Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-10-28
GERMANS HUNGER
BUT ARE YETFAR
FROM STARVING
luxurieS and Former "NeCeSSi'
ties" Not to Be Had and
Other Food Limited
tBy Associated Prsssl

l.. STOCKHOLM, Sweden. One thing
after another has gone so gradu,
ally from German markets since the
war began that the very existence of
certain Injuries and some things that
were once considered necessities has
been forgotten Ii was the expert
ence OF a correspondent of the Asso-
ciated Press Who had been in Berlin
since the war began, and for many
years before. TO find. upon his arrival
in Stockholm. the butchershop and
grocery windows filled with food
stuffs he had seen scarcely a susges-
ton Of in Germany for many months.
and the restaurant bills of fare also
served as pleasant reminders of ante
bellum days when the German restaur.
ants. as much as those of any country.
were prepared to supply 4 great yarie-
" of foods.
No Fear of Starvation
Germany is not starving, and there
is no fear there, that 1t will, but the
people are doing without far more
things than they realize, having be-
come so gradually accustomed to the
Bacon-whieh the correspondent had
not seen in Germany for months-is
plentiful here, of course; butter, lard,
and olive oil, seen in the grocery
shops offered really irresistible APP
peal to one who had scarcely known
them for so long There were differ
ent cuts of pork: the correspondent
had had small portion of pork twice
in three months He found many kinds
of bread, while the only kinds he re-
Gently knew were rye mixed with DO.
tatoes and wheat mixed with rye.
There was real coffee, which one can
not obtain even in the best hotels or
millionaires' homes in Germany.
Even Fat is Scarce
The taste of French-fried potatoes
was almost new thing, for no Ger.
man household has enough fat to per.
nit induIging in this luxury. With
baskets of bread on the tables in no
tells and restaurants, and no bread
card required as a condition prece-
dent to partaking, it seemed almost
irregular and even wasteful. An or.
der for maccaroni brought quantity
greater than household of two per-
sons can obtain in Berlin for whole
week. A single order of cold meats
contained more than the amount al
lowed per capita in Germany for a
week
What, then, 1t may be asked, are the
Germans eating? The answer is:
Bread, potatoes and other vegetables,
one-half pound of meat weekly when
it can be obtained, and fish, canned,
fresh and smoked The disappearance
of the legumes-lentils, peas and
beans-has been especially felt by the
poorer people. A few beans and peas
are occasionally to be had, but only
negligible quantity Lentils, of which
the Germans were very fond, disap-
speared in the first weeks of the war
Have to Stay Hungry
On this food, if it can be obtained,
one cannot starve, but the poorer
people, who either get nothing but po-
tatoes and bread or who do not know
how to make the most of what they
do get. complain of the monotony OF
the fare and that they are continu.
ally hungry. A number of women OF.
this class, some weeks ago, made
small demonstration in front of the
city hall of one of the municipalities
of Great Berlin, declaring that they
we're hungry. 'You shall not be all
lowed to starve (verhungern)," said
the mayor, but you will have to be
hungry (hungernl.
This is undoubtedly the spirit ami.
mating all but. an insignificant number
of the Germans They are satisfied
that they will not starve, and they are
willing to make the sacrifice for the
fatherland implied in the mayors
words. And they are the better able
to make this sacrifice because, as has
been illustrated, they do not realize
Just how great it Is.