El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-02-17

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the horse n ID tremendous demand
flor pulling the great guns and y
llseems safe to state that every horse
Id Germany has been pressed into
service III fact ! have heard that the
United States has also furnished
many fine animals, The horse is al
ready scarce in Europe we do not
know whether equestrians Will have
/, any mounts after the war.
sAs regards the auto, it 10 much the
Y same story. Every form Of car had
to be taken. the government paying
the owners a good price for the ma.
chimes. Another reason for the scar
city Of motor cars III German cities
Is the value OF gasoline. The use Of
gasoline except for military purposes
Is taboo. There are a few taxis rum
ming in Berlin today but they are run
lby a preparation called benzol' and
hts odor is SO disagfeeable many peo-
pie prefer walking. The trolley carr
still run the Women serving as com
doctors, the men preside at the mot
ors as of yore.3
Mrs. Ramsey a that the rush
ing Of troops from the west to the
eastern front and back, which char
actefi2ed the tactics OF the Germans
at the beginning of the great wal still
continues GermanyTs spiderweb o.
railways furnishing remarkable trans
portation facilities. When 4 German
teayes for fh sefront he doesn't know
how long he will be fighting France,
English, Relgians or Russians. He
may fight any or all Of them, in d
short hpace of time.
Food Regulations.
One Of the direct results Of the INF
ilitary occupation OF Belgium is the
reduction ia the price Of the Brussells
grapes which heretofore were admit.
fted to Germany under heavy duty
The B~erliners like these grapes.
said Mrs. RAMSEY: eand many poor
people cannot eat them now.
That the food regulations, which
have been exploited 10 much In the
press, are merely another example Of
4Germany's extraordinary foresight, is
another declaration Of Mrs. Ramseg
8@Yhe German government knows the
address Of every family in Berlin and
the number of persons in. that fami
W. she said. Tickets calling for Il
cetain quantity Of bread, regulated BY
the. number Of mouths to be fed, are
dish ibuted each week and you cannot
purchase more bread than the tickets
call for. That Is all there is to II. We
have found that u tickets call for
mere bread than we actually need.
This talk Of infants dying for lack OF
milk, and the appeals to America to
send condensed milk BY parcelpost,
strike me as absurd. There is plenty
Of milk and when milk does become
scarce, the adults win be the first
WHO viii 60 without it. There has
been an excellent substitute for
milk-some kind OF a white powder
which has been extensively used by
ttose who like it,
Americans Miss Friends.
There is one remarkable difference
in life in Berlin today, noticed at
least by the English speaking colony
and by certain musicians. artists and
literary folks. Mrs. Ramsey explain
ed it saying.
When the war broke out, thou.
sands Of English and Canadians left
Germany. But those who insisted on
remaining In Berlin soon felt the
war hand that had been felt iii
other capitals OF Europe. -Four thou
sand Englishmen and Canadians, who
remained In Berlin, now are Interned.
Doubtless you have read that word
interned in your papers. but do you
realize just what 1t means? II does
not mean that these people must
merely stay around Berlin and can.
not leave Germany. II means that
they are placed in a detention camp
and held as prisoners Of war. They
cannot see their wives or children.
None Of us have seen these people,
many OF them personal friends, since
the outbreak of the war. Among the
1000 prisoners are famous musicians.
Lehyinne is one OF them-artists, doc
tors, literary men, actors. golf ex-
perts. Few of them work: they are
the guests Of the government, but
rather unwilling guests. They while
away the time the best they can, civ
ing concerts, readings. shows, and
some Of them teach golf for a good
salary. They yearn to do work.
One Of them, Mr.. Hessen, who was
head Of a music house In Berlin, is
interned and he devotes his time 10
keeping the accounts Of the camp.
He would rather do that than be =,
idle. Moreover. once in a while
there is an opportunity to go into
the city Of Berlin to make pur-
chases Of supplies, although two Ger.
man soldiers accompany the buyer
and keep strict watch ovef him.
There is another camp for Rus
slams not far from Berlin. They are
kept prisoners by a novel arrange
|ment, Mrs. Ramsey explained. There
Is q wire netting around the camp
and two or three times q day this
wire is heavily charged with cleo
plcity Of sufficient voltage to xiii
anyone touching it. As the exact
moment when the current is turned
on is kept a secret from the prison
crs' none Of them SO far has at
tempted to make a getaway.
KILLED BY FAN
OF "A WINDMILL'