South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-06
THE TRUTH ABOUT GERMANY
Adjoining NeuraLs 'BLed''
Germany For Supplies

! ferring 20 go little hungry so
could keep H.
German money has deprecated
in value i'm all these countries.
American money OF any kind j. a.
good "a solid gold.
When J left Germany ! had $500
in American money. This. Of course.
had 20 get exchanged into Ger
man money before / could leave. As
soon as ] got out or Germany I had
20 get IL exchanged back into the
money of whatever country I was
in. In exchanging. I lost about 500
altogether. The other countries will
rot give equal value of their own
money for German money Also. I
could no. get any large quantity at
a time. ] had 20 get 20 and 90 marks
exchanged at a place
From what I could see. don't
think there is "a country i'm the
world so solid financially i'm Europe
as the United States
Fabulous reports OF our wealth
are current there The old old
stories told of immigrants picking
/ Up money on the streets" Of the
I new world almost have been reviv-
ed Reports Of the wages paid our
I laborers. Of the state i'm which our
moneyed people live. Of the money
| we spend on pleasure are exagger-
: ated in Europe TO ridiculous proper
i tons But many of the people be-
/ licve shese tales.
What Germany Hopes For.
Germany. too. has big ideas OF
/ our money and there il rot Ger
] man who does not hope for a big
} share i'm the wealth of the United
/ States when this war is over-if
/ Germany wins.
They think. i'm Europe, that every
| American is rich When you try TO
7 tell them that we have thousands Of
poor people here. that we have even
/ destitution. they do not believe you.
! They think that America has been
/ piling up money through the sale OF
munitions Then they point also.
TO the immense amounts of money
sent over by America for relief TO
the various countries. They cannot
/ believe that any person in America
/ made any sacrifice TO send these
I great sums. In this way they really
/ depreciate the good we have done,
although they do it unwittingly.
They simply do not understand.
Since I have come back ! have
seen number of newspaper notices
that Germany claims her crops this
year are plentiful This is not true.
Even before l left the people were
I in despair because OF the shortage
Of crops to what they had expected.
The weather has been too dry there.
Tn addition to this the farms have
been worked by children and mex
Derienced women and old men.
/ These could not bring the results
that the experienced farmers could.
And the farmers all have gone to the
war. But next year the results will
he better, for the Germans have
learned by their mistakes of this
year
Dread This Winter.
The children who have been on
the farms these last few summers
are learning fast The women arc
learning. and, SO far as growing
things are concerned, Germany will
be i'm better shape next summer than
she is this year But, oh, how the
J people are dreading the comine
winter. They have no hope that
the war will be over this winter, and
as they have no idea of giving in, the
German people are looking forward
with sick dread TO the cold weather
Last winter we had only about
one-third enough fire all through
Berlin We had very little gas snd
less electricity. We depended for
comfort on the "briquettes" brick
! shaped pieces of fuel which are
made I think. by COMPRISING coal
dust and. maybe. sawdust and other
| things OF that sort. They burn
steadily but do not give out much
! heat. and they cost "A great deal.
| Many a morning we have gotten