Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-11-10
Normal Conditions Exist
In Germany Despite War
BERLIN HAS SAME ASPECT
AS BEFORE HOsTILITIEs
BROKE OUT.
STILL EAT WHITE BREAD
Amusements and Business Con-
tinue as Though Nation
Was at Peace.

Was at Peace.
Berlin, Nov. 9.-They still eat wheat
bread in Berlin. Amusements pro-
ceed with little sign of abatement
Few posters to call men to arms are
in evidence and there are many able
bodied men on the streets in civilian
clothes. These conditions in striking
contrast to the situation in neutral
Holland, where all people are COM
pelled to eat bread that has a Is per
cent admixture of rye and where al
most all walls are covered with Off
cial announcements relating to mo-
bilization and the regulation of prices,
were sources of wonderment to cor
respondent of The Associated Press,
who has just arrived from Constant
nOple.
No War-like Aspect.
That Germany Is at war could not
be cleaned from street impressions,
though a person might speculate on
the causes that have led to conditions.
Everywhere one sees large photo.
graphs of the emperor, the German
crown prince and General Won Hin
denberg, Won Beseler and other mill
tary notables, exhibited as are cam
paign Autographs in the United States
There are other photographs of EN-
peror Francis Joseph and Austrian
generals.
Good Horses in Service.
The second condition is the poor
state of horses which do the hauling
in the city. All good horses have been
requisitioned for military purposes,
with the result that every animal able
to keep moving is further and often
painful effort.
There are surprisingly few soldiers
to be seen in the streets Of the Ger
man capital. Now and then a column
puts in an appearance-cheerful, eag-
er and usually bedecked with flowers
off for the war; Beside tlaesInen'
march their women, mothers, wives,
sisters, sweethearts s-nOt so cheerful.
No emotion Shown.
But it seems to be contrary to
some unwritten law to show emotions
in this business of going to the front
perhaps never to return. so while
the men hide their concern under
cheerfulness that appears to be natur-
al enough, the women belle their red
dened eyes with a smile and swallow
hard as they talk to the man whom
they accompany to the train that will
take him east or west, either way
read to danger.
Business Normal.
Business in Berlin is normal as far
as can be ascertained. Shortly after
the mobilization some of the large
amusement places, concert halls and
vaudeville houses closed up. Many OF
them have been re-opened with the
coming of the winter season. The
cafes are crowded 60 capacity and
many artists who are out Of work re-
present cutrailment of programs rath-
er than total closures. A similar con-
dition prevails among shop and fac
tory employees, but in their case the
percentage of unemployment is low
er because of the men taken to the
front. Official figures recently issued
show that with the progress of redis-
tributing labor not yet completed,
there we're in Berlin only from two to
six per cent more unemployed than
normally, while in the case of certain
trades, which require men OF excep-
tionally good physique, there was act
ually shortage Of labor.
Keep Menus Up.
The bills of fare in the Berlin ho-
tells and restaurants may now be read
by the German whose knowledge OF
French is limited. 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.
I'VE Must VIM
1--WE must win is the slogan OF
everybody in Berlin. To make this
possible 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, and even calf warmers"
Innumerable packages are dispatch
ed to the front, containing mostly cl-
gars, small bottles of spirituous bev-
erages and chocolate for whose nutri-
ment values the German soldier seem
to have the highest respect.
Comment heard in the street, public
places and official quarters is not
such that one could say that the war
is popular in Germay. That term
would hardly describe the feeling. A
better definition of the sentiment pre-.
vailing in all classes of Berlin's pop
ulation, and it is claimed, the empire
is that the war is very disagreeable
business which must be disposed OF
thoroughly and with whole hearted
ness.
Womei+, In Mourning.
In the crowds may be seen many
women in mourning. While the spir.
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