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

From translating a file OF the
daily newspaper OF Danzig. Germany,
one comes TO the conclusion that
Germany is great deal closer TO
utter exhaustion than anyone who
reads English alone would believe.
DanZig is a seaport town OF sew
eral hundred thousand population
near the Russian frontier. The news
ole gets out Of II is not its war
kilograms and Official reports but
the grass-root stun that comes right
from the people themselves, In the
local and nelghoorhood news.
A doctor wrote 10 the newspaper
saying that the war bread" in Dan.
zig smened evlly and tasted badly
and that II was almost fatRl 10 per.
sons suffering from stomach trouble
and that be believed the baking was
at fault The following day a patient
followed this up saying that he
could not touch the rye war bread
and that on the white" rolls he had
to strip OF the leatherlike hull and
then content himself with eating a
few crumbs inside
The newspaper called attention 70
the fact that thousands OF blackber-
lies were growing wild In the coun-
try, dwelt upon the value OF this
fruit and gave some recipes.
A market woman sold two litres
OF potatoes for IS cents. She was
fined 80 marks and sent TO jail for
10 days because the government
fixed price was two litres for 10
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 TO report for
duty. Those declared permanently
unit" for garrison service were
specifically mentioned as not being
exempt from this call. she only ex-
emptions were those pronounced
permanently unfit" as the result OF
the present war.
X government proclamation an
nounced the seizure Of all the wool
in the country including WOODEN
manufactures and also the wool still
on the 6aCKs or the sheep Tor the
1Sl519i6 crop.
a similar proclamation seized for
the government all cloth OF whatever
color suitable for military uniforms
providing it had a certain weight
per metre.
The Danzig Kennel clue held its
regular meeting and the acting pres
ident spoke OF the troublous times
lovers OF dogs were having and of
the grim difficulties attending the
choice between pet dogs and dogs
OF use In feeding the dogs he said
the high price Of meat made meat
entirely out Of question. In these
days when everyone held a bread
card and knew the regulations IL
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 that 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 10000
marks for the purpose Of aiding
tenants to pay their rents. There
was sharp criticism OF the municipal
in having forced land
lords in a previous distribution OF
similar funds 10 make concessions
on rents themselves, and the council
the authorities "in gen
eral" not TO call upon the landlords
for concessions.
An advertisement offers 20 pro-
rrietors 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
a dozen cases where girls or women
were hailed before Judge and sen
fenced for their relations with prts-
oners. One high school girl got
three days in jail because she wrote
20 a French professor. whose &C
quaintance she had made whre in
a prison camp, and after he had been
70 another camp that