Evening journal., 1917-09-06
What is Going on in Germany!
As Told BY the Newspapers We Got The Empires and

me burgomaster Of Altwasser. who
has been flooded with anonymous lei
ters accusing him Of falling in his
duty as regards the food supplies. has
caused a reply TO his accusers 10 he
posted at the town han. lt reads:
y am blamed in letters for the scar
clty OF potatoes, for the heavy rains
ana tpe consequen; muddy state of the
streets, and for the unlawful apnronr,
ation OF food cards on the part of manv
OF the Inhabitants. Resides ibe ,,riterss
ut ulese inlssiVes attack me for pro.
NAlns my household with more than I
a.. alh entitled to and for pocketing pub
Tic funds as salary.
invite some Of these petti-foselnR
spirits who have no other resourss
tnen TO besmirch the reputation OF thsir
pubic oflclals to come and dine with
me any Sunday. W
They would regret not having siaved
at nome to partake OF the meat wifi
when they are no doubt provided. in
stead OF the cabbage and turnlps which
they would md representing the ioint
on my table,"
GERMAN WIDOWS
MUST MARRY AGAIN.
Germany's new National Commit
Tee for the Re-marriage of WAR
WIDOWS pleases neither the widows
nor their spinster sisters, the former oh
Jecting 10 being disposed OF wllly-nilly.
aad the latter conlending for s'at least
equal ehances' The Crefeld General
Anzeiger" explains:
There are more than million war
widows IN Germany. They cannot be
allowed 20 remain widows. for two
reasons. IN the FIRST place. the emplre
looks TO them 10 provide an army FOR
Germany's future defence and An fhe
second place many OF them arc attend
ING 10 tne business Of their late hus-
pauos without possessing the necessary
All the widows must therefore get
married at once, and. preferably, 10
wounded or otherwise unit soldiers.
They may rest assured that tho ma
uonal committee VIII handle the busl-
ness with the requisite discretion. Tho
committee will pay special attention 10
men In the hospitals, and VIII insert
anonymous advertisements IN the pa-
pers generally read by war Widows
INVENT LIMBURGER SUBSTITUTE.
An article In the "Frankischer Tag
oacht" Of Stuttgart conveys the terrlfv-
Ing suggestion that German science has
Invention an Imitation OF the smell Of
Limbureer cheeso-nol as a new source
OF frightfulness, but as something
which can be used TO feed the people
OF the Fatherland -
Truly the ways OF the food depart-
mcnt are wonderful and mysterious. A
rev weekg ago number OF local
tradesmen were severely punished for
selling eggs which. N no longer iu the
Hush OF their earliest youth. had hv no
means arrived st that Stage when their
consumption could lead 10 injury TO The
public health. Yet this offlcial bodv
mas now placed ON tho market an ar;l-
Gle TO which It has given the euphon-
ious title Of Llmburger cheese. Of
which dellcacy the stun possesses moth
ing but the smell.
For the rest, it consists OF q grey
h-blue-greenish-yell mass, which is
sold at fancy price, and Is far from
being a food product. Were the meme
bers OF the department only ordinary
trauesmen, instead OF Meii-paiu bureaus
Gratis, they would long ago have been
hanged from the lamp posts
GERMAN DEPUTY
PREDICTS REVOLT.
Herr Ha6se, In a speech Ia the Reich
stag which set al Germany aname. de-
clared:
There is q growing feeling among
the masses that the monarchy Is a fall
ure and that the republic viii and
must come -. The feeling Of the peO-
pie as the result Of the leaden weight Of
hunger is such as to startle even the
moot frivolous Do you think tho
masses caa possibly endure It much
longer2 1t Is impossible; and when
the crash comes you must not be sur
prised."
DIR. LYONS ENGAGEMENTS.
Word has been received from the
Rev. Milford IL. Lyon. who L. now