Evening journal., 1914-08-17

all ages from the aged grey-hairod
house-frau to the fraulein OF tender
years As they meet they try vainly to
comfort each other while those who are
still hoping their loved ones are to be
spared watch them in white faced won
der. realizing full well that the next Of
iicial list may contain the name Of some
one dear TO them.
II has been suggested that the women
cease wearing mourning as am outward
symbol of sorrow. Leading Berlin wo-
men have take up the suggestions and IL
is now being considered.
The general staff is in constant touch
, with the front. There is no evidence OF
encouragement. True, the resistance oi
Belgium had been underestimated But
the German army is now in action and
the general forward movement is declar
ed to be in progress along the lines or
iginally laid down
There is absolutely no news from the
fleet. RumOrs of action have been cir
culated, but up 10 the present none is
confirmed and the general stan declinei
to comment ON them.
The sinking of the Koenigin Luise
was bulletined simultaneously with
the announcement of the sinking OF
the British cruiser Amphion.
The lists of the dead and wound
ed are first made public by being
POSTED at the information bureau at
the ministry of war. This is the
s2ddest place in Berlin. Scenes are
being enacted there that try mems
| souls. A score of times daily a
mother, wife or a sister, comes
I through the doors into the street
weeping convulsively or shaken with
sobs. But the majority of the Ger
men accept their grief with Spartan
courage while in the Open, restrain
/ ing their feelings because of the ef-
feet an open display might have on
/ others. Germany may we'll be proud
! of her women in the present crisis.
The first list of the dead anC
wounded was made public on Tues
cay. II showed a very heavy per
ceniage of wounded as compared Will
those killed outright Since ther
wounded from the front have beer
arriving daily. The general hos
ptals have all had their equipment
doubled while many other hospitals
ere being established ia churche,
and public halls. in anticipation Of tn,
stern work that is TO come Tn,
Americans have rendered the use O
their church as a hospital and tn,
offer has been accepted
All Of the Kaiser's sons are at tn,
front. The Crown Prince is report
ed with the general staff on tn,
French frontier while Prince Adal
bert is on his ship.
After the paniclSy feeling of the firs
few days. when fears of an impending
food shortage were entertained, busi
ness has settled back to normal Non
of the restaurants has increasei
prices, while provision prices in tn
stores are generally regulated by tn
military authorities. To prevent ex
tortion, maximum price of seven ant
a half cents pound has been fixel
on wheat flour six cents on rye, AM
one and half cents a pound on pota
toes, and other food prices in proper
ton
School children and the women ar
harvesting the crops. The Crow
Prince OF Bavaria. who is only -four
teen. is setting the example by work
ing in the fields. Other titled childre
are working side by side with tn
women of their households, as it /
realized that the harvest must b
completed with commerce absolutel
paralyzed, and it is already certaii
that Germany must depend on he
own resources for an indefinite per
iod.