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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21

stock in the stories about considerable
numbers Of Germans having deserted" and
adds that there is not the remotest pos
sibiity Of a mutiny succeeding in either
the German army or navy. Individuals
may rebel, and be promptly shot, but there
cannot be any concerted action of great
numbers"
And the following from 1.-THE Savannah
Morning News" shows that Southern edi-
tors are not wholly carried away with
optimism:
"Let It not be suppt sod that this outbreak
of a handful of sailors means that the Ho-
henzollerns are going to be overturned imme-
diately by a great revolution. This family Is
going to die hard. It made Germany great
in peace, a fact that will not be forgotten by
many Germans, even II 1t Is remembered that
the Hohenzollern ambition has caused her to
lose tremendously in war"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
Silent Belfries

The church tower clocks are silent. The
bells which struck the hours have bean
seized by the government, to be used In
the manufacture Of cannon. In the poor
districts only relatively few own clock
or a watch, and, therefore, are at loss
to know the time since the tower clocks
ceased to announce the hours. In several
communities the bells were replaced by
WORKOUT railroad rails, the voice Of which
is less melodious than that Of the bells,
but, anyhow, was heard throughout the re-
spective villages. Recently even those
o'clock rails" were confscated; they arc
needed by the War Department
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
"Hail, You Crowned With the
Victor's WREATH

NJ HILIPP SCHEIDEMANN, leader Of
the so-called majority Social Dem
a. ocrats, has openly joined the mon
archists and defenders of the Hohenzol-
lerns. When he was chosen temporary
First Vice-President Of the Reichstag in
1912 he refused to be presented to the Kali
ser. out of his republican principle, and
for this reason was not reelected when the
permanent President and Vice-Presidents
of the Reichstag were chosen four weeks
later. Scheidemann boosted of this con-
sistency in numerous Socialist mass meet
ings when he was in this country during
the autumn Of 1913.
But times changed, and so did Scheide-
mann and his followers.
AT a meeting of the Berlin govern
mental Socialists" says the "Volkszei-
tung," of Leipsic, "Scheidemann attempt
ed TO justify himself and the other mem
bers of the majority Socialist Execu-
tive Committee who had been received by
the Kaiser. saying: We are neither ruff
fans nor wild negroes. Being well man.
nered men, We accepted an invitation ex-
tended TO us
At meeting arranged by DR.. Kaempf,
President of the Reichstag, on August 4
last, TO commemorate the passage Of the
first war loan bill by the imperial German
Parliament, Scheidemann Joined enthusi-
astically in the song, "Heil, Dir i'm Sieger-
kranz' ("Hail, you crowned with the VIC
tors wreathO, the German national an
them rhapsodizing the Hohenzollerns.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
Rolling Stock Shortage

The State Railroad Commission (Eisen-
bahnrat) Of the Kingdom Of Saxony de-
cided to add another increase to the pas
senger rates because the railroads are
unable to handle the traffic in spite Of its
large decrease owing to the shortage Of
crews, locomotives, cars and coal.
The harbor of Mannheim, the greatest
inland port Of Germany, is almost de-
serted because importations from Hol-
land have practically ceased. Passenger
boats arc not running at all
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
ThessaIOnica

In the days when St. Paul addressed ~
Epistles to the Thessalonians Salon'e'
was not modern, for II was built soeu
Sl5 B. c. on the site Of an older city cali~
Therme, and was named by It's founos'
after his wife, q sister Of Alexander w.
Great. It has always been a place OF n
portance, as it is the chief harbor OF NJ
cedonia, and was a point on the ancel'
highway from Rome to the East. WIZ
few fine buildings, like the old mosq0N
which had been In turn temple Of 'eh~
and Christian church, 1t has always 0es'
collection Of houses largely Of wood, s''
therefore, highly infsmmable in tho y
treme continuous heat Of summer. y
conAagration which has just swept a."
the main part Of 1t Is not by very No.
the first experience Of the kind in its
tory, one Of the most memorable -
the fire at the beginning Of Septenr
1890, which did $500, 900 worth Of d.
-AsaSs~ CHA =
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
Huns Strafe the
Fish


