White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-10
GERMANY FEEYS EFFECT
OF THE PRESENT WAR

Three questions of the very gravest
the minds of the German people
money, soldiers and the economic
situation.
The strongly patriotic Vossiche
Zeitung states that while the three
war loans. Issued respectively on
August Il, 1914: December ,. 1914,
and March 20. 1915. asked for twenty
billion marks only thirteen bill
lions were raised. Other papers
frankly admit that at present the
country's financial position is .des-
perate.
A new effort is now TO be made
to raise new armies TO make up for
the dreadful losses suffered in Pol
and and Russia. The three classes
of 1917. 1918 and 1919 are TO be
called to the colors at once.
AT the recent convention of Prus
sian bishops at Fulda under the
presidency of Archbishop Hartmann
of Cologne. the question of how to
get new candidates for ecclesiastic
offices was seriously discussed, as
all seminaries have been closed
because the students are at the
front. Forty thousand Prusslan
teachers are also in the trenches.
and of these no less than 5000 have
been killed or wounded.
As for the economic situation. IL
would be absurd to say that Ger
mans are starving, as il is really
still possible to get practically every
article of food there. Neighoring
neutral countries have been supply
ing Germany with all the foodstuffs
needed, but the prices have gone up
at an alarming rate and IL is be-
coming evident that the momen is
drawing nearer when the neutrals
will have nothing more to sell.
The Leipziger Neueste Nachrichten
writes of the economic situation:
Unfortunately there is no prospect
whatever that the prices of bread
and other articles of food will go
down. even temporarily, though the
German harvest has been good. We
dread the misery the coming winter
will bring.
Until o our country population
has been able to walk barefooted
and the need of clothing has not
been felt, but what is to become of
IS during the approaching winter.
IN emit. - al tAa Larns. raa-;ffaaot
We have made? During the past year
the prices OF all the necessaries of
life have doubled and the people
who need food and clothing most
are almost penniless. How is this
going to end?"
The Berliner Tageblatt writes: AS
a result OF the lack OF TODD during
the early part of the war. thousands
Of heads of cattle were slaughtered
throughout the country, more than
one million pigs were also killed
and the breeding was practically
stopped We are now about to feel
the effect of this-famine and misery
are approaching"
Part of the German press also
takes q very gloomy view of the
military situation, particularly as
to Russia.
Thus the Meuchener Neueste Mach
richten writes: THE object of the
German army should be to destroy
the Russian armies rather than 20
capture fortresses. The Russian ar
mics continue to carry out a re-
treat that was planned by a master
mind and splendidly carried out.
Only in the open field may we hope
to win a victory that will seal the
fate Of the Russian armies.
THE capture of f~ortresses Is all
very well, but n We do nothing but
that. the Russian army leaders will
have every reason to feel e%xultant.
The great question is, when shall
We succeed in annihilating the
Russian army. To be or n to be
is the question which today faces
the German as well as the Russian
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