Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-31
Cigar Makers Union No. 4O7 of Norwich

human relations 20 on as usual and human nature finds its usual outlet Warsaw is the background for a mil- Hon Russian troops. This makes 1t the officers and strangers who give 1t a cosmopolitan appearance of animation and even of gaiety. The We1l-to-do people living east of the city have passed through to points of safety in the west The land-owning peasantry flor in Poland the peasants own land have not the means of flight and are stranded in the city, but keep out of sight. So that the city, with its many officers in gay uniform, its strangers and refugees, Is transformed from its usual peaceful aspect and has taken on the appearance of a metropolis.
 'The streets are thronged- The the atres are open and crowded. The res- taurauts have throngs at their tables and on the street terraces. The cinea- matograph shows are packed There are bands and concerts. The feeling of terror does not seem to have struck the crowds. It is like the life of Lon- don, which goes on with little thought of the Zeppelins. Only once has there been panic-when the Russian bank closed its doors and all other banks followed. Ready money could not De had and everyone was in dread of the stoppage of funds and the interruption of the usual means of business and ex- CLlBUBe. put lu61 PcLllChy pSTAO0 lAt1o all passed, the banks are open and business Is proceeding normally. but with e terrible economic change in prices, particularly in foodstuffsL War saw is absolutely dependent for its food supplies on two railways. But these are now in the hands of the military, who need them for the move ment of troops, and the food for the troops. Poland itself supplies nothing, for the fields are burned and yield nothing.
 Prince seweryn czatwartyuskI has taken the lead in graphing the prob lenns confronting the city-hrst to get | enough food, and next public health and sanitation, combating the cholera plague which carried off hundreds out ! side the city. with 12 cases in War saw, and returning the masses of | soldier dead who had been hastily | thrown together in shallow surface | graves. He is a man of great execu- | tive abality, one of the grand conseig- | neurS of Poland, and is at the head of deals with all emergencies. | His first effort was for the food to meet the imperative needs of the city and surrounding country, chiefly corn
 flour and prime necessities; The Rus | sia authorities were favorable, but the military requirements came first, and besides, the urgent needs led to brib. | cry among the petty railway officials | so that cars could not be got or movet
 without large payments. I myself saw
 50O rubles of bribery enacted for nov. ing a car of fish. So that Warsaw stock Of food has been getting scarcei
 and prices are mounting. Bread Il
 double and triple the usual price. Eggl which sold for two cents are now six At Easter each Russian soldier re- ceived four eggs-a million soldieri
 around Warsaw meant four million eggs-and the country was stripped O eggs. There is absolutely no beef ant
 a pound of poor meat now costs 6' copecks against the usual price of 2
 copecks-the poorest quality of stepp' oxen.
 "Meantime the army is very well fed
 but back of the army ts the vas
 hemmed-in population and peasantry
 practically living on the leavings of tb, army"