~ERMANY'S latest effort at sucking
T dry every inch Of the invaded
regions Of France before she is
obliged to evacuate them has just come 10
light in the discovery that the canals and
rivers Of Northern France are being
drained lifeless Of every eatable fish, d.
clares a writer In 1.-THE London GloA'
While this latest barbarity might be e.
planned in part by the critical food stu
alton of the Germans, there Is evidence,
it is pointed out, that this Is not the sole
motive. Says this writer:
1.-THE task Of leaving the French rivers and
canals fshless is being pursued with the same
systematic thoroughness and attention 70
detail that characterized the efforts OF me
Germans preceding their retreat OF last
March to leave behind them desolate wilder.
ness, in which the French might not find
either mouthful Of food or an ounce Of
material that would be Of service to them
"The necessity Of draining dry many OF the
canals and portions Of river beds rendered
unusable by the Germans has brought 70
light numerous Ash traps, seines, barriers
and other appliances used By the Germsns
In order to catch every fab. Frequently The
canals and rivers were divided with barriers
In order TO render impossible the escape OF
Z single hsh. Evidence has also been found
Of the use Of explosives Cor stunning the fsa
and bringing them 70 the surface, where ney
were raked in with handnets.
"Ths one idea dominating the Germ'n'
appears to have been to secure FOR thsf
hmm ediate use all the fish available, at inc
same time rendering II certain that si'el
their evacuation II would be years oeiote
the French would again be able TO res'oeA
the rivers and canals to their former piehH'
fulness.
"Ths degree 70 which the canals and n'en
have been selned dry is being demonstrates
in another way. During their retreat me
Germans dynamited scores OF bridges, may
Of them huge steel and concrete affairs, whes
fell into the river or canal beds. Man! "
these weighed from twenty to one hundfs'
tons or more.
Before the Germans devastation and ~
treat, the explosion necessary to break W
one Of these bridges now lying on the nv"
beds would have stunned and brought 70 ~'
surface hundreds of huge river FISH for DUE
dreds Of yards in both directions Now saen
an explosion brings to the surface prooaoN
half a dozen. What has been done oy We
Germans in this respect in the terri'0'
already evacuated lie presumably being cor
tinued in all the remainder OF France NV"
which they are yet to be expelled
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
Suffrage

Thousands Of striking women assembled
in front of the City Hall of Hamburg to
demand equal suffrage; they were dis
persed by the police and the military.
The women had quit work to force the
Constitutional Committee, appointed by
the Senate and the Assembly Of the Re-
public of Hamburg TO draw a new con-
stitution, to act favorably on a petition
submitted by the Woman Suffrage Asso-
citation of Hamburg and Altoona. The Pc
tition demanded that the vote be given to
tho women Of the Republic Of HamburH,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
The Effects Of the Russian
| Revolution Upon Germany

1.-THE Springfield Republican" draws at
tention to the fact that the Russian revo-
luton has had two diverse effects in Ger
many:
"The spring foods in Russia have certainly
started a new drift toward democracy in
Central Europe, but at the same time they
have stiHened the opposition to that drift
Not only has the collapse of Russian autoc-
racy set the Teutonic autocrats to snoring
UP their own dikes, but among large groups
Of the people it has worked adversely to
democracy"
The writer is further of the opinion
that the publication of the mutiny in Ger
many twas timed to damage the Reichs-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
print paper. That tends to show the SEN
timent Of the masses.
Nettle Cloth

People with fat pocketbooks arc not yet
forced to wear paper undergarments, al
though they cannot buy linen or cotton.
Thirty years ago Dresden manufactur-
ing concern attempted to manufacture
nettle cloth, but failed Recently the ex-
periments have been taken up again, and
carried to successful end. The cheap
est quality of nettle cloth costs over five
marks (sl.25) per metre Ia little moro
than one yard.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
Newspaper Troubles

German newspapers had not only to
reduce their size, but must also get rid
of a part of their subscribers. The
"Rheinische Zeitung," of Cologne, and the
"Volkszeitung," of Leipsic, asked their
subscribers that several of them combine,
buy together one copy daily, and exchange
it. 1t must be kept in mind that news
papers which make this appeal are anti
government publications. Their circula-
ton increased enormously. Governmental
newspapers are not in SO extreme want of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
cautious Skephcism Marks
u Comment in the Northeast

Newspapers in the northeastern part Of
the country handle the mutiny, for the
most part, with a cautious skepticlsm.
The New York Tribune thinks it wise to
treat Il with considerable reserve, and
| holds that if the affair had been Of any
military significance the German censors
would never have permitted the news OF 1t
to be put upon the cables. The following
! is its most pregnant passage;
soThe grip of the autocracy is frmer now
than it was before the Erzberger peace dem
| onstration II is probably frmer to-day than
Il was before the Wilhelmshaven mutiny. Let
Us put aside all illusions of a victory over
Germany through a revolt of the German
! avv or the German army The time is not
ripe for & proletarian revolution IN Germany
There Is no Kerensky yet in sight on the
banks of the Spree"
"The Brooklyn Daily Eagle" also warns
against exaggerating the Importance of
the affair, and then adds;
"All outward signs of revolt must have dis
appeared before the details Of the mutiny
were spread before the empire and the world
!
canoe Of the whole affair, including the latest
DEVELOPMENTS II is clear that the junker
bureaucracy has been provided with new
weapon with which to belabor the whole tribe
of malcontcnts who are growing increasingly
menacing"
"The New York Sun" declines to draw
any optimistic conclusions, in view Of the
publication of the affair by the German
authorities themselves, and then proceeds
as follows:
little as we may like 1t, we must confess
that despite continued reverses and prodi-
gious sacrifices the German army remains
perfect fighting machine. Not in any internal
dissension within the German fighting force
but in the power of our own men and our
own guns we must trust 20 end the Teutonic
| terror"
"The New York Times" is exceedingly
skeptical, opining political dodge IN
! the fact that the government itself gave
out the news; still, it admits that there
are certain facts that make for the belief
that this time something may be really
going on in Germany"
"The Times" finally summarizes its
views as follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
Ingenious interpretations

