Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-26
THREE BIC QUESTIONS
IN MINDS or GERMANS
Money, Soldiers and Economic Stu
alton Matters of GraveSt
Importance.
FINANCIAL POSITION SERIOUS
Newspapers Pronounce II Desperate.
People Who Need Food and Cloth
ing Most Are Almost Penniless
See Famine and Misery Ahead

berlin, September 25.--Three cues
tons OF the very gravest Importance
are a, present occupying the minds
OF the German peop!e-money soldiers
and the economic situation.
The strongly patriotic Vossische lei
tung states that while the three war
loans issued respectively on August IA,
1914; December ., 1914, and March 90,
1915. asked for 10000 100000 marks.
only $4,000, 1000. 600 were raised. Other
papers frankly admit that at present
The country's financial position is despe-
rate.
y new effort is now 10 be made to
raise new armies to make up for the
dreadful losses suffered in Poland and
Russia. The three classes Of 1917,
1915 and 1919 are TO be called TO the
colors at once.
ALL SUMMARIES CLOSED;
STUDENTS ARE AT FRONT
At the recent convention of Prussian
bishops at Fulda. under the presidency
CT Archbishop Hartmann. OF Cologne.
the question OF how 10 get new candi-
dates for ecclcsiastic Offices was Sc
riously discussed as all Summaries
have been closed because the students
are at the front Forty thousand
Prussian teachers are also in the
trenches, and of these no less than
5000 have been killed or wounded
AS for the economic situation. it
would be absurd to say that Germans
are starving. as il is really still posi-
BILE TO get practically every article OF
food here. Neighboring neutral coun-
tries have been supplying Germany
with all the foodstuffs needed hut the
prices have gone up at an alarming
rate. and il is becoming evident that
the moment is drawing nearer when
the neutrals have nothing more 10 sell
The Leipziger Neucste Nachrichren
writes Of the economic situation. IN
fortunately. there is no prospect what
ever that the prices OF bread and other
articles OF food will go down even
temporarily, though the German har-
vest has been good. We dread the
misery the coming winter will bring.
FAMINE AND MISERY
SEEN FAST APPROACHING
Until now our country population
has been able To walk barefooted, and
the need OF clothing has not been felt.
hat what is TO become of us during the
approaching winter, in spite of all the
heroic sacrifices we have made" Dur
ing the past year the prices of all the
necessaries OF life have doubled. and
the people who need food and clothing
most are almost pennlcss. How is this
going to cnd?"
The Berlincr Taecbla;t writes las
result of the lack of food during the
early part OF the war. thousands of
heads OF cattle were slaughtered
throughout the country, more than
100000 pigs were also killed. and
breeding was practically stopped We
are now about TO feel the effect OF
this-faminc and misery are approach
ing"
Part of the German press also takes
very gloomy view OF the military
situation. particularly Russia
Thus the Meuchencr Neuste Mach
richten writes: The object Of the Ger
man army should be to destroy the
Russian armies, rather than CAPTURE
fortrcsscs. The Russian armies con
rinue to carry out retreat that was
planned by n master mind and splen-
didly carried out. Only in the open
FIELD may we hope to win victory
that will seal the fate Of the Russian
armies.
The capture of fortresses is all very
we'll. but IL we do nothing hut that, the
Russian army leaders will have every
reason to feel cXultant The great
question is. When shall we succeed in
arnihilating the Russian army? TO be
or not to be, Is the question which to-
day faces the German rs we'll as tho
Russian armies