New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-11
CROWDS ASSAIL
SHOPS AT DAYBREAK
Advanced Prices Anger Citizens
Until Revolution Is
Feared.

have been obtained by the britlsh
authorities through the interception OF
the missves and the seizure Of docu-
ments on German prisoners.
Some Of the letters and documents,
now in the possession Of The Tribune
show that the people of Germany are
growing tired Of the war, and that the
scarcity and high cost Of food are APP
preaching a crisis.
The letters tell Of daily food riots in
the city of Ingolstadt during the month
of June and of the inability TO obtain
food at any price in the city Of Wdr-
temberg during the latter part OIL
May. Business in Germany is described
as bad whenever the subject IS
touched up by the writers. And all tell
Of the food scarcity.
One writer declares that all she can
see as the result Of present conditions
in Germany is revolution.
Crowds Storm Shops.
A letter, dated June % last, from
Marie Kammerl, of Ingolstadt, to a rel
alive, Joseph Kammerl, an officer in
Company +, 9th Regiment of the 10Th
Bavsran Division, now prisoner OF
the British, reads in part:
"The situation is gloomy with u.s.
Our hunger days are beginning. | will
give you a short description.
"Near the meat and butter shops, the
crowd that collects in the streets is suf-
locating, and If one does succeed in
reaching the shop uninjured, it is often
only to find that there is nothing more
obtainable that day. At 4:3O a. m. peo-
pie collect near the butcher shops and
wait until they open, at 6:3O a. m.
"There have been no sausages OBJ
tainable for the last three weeks. and
one can only buy 30 pfennigs' worth of
cheese. Herrings that formerly cost 8
pfennings now cost 20 pfennigs. There
has been no -four for four days and ali
the bakers shops are closed. During
the day there was some bread to be
had, but by the time | got home from
business there was none obtainablc.
Thank God, have a stock!
"Riots take place almost daily; every
one must eat and there is nothing TO be
had. In Munich | hear that large
number of shop windows have been
broken. II things go on like this there
will be a revolution.
eve have got even soap tickets now.
Soap that cost 80 pfennigs formerly
now costs $50 pfennigs
What is the end of it ALL"
A letter from d woman in Wurtem-
berg to her husband, who is a prisoner
of war at Malta, reads in part:
"You have no idea how repulslve 1t
all is. Business is very bad. We are
not eating enough to sustain life, espe..
cially now that things are SO dear, II
only this dreadful war would end! |
shall go mad; that will be the end Of 1t:
Even for money We can't get thing to
eat"
Promise Austrian Victories.
In a document captured by the Brit
ish, signed by Won Stein. commanding
and addressed ITO all COM
rades Of the l4th Reserve Corps" a
plea is made for them TO subscribe
TO the war loans. 1t pictures Ger
many invaded and its people con-
quered if the people do not respond
to the appeal and bemoans the fact
that many people "are stupid enough
to believe that large subscriptions to
the war loans will only serve to pro-
long the war. This document. dated
June 81 last, contains the following
on the Russian drive:
"The Austrian reverses in Russia
may have caused some Of you anxiety.
That is quite unnecessary. Last year
at one time, things appeared much
worse over there. Then came our
great victory quite suddenly. This
time, also, things will be put right; in
fact, it is already being done"
The last paragraph OF the dOcu-
ment ends with covert appeal for
to the war loans by de-
claring that when the Allies see the
high figure of the loan, thus proving
that Germany has the means 10 carry
on the war and intends 10 use them.
the struggle will be soonest over and
on favorable terms for Germany.
From letter written by Gottlieb
krause. OF Berlin, it was found the
Germans call the machines used by
the Teutons in throwing liquid fire on
the Allies murder machines"
Krauses letter tells of the death of
his brother Emil at a munition fac
tory. 1t reads:
an his 50th year, my dear brother
Emil was torn from this life by
narrowing death on May 81. 1916.
"In the manufacture of loathsome
murder machine Called Flammenwer.
fer) an explosion occurred. Several
persons were injured and my dear
brother was discovered as q carbon
zed mass His spirit went quietly to
God"