Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-09-02

persons completely dominating him. He
has not won the confidence Of the
future II present conditions are q criterion.
There 10 every reason to think that the
feeling Of the people that the war should
be ended will break forth in full flood
majority undoubtedly win demand i'm
mediate governmental approval or dis
approval Of reichstag policies. Should the
government be forced to speak and then
Of the people AZ represented by the
reichstAg, Germany's greatest crisis will
be uahered in.
Undoubtedly German governmental
leaders realize this and are doing
everything
Nou-committal Stand within their
Cannot Be Taken. lust eondi.
lions in such . way ~ to prevent
forced announcement Of war princi-
pies. A non-commital enunciation will
not sunice. The German government.
TENDER, earlier or later. must speak in
clear-cut fashion. No matter in what
way 1t steps there are pitfalls ahead.
for In one direction are the elements
represented by the majority in the
reichstag and In the other the pan
Germans. who covet victory with great
war indemnities. The reasons why
Nichaelis desires to ward of the reichs-
tag crisis plainly are apparent.
Internal conditions in the Quadruple
Germany. Austria Hungary. Bulgaria
and Turkey some serious concern. AS
the days go by and more people reach
the outside world to tell Of conditions
prevailing among the peoples Of these
countries the conviction grows that
pass the point Of bearing.
Food constantly 10 becoming scarcer
in Germany. as IT IL in other nations of
the alliance. Only tho scantiest stores
week. though there has been some bet
terment Of the situation since new
crops became available. Eut the Ger
man people are not permitting this
false conclusions. for they fulR well
know that sooner or later this increase
must give way to restrictions sharper
than ever before. because OF the poor
return from harvest fields during the
present year.
Germany's rations. further curtailed
as they must be before the winter Is
over, will be scarcely sufficient. On
every hand there is sacrifice Of this
and that It 10 declared that 1t ID
people are becoming so emaciated in
some sections that dysentery and ty-
phoid have found fruitful abiding
places. Thousands Of people have died
from these scourges and there are no
signs or ist-up: according to advices
In the factory regions along the
Rhine in Magdeburg, Essen and Dus-
seldorf food conditions among the
workers have threatened. and In some
cases carried out. strikes-not for
higher wages. as would popularity be
supposed. but for more bread. pota-
toes or for more meat. They have met
but partial success in demands for in.
creased diets. for 1t is declared that
the German government has beer
forced to decrease the diet of the i'm
perial armies. the last resort along this
| line.
Austria also continues to be the keen.
| est sufferer. however. Without the sys.
! tenn In distribution early adopted ir
Germany. the greater portion Of Aus.
trian peoples are IN dire want Switz
erland hears that Austria and Hungar,
cannot possibly continue through the
| winter under present conditions. Tha
the rigors Of oold weather will be fell
more than any previous winter II
further indicated by reports that Goa
will be an absolute luxury in the Qua
this fall. Bulgarians likewise arr
undergoing greatest privations, though
these peoples as a rule never hav,
demanded high state Of living condi
and In some sections there Is keenes
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