The more serious the food shortage in
Germany grows the more ingenious are
the interpretations of the law to punish
offenders against the patriotic spirit die
tating the food regulation" even if they
keep within the wording of the law. An
engineer named Scharnow, of Berlin, was
sentenced TO seven weeks In prison on a
charge Of receiving stolen goods because
ne had accepted from friend a bread
card which had been duly issued to the
donor and was not stolen at all.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
THE U-Boats Failure to
l Accomplish Big Things

Not few Of the editors discuss the
mutiny and Won Capelle's resignation in
their bearings upon the submarine cam
paign, and usually from the viewpoint
that both events are recognition Of the
failure Of the U-Boats to accomplish the
big things promised when ruthless war
fare was adopted last February. Thus
1.-THE Brooklyn Daily Eagle" infers that
the fighters on the submarines "do not
share the official German view that the
submarines are winning the war or have
a chance Of doing So"
And 1.-THE Portland (Me.) Press" hest
tates to accept Capelle's explanation of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
Lung Diseases

The death rate from phthisis, pneumonia
and other lung troubles is rapidly increas-
ing in Berlin, according to official sta
tistics for the months of March, April
and May Of 1916 and. 1917. During these
months there died this year from phthisis
1905, from pneumonia 1909 and from
other lung troubles 337 persons, as against
1882, 622 and 100 from the same diseases
during the same period Of the preceding
year. The increase of the death rate
from lung troubles is ascribed to insult
fcient nourishment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
Selling at Cost

To alleviate the distress of the poor the
city administration Of Frankfort-on- Main
sells vegetables and fruit at cost In July
last cherries sold at 60 pfennig (l5 cents)
per pound, peas at As pfennig, cucumbers
at 40 pfennig per pound; caulihower cost
90 pfennig per head. These prices must
be considered prohibitive, in consideration
of the fact that the average workman does
not earn more than five marks (S1.25) per
day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
A Hunger Strike

A Landsturm battalion was called out to
suppress disorders arising in connec-
ton with q strike of more than twenty
thousand workers Of the Schichau Ship
building Yard, at Elbing. The men struck
because they were unable TO do the hard
work demanded Of them, being underfed.
A petition asking for larger allowance
Of bread or meat had been unsuccessful.
The strikers were forced back to their
workshop by the commanding general Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
Pistol Justice

Because he was '1azy at work and other
wise renitent and refractory" a Russian
prisoner Of war was shot dead by SEN
try in the prison camp at Schwandheim'
The sentry was not even arrested, but
was praised by his immediate superiors
and honorably mentioned in an order Of
the day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
Twenty-Five Cents an Egg

Wealthy people who went for rest to
the Black Forest offered the farmers ex-
orbitant prices for food. At Schoenwald
lady was willing to pay one mark (25
cents) for one egg, but was driven from
the house by the farmer. AS the popula-
ton of the Black Forest is starving, the
town of Neustadt offered reward of five
marks to any one notifying the police Of
''bribing offers" for food of any kind.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
War Widows

An official Marriage Bureau has been
established at Magdeburg by the govern
rent of the Prussian Province of Saxony.
The bureau. which lists the names of all
war widows within the Province of Sax
ony. is designed to bring together widows
and young men, especially veterans Of the
present war, permanently disabled for
military service.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
THE Significance of the Moderation
/ Toward Mutineers

