Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-11-05
What Is Going On
In Germany


Deaaers scrappAng for Used Uorxs.
There's { famine In .corks In Ger.
many q tho need ia 10 treat desl-
err and others are in constant dis
pute . their collection from empty
ports:
much that was barely glanced At
oeiore the war has now attained 4
very considerable value. Such ID the
case WIN n drawn coEks Of empty
To-day three groups : raging
Iur1ously for the possession Of these
now precious corks; cafe owners and
right to them, while customers are
collecting all the corks they can at
eacn visit they pay to their favorite
AT Hamburg the rivalry led to q
regular battle between walters and
clients. in which weapons much more.
formidable than corks were employed.
for after the fray the police removed
from The restaurant-one Of tho best
and most exclusive in Hamburg-15
persons In q very dishevelled condi-
ton, and with blood streaming down
their faces.
In Berlin. too, an unseemly scene
occurred over tho cork dispute In an
unter den Linden cafe. It ID really
time that the authorities took q hand
in this matter"
Germans sdu Hope for Success In
Argentina.
The Frankfurter Zeitung has Just
published in its financial columns a
letter from Buenos Aires, dated June
1t contains tho following conclusions:
German trade in Argentina, al
though fghtipg against difficulties,
a hitherto won its way through
courageously and honorably. ror a
moment after the sinking Of that Ar
gentine sailing ship, the situation
seemed to be threatening, but the
wise conciuatoriness Of the German
government and the visible desire of
me Argentine government to avoid
breach rapidly disposed of the danger,
the damage was restricted to q
GLACIERS bill for 4 few broken win
dow .panes. The arragant fashion in
which The United States treated the
South American republics. as il they
were Honduras or Haiti, and tried to
them as satellites for the
cause Of the allies was bound to pro-
duce an effect contrary to what was
intended and to strengthen the inde-
pendent attitude of Argentina. Thus
it may be hoped that Germany will
soon restore to its normal condition
and still further strengthen her
strong business position in this part
the world"
UppeFm0st in German Minds.
Herr Friedrich Naumann's weekly
paper, Die Htlfe, contains an article
In which an Evangelical pastor, Ernst
warns the Germans against
Ignorance Of the fact that British
20 0Hf{YA0xy v,nno~.,~,,lo,u o~l
an Enelishman says or does
is determined by British war aims.
Herr Lehman describes thus the
dangers for the innocent and
honest Germans:
Because of our intellectual Kultur,
we Germans never escape from what
I may call u religious appreciation
of the spoken word. But for the
Engltshman 1t 10 simply q matter of
that, whore his policy n con-
cerned, nothing whatever matters ex-
cept its political effect"
Paper for Cotton Textiles
Lack of cotton has forced the Ger
to substitute paper. The frank
fort Gazette reports from Chemnitz:
General conditions in the trade are
considerably improved owing chiefly
to the increasing success which il be-
ing achieved with the production Of
paper yarns and woven textures.
and spindles have in recent
months brought forth articles which
year ago were considered impossible
to manufacture. Textile works are
not only turning out fabrics Of first
rate quality but have recently con-
trived to produce from paper yarns q
class Of woven goods for clothing pur-
poses. These goods have been found
perfectly satisfactory and sell at high
prices as fast as they can be market:
ed. The excellent results which r
being obtained with paper textile are
a magnificent tribute to German tech
meal skill-a triumph which our
may well envy u.s." ~