The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-16
German Newspaper Declares
Country is Becoming EXHAUSTED

From ;ranslating a hle of the
daily new spaper OF Danzig. Germany,
one comes 20 the conclusion that
Germany is a great deal closer TO
after exhaustion than anyone who
leads English alone would believe.
uanLis is a Seaport town OF sew
eral hundred thousand population
near the Russian frontier The news
u,se gets out OF it is not its war
kilograms and official reports but
tAe sgass root stun that comes right
from the people themselves, in the
local and neighborhood news.
a doctor wrote 70 the newspaper
say ms that the war bread" in Dan
Hs smolled evilly and tasted badly
and that il was almost fatal 10 per-
sons suffering from stomach trouble
and THAI he believed the baking Was
at fault. The following day a patient
followed this up saying that he
could no, touch the rye war bread
and that on the white rolls he had
% strip or the leather-like hull and
then content himself with eating a
few cr I'M rs Inside
The newspaper called attention TO
the fact that thousands of blackber-
iies were growing wild in the coun-
NY. dwelt upon the value OF this
.rui' and gave some recipes.
a market woman sold two Htres
OF potatoes for 80 cents She was
fined 30 marks ana sent TO jail for
10 days because the governments
fixed price was two litres for Is
cents The police sold her potatoes
AZ that price.
An army proclamation called upon
all those who previously had been
condemned as permanently unfit"
for military service 10 report for
duty. Those declared permanently
Unfit for garrison service were
specih ally mentioned as not being
exempt from this call She only ex-
empJiCns were those pronounced
permanently unit" as the result of
The present war.
A government proclamation an
nnunced -the seizure Of a.! the wool
in the country including wooden
manufactures and also the wool still
on the backs OF the sheep for the
1a15=Is1G crop
A similar proclamation seized for
the government all cloth OF whatever
color suitable for military uniforms
providing il had a certain weight
per metre.
The Danzig Kennel clue held it's
regular meeting and the acting pres
idtut spoke OF the troublcus times
lovers OF dogs were having and of
the grim difficulties attending the
choice between pet dogs and dogs
OF use Ia feeding the dogs he said
the nigh price OF meat made meat
entirely out Of question. In these
days when everyone held a bread
card and knew the regulations 1t
vas unnecessary for him 10 refer
TO their effect upon dogs. In these
dark days. however. there was a
CLEAN Of hope in the fact TINT sew
eral thousand dogs had done good
service with the armies and that
consequently higher prices might be
looked for eventually for trained
dogs
The Danzig city council made a
second appropriation of 100000
marks for the purpose OF aiding
tenants 10 pay their rents There
vas sharp criticism OF the municipal
authorities in having forced land
lords in a previous distribution OF
similar funds 10 make concessions
on rents themselves. and the council
instructed the authorities I'm gen
eral" not TO call upon the landlords
for concessions.
An advertisement offers 70 pro-
prietors Of farms some sort OF "fod-
der" at so-and-so much per cwt.. for
the use Of war prisoners Many
news items indicate that the war
prisoners are making a great hit
with many Germans girls and wo-
men, and there were probably half
dozen cases where girls or women
we're hailed before Judge and sen
fenced for their relations with pris-
oners. One high school girl got
three DAYS in jail because she wrote
10 a French professor. whose ac-
quatntaucs she had made whrf in
prison camp. and after he had been
transferred TO another camp that