needed Yor the business. " ?"* \? got seated when 1 ' force us out, and (To be Continued.) Irk plea of Jllness ? eye and me iron Shrink in* Boyhood. \ 'dared war, the ef- (People's Home Journal ) pin doubled. i ,ho,?d hav, ?.raed m_ Bow lot of signs to w v \ ,, ,, ^ w " 5 forbidden to talk fid Mr' Bl,nk8' ephone or on the Miss Jinks. ' our homes rather "Becauae^Vy "wered Mrs. Blinks, he buses, taxicaha "be shrinks froft^ ahlng." *** jth