Evening star., 1917-03-25
Germany Today
Suffers Greatly.

ever was made to hunger.
Germany, once the proud, is humbled
in spirit
Germany, the prosperous. today sees
her thriving Industries in ruin. physi-
cally as well as from a financial stand
point.
Germany sees her advancement in
arts and letters set back for decades.
Germany sees her provinces overseas
snatched from her. with no hope of
return.
Germany sees her once proud man
hood return from the environs Of the
slaughter mills on the various battle
fronts MANNED for life If, in fact, those
proud sons ever return.
German women are breaking under
the strain of doing mems work at home.
German babies are dying like flies in
many of the congested centers Of pop
ulation from malnutrition-
Older children are gaunt and hollow
eyed.
more than ever before. their eyes burn
ing with fevers occasioned by empty
stomachs-
Germany sees her whole financial
fabric torn In shreds.
And, furthermore. Germany today Is
restless beneath the deepest scorn of
the civilized world.
Though greatest measures presuma-
bly, have been taken by the military
censorship of the German empire to
prevent the people from learning of
actual conditions in their home coun-
try, as well as abroad, nevertheless it
il noticeable fact that during recent
weeks the sentiment against the gov
ernment has been increasing along pro-
portions which must be alarming to
those officials of the government who
truly are interested in seeing the ma
tion emerge from the present holocaust
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Not since the war started. In fact, not
since the Hohenzollerns took over the
reins in the German empire. have there
been such bitter comments against
the established order Of things. Never
have the utterances of public men been
so rabid as at present. Never have
officials been forced TO deal with so
many doctrines of sedition- Germany
is reported a seething hotbed of revolt.
Whether this sentiment will bear fruit
in actual physical outbreak remains to
be seen. but it is the consensus Of
opinion that with the weeks there will
come increasing difficulty in maintain
ing the established order.
IN Germany which will not only oust
the Hohen-
Believed Revolt zollerns. but
May Overthrow Kaiser. rsn,h,ic is
strengthened to a great degree by a
look behind the utterances of Chancel-
Tor Won Bethmann Hollweg in the
Prussian diet. There this man, the
kaiser's so-called right hand. publicly
enunciated the doctrine of more
democratic government, but after the
war. Since the conflict began, more
uottceably since the battle OF the
Marne, Chancellor Won Bethmann Holl-
veg has been prone to indulge in pub
lie utterauces designed to appease the
growing unrest within the empire. The
people have been fed on promises from
time to time.
That the people believe that even
though the government now may prom
ise a reconstruction of the electorate
and governmental system of Germany
after the war such condition never
may come to pass. has been revealed
There has appeared a poster through
OFT the realm which bitterly assails
the present
Poster Reveals gov ernmen'
Bitterness of People. enex to prom
fse. but act little. 1t says with Other
things:
The ruling classes did not want tc
give up their mad lust for annexation
and lied to the people by telling then