The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-23
HUNGRY IN BERLIN
DESPITE MARTIAL MEN
neutral travellers, and Some German Newspapers,
describe Pitful Scrambles for Food Scraps in
Which Weak and Aged Are Crowded Out.

depots and barracks are constantly the
scene? Toward noon. day after day
u inotieS crowd assemblies at the dooi
VI these buildings. 1t is composed. no,
OF soldiers In field gray. but OF shame
iaceu men and women, ancient
wrinkled. shrivelled little grandmothers re-,
OLD men. young women and children
armed with the most grotesque recepta-
cIes They take their stand there and
wait patiently for an hour and "a half
sometimes In a pelting rain. until the
sookhouse sweeper appears carrying a
huse TIN saucepan containing All in
possible medley. the leavings of the
soidiers dinner. pieces Of fat meat and
oone. bread. Potatoes and table scraps
Vi al Kinds al u~ISpeakable mess.
Nt MS appearance "A momentary
sparkle OF anticipation lights up the
laded eyes and gives new energy TO
the poor old bodies AS they hobb.e
orwar to present their pots and pam
nikins. The younger and more robust
among the waiting crowd. however,
soon elbow and push them aside. with
the result that the older ones 10. as
they come. with their hands as esnpty
az their stoms chs. Then they try again
the next day until they collapse"
the food shortage ID not confined o
nerlln. According to the Ta0ebldn the
commissariat arrangements TO supply
the herman troops at Gallipoll have
broken down hopelessly.
our troops vonder." the TooebIott
says. although not at tn. staryat.o,,
point are suffering serious ~privation.
We must send them food Compliments
on their bravery they do not need. Such
thinss do not give s%ustenance. Food
and plenty OF II Is what they require.
III AtiHlNiAnN gRaI, Aa,n " ---a
speeduy enough by the authorities. indi-
viduai Germans at home must make
more sacrifices and hasten relief to our
men fighting In foreign lands where
all is strange and unhomelike.
Nor In II food alone that they want.
As compared with the English, whose
equipment Is i~rreproachable. whose
adaptability to the exigencies q. the
climate Is exemplary. there In much left
TO be desired by our forces In severa.
respects other than in food supply"
Crowd In . Fury.
Further details OF rioting at Axle
Chapelle n other towns In the western
part or Germany. at Cologne. Coblenz
and Treves are printed in the Rhein-
estfalische Zeitnng.
W want no more butter and egg
"at'teS suNh lave ulskFactO the pubic
market place in this ancient Rhenish
city the newspaper says. "notwith-
standing the provocation the excessive
prices OF food may cause the average
AT the present rates but
ter and eggs are placed entirely be-
yond the reach OF the average citizen.
a woman fiung some butter into A
dealers face. thus opening the battle.
SEEKING horseradishes and carrots men
and women. statesmen and customers
bombarded each other with these
with such warlike force that
in many cases blood began TO fiow. In
their fury some of the combatants ever
n war dance amid baskets full
of eggs. A horse harnessed to a mar
ket wagon was deliberately smeired all
with butter. Jumps OF high priced
were stuck by the rioters In the
hats OF we'll dressed wome who had
come to buy hat commodity. with cries
If We are unable To eat butter and
eggs neither shall YOU
TIL M~usnchHsr Neueste Ndchrichtcn
columns to the alarming condi-
ton in the brewing Industry. The ruin
Gus prices OF ma and other raw ma
terials required In the production OF
beer, 1t hays. may compel the brewers to
close down.
According to the L~okdiansei0er the
Government Is about to issue
comprehensive orders intended 10 stop
all waste OF milk and cream, Of which
there IL a great scarcity. The Govern
n,ent also will TAX the butter market
IN hand. The German trade unions and
the Socialist executive committee have
sent a Joint petition to the Government
calling attention to the enormous in !
crease In the prices OF foodstufrs.