The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1914-11-13
GERMANY PREPARED
FOR A LONG, Seize.
Berlin Shows no Evidence of
War-Prices of Food Are
Normal.

bread in Berlin. Amusements proceed
with little sign of abatement. Few
posters to call men to arms are in evil
dence, and there are many able-bodied
men on the streets in civilian clothes.
These conditions, in striking contrast
t othe situation in neutral Holland,
where all people are compelled to eat
bread that has rs per cent of adj
mixture of rye, and where almost all
walls are covered with official an
nouncements relating to mobilization
and the regulation of prices, were
sources of wonderment to cores
pendent of the Associated Press, who
has just arrived from constant scenes
of war and its aftermath.
That Germany is at war could not
be CLEANED from street impressions,
though person might speculate on
the causes that have led to two con-
ditions. Everywhere one see large
photographs of the Emperor, the
Crown Prince and Generals Won Hin
denberg, Won Beseler and other mill
tary notables exhibited, as are cam
paign Autographs n the United
States. There are other photographs
of Emperor Francis Joseph and Aus
trian Generals.
The second condition is the poor
state of the horses which do the haul
ing in the city. All good horses have
been requisitioned for military pur-
poses, with the result that every horse
able to keep moving is being urged to
further, and often painful, effort
There is surprisingly few soldiers to
be seen in the streets of the German
capital. Now and then column puts
in an appearance-cheerful, eager and
usually bedecked with fowers-off for
the war. Beside the men are seen
mothers, wives, sisters, sweethearts-
not so cheerful. But it seems to be
contrary to some unwritten law to
to show emotions in this business OF
going TO the front, perhaps never to
return. So, while the men hide their
concern under a cheerfulness that ap-
pears to be natural enough, the wom-
en- belle their redeemed eyes with a
smile and swallow hard as each talks
to the man whom she accompanies to
the train that will take him east or
west-either way road to danger.
The cafes are crowded to capacity,
and many artists who are out of work
represent cultailment of programs
rather than total closing. A similar
condition prevails among shop and fac
tory employees, but in their case the
percentage of unemployment slower
because of the men taken to the front
Official figures recently issued show
that, with the progress of redistribut-
ing labor not yet completed, there
were in Berlin only from to 6 per
cent more unemployed than normally,
while IN the case of certain trades.
which require men to exceptionally
good physique, there was shortage
of labor.
The bills of fare in the Berlin hotels
and restaurants may now be read by
the German who knows no French.
The "speisekarte" is no longer
"menu"
There has been little reduction in
the quantity, and no deterioration in
the quality of the food offered. Nor
are the prices materially higher. Many
of the big restaurants have made no
change whatever in their prices since
the war began.
owe must win," is the slogan of
everybody in Berlin. To make this pos
sible, everybody accepts resignedly
whatever sacrifice has to be made.
While the army has the hard work in
the battle line, the women, including
the Empress and the ladies of her
court, knit socks, wristlets, gloves,
sweaters, abdominal bands and calf
warmers"
Innumerable packages are dispatch
ed to the front, containing mostly CT
gars, small bottles of spirituous bev-
erages and chocolate, for whose nutri-
tious value the German soldier has the
highest respect.
Comment heard in the street, public
places and official quarters is not such
that one could say that the war is pop
ular in Germany. That term would
hardly describe the feeling. A better
definition of the sentiment prevailing
in all classes of Berlin's population
and, it is claimed, the empire, is that
the was is a very disagreeable bust
ness, which must be disposed of thor
oughly and with hole-heartedness.
In the crowds may be seen many
women in mourning. While the spirit