Evening star., 1915-02-14
LokaI Anzeiger Says Use of
Malt Reduced so to
go Per Cent.
GUESTS OF RESTAURANTS
MUST BRING OWN BREAD
Price of Lager Boosted in Berlin and
Cafes Required to Close
at AM.

AMS1 via l<OnUOn. teprUdry
Is. 9:2o p.m.-Restrictions have been inn
posed on the production of beer in Ger
many. to become effective February IL.
according to the Lokal Anzeiger. From
that date until March /. 1t is stated. the
breweries are forbidden to use more than
80 per cent OF their usual quantity OF
malt, and after March ] they must not
exceed 40 per cent. The authorities
later will fix definitely the amount
of malt each brewery may consume.
Bring Own Bread.
Restaurant guests must bring their
bread with them, and the price OF
beer has gone up. Now the pleasure
Of Berliners again has been diminished
by the news that hereafter all res
taurants and cafes and night cabarets
and cafe chantants must close their
doors at l o'clock.
This order was issued by the mil
itary authorities, who found that, de-
spite the war. night life in Berlin
again was coming into bloom and die
playing certain characteristics incom-
patible with the serious spirit Of tn.
times.
Pen Picture of Kaiser.
An interesting pen picture of En-
peror William appeared today in the
Kreuz Zeitung, an army organ, from
its correspondent on the eastern front
It says:
The emperor appeared with Gen.
troops. For the moment 1 had an i'm
preston that he had grown terribly
gray. but that was an error, arising
from the fact that the head protector
ne was wearing to keep on the terrible
cold was gray.
"As a matter of fact. his majesty
appeared extraordinarily fresh and
elastic. though there was an added ser
iousness noted in his features, and
certain bitterness in his voice which
formerly was not there"
Prohibit Cake Baking.
BERLIN, February Is. via London.
February IL, 1925 a.m.-The executive
committee Of the League of Municipal
tiles today adopted resolutions declar-
ing that the bundesrath's decree OF
January &c. expropriating all stocks
of corn. wheat and -four and regulat-
ing their consumption, can be carried
out successfully only by using tickets
for the distribution of bread, guaran-
teeing that the same amount shall be
assigned to the rich as to the poor.
The resolutions said that soldiers
should be fed by the army authorities.
Some of the municipalities already
have prohibited the baking of cake.
many cities nave DeSun taking meas
ures to accumulate supplies of pre-
served and smoked meats and sau-
sages in accordance with the bundes-
rath's decree.
The municipalities composing Great
er Berlin have virtually decided, ow-
ing to the vast expenditures caused by
the war, to raise the municipal income
tax 80 per cent.
Give Food to Sufferers.
BERLIN, February 13. via wireless to
Sayville, L. I.-Among the items dis
tributed by the Overseas News Agency
are the following:
The Warsaw correspondent of the
Russian Daily Rjetsch CPetrograd) ad-
mits that the Germans distribute free
ly provisions to thousands of sufferers
Negotiations between the Austrian
and Hungarian ministers have resulted
in the issuance of a statement saying
that there is sufficient corn and flour
for both parts OF the dual monarchy,
especially since Hungary is to turn
over to Austria part OF her superhuous
stocks.
According to the Norddeutsche ALL
gemeine Zeitung the privilege of is
suing banking notes which was given
to the Belgian Societe Generate was
not for financing war contributions
nor to obtain foreign money for Ger
many. but to relieve Belgium's eco
nomic life"