The moderation, from the German stand
point. of the punishments melted out to
he mutineers also leads "The Buffalo Elk
press" TO conclusions similar TO the above.
II writes
"The Significance Of this moderation hardly
.an be lost on any one who notes the facts
The only possible explanation is that the
Chancellor dared not 90 further lest greater
severity extend the rebellion, instead of sup
pressing IT,"
And this paper concludes that the Ger
nan government has grown very much
afraid Of the Socialists; that it has begun
% recognize as a serious danger that what
happened to the Car may happen to the
Kaiser"
"The Washington Post" also ranges it.
self in this class of papers, maintaining
hat "some day the chain by which the
Kaiser holds the German people subservi-
.nt to his will must break Perhaps this
vas the first link 70 snap in the movement
10 escape from bondage; events must
show"
"The San Francisco Chronicle" notes
hat a day seldom passes now without
some further evidence of the breaking
down of German solidarity" and con-
dudes that "all things taken together
,orce the conviction that Germany is
rumbling within as well as on the firing
ines"
Southern newspapers take, for the most
part. a decidedly optimistic view. "The
Memphis Commercial-Appeal" regards the
putiny as "a most significant sign Of the
,dvance of democracy in the empire" and
avs further that IF there was a mutiny
IS described it will be followed by others
,efore the winter Is over"
"The Houston Chronicle" while admit
ing that Capelle may have been right
n saying that the mutiny had not inter
erred with the German navy's comoative
treneth. argues, nevertheless, that "mu-
inv is a little too uncommon to tbs KAISER
te scheme Of things for the outside world
o accept such a view without mental re-
eryations." The editor is OF the opinion
hat the motives Of the German seamen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21

1.-TWO things we know. The government
procleims that at least part OF IT'S navy
cannot be trusted; and the head OF the Navy
Department resigns Immediately after that
revelation. It would be premature to form
any large conclusions from the little we
know, but It Is not too optimistic to believe
that all this may be the beginning OF i'm
portant events"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
Getting On Without Matches

Because they cannot afford to buy
matches the country people of Germany
are using flint, steel and finder 10 light a
fire, just as they did in the good old
times" when matches were unknown.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
Change of Linen

Even in hotels the bed sheets must be
used at least seven nights before they may
be changed, no matter whether the bed
Is used by the same person for the whole
week, or nightly by different people. Not
more than one towel is allowed to any one
person each day The use Of table cloths
and napkins is forbidden.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
Arrested for Propaganda

Many men and women were arrested
in Dresden because they had distributed
leaflets calling upon the working people to
strike and to rise in revolt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
Di.aaection in the Navy Behind
u The U-Boat Wane

"The Buffalo Express" also thinks this
is a plausible explanation, whereas Tho
New York World" reversing this line OF
thought, holds that the decline in subma-
rine activity is due to disaffection in the
navy. "The New York Evening Sum-,
after enumerating various causes for the
mutiny, holds that aversion to submarine
duty can hardly have been the chief cause
for the behavior of the mutineers; but
the irritation on It's side" the editor con-
tinues. ais bound to decrease the efficiency
of the U-boats by making 1t more diff
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21

tn. mutiny as an outgrowth Of the Rus
sian revolution; on tho other hand It
writes. "for tho real explanation we must
20 much deeper, and 1t is not unlikely
that It is to be found in the ruthless SUD-
marine warfare which Germany has been
'waeing." This is based upon the as
sumption that tho German losses OF SUD-
marines have become so severe that tho
fear of being impressed for submarine
service has spread terror among the sea-
men.
In this strain 1.-THE Springfield RepuD-
lcan" also writes:
"The mutny might thus BE- taken - indi-
eating that German submarine losses !.
have been exceedingly heavy. Yet II not
impossible that the very concsalmens OF tnem
by the Germans has been Q grave mstsne
and that rumors spreading among the idie
sailors at Kiel, based upon the disappearance
of familiar faces, have made the losses appear
greater than they actually are"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
TIME mutiny in the German navy. fol
lowed by the resignation OF Ad-

r
lowed by the resignation Of Ad-
n miral Won Capelle, the Secretary
of the Navy, was widely discussed In the
American press. The newspapers viewed
the affair from varying angles, but, upon
the whole, with a tendency TO regard 1t
as a most hopeful indication Of devel-
opments in Germany. Bright pictures
were drawn by optimistic editors of an
early breakup of Germany's fighting
power. even Of the realization at last Of
the oft-repeated predictions Of the down.
fall Of the Hohenzollerns and the march
Of democratic institutions 10 their ulti-
mate triumph; but as a decisive foil to
this chorus Of hope strong note of eau
ton was heard in many editorials. The
one feature of the affair that was unani-
mously treated as a hopeful development
was the resignation of Capelle.
In the present survey the optimists get
the first inning. "The Baltimore Ameri-
can" sees in the mutiny sign that the
German navy is honeycombed with sedi-
ton" and thinks that it reduces the
much-vaunted iron discipline Of Germany
to a scrap Of paper" The editor con-
cludes from the incident itself and its
treatment IN the Reichstag that Ger
MANY is now upon the verge Of disinte-
grafton and the signs of revolt are the
sure signs Of the overthrow of the present
regime"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21

Dantzic, who threatened TO court martial
for treason those refusing TO work.