Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-09
NEUTRALS VICTIMS
OF GERMAN GREED

OF GEh N AN u REED ~
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TIE p-cEle t.eGeVs trsse tales.
What Germany HoE->s FS<-
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WsNlrh q tie U1ics4 safes ~Gsz shss
Wa = cvs--is Ger-12-y SIS
TH~y tat-s- IN Elrcx-e. tn.2S ev~ry
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;sll -hez tAs-- .s lave tsS-sXzts q
5sc- E%3E1s he-e, ;szs re AAre eve1
e.s-l-1i1oz- ther - Ecs os,1eys go1
-fey ik--k t-szr America E1s bst-
Ellns - z11ey thru tAe s-A-s q M
r-tsc-s. Ls- ICY rs,-,. s1so. 90 ,Es
l-a----.ss E-.c-z-s u money S<r. over
- A-,e--cz for rNlsst - tAs vG-ra-s
sr1.-r -r-es. -h-y cannot believe that
kzy 5<rso- n America made any Sc-
--ssc4 - se71 these great sE-S II
;s-s ~Zy they really Gepr~ctzts the
sod re have done. sli5o they 90 Z
-=W-tu-E.y- TAey simply DO not IN
Ge-s-zrd
S.-ce hare come back have seen
4 ramher % newspaper notices that
Germany claims her crops this year
are yleztif--- ZrLs = no. true. Even
before ! EFF the people were in de-
spasr beS-z- OF the shortage Of crops
20 what they had expected. The
weather has been too dry there
l.. addition 70 this, the farms have
Z. -. a,.
peElenced women and old men These
could rot bring the results that the
experienced farmers could Ard tAe
farmers all have gone 10 the var
But next year the results will be bet
ter. 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 zTO
learning fast The women are learn.
Ing and SO far IS growing things ars
concerned, Gzrmzny Will - IN bett-I
shape next summer than shs Is this
year. But. Oh how the people are
c-ss1ilg the coming winter. They
have no hope that the war viii o-
over this winter. and as they have no
idea Of giving il. the German people
are looking forward ~Ith sex dread
% the cold weather.
Las winter ws mad only zbou, one
third enough fire al thru Berlin We
had very li-rie sz-s and less electricity
We depended for comfort OF warm
clothes
The Norwegian boats have been pay
ing tribute of half the .-sh they
catch 70 Germany. for permission to
f-sh -nrlcles-s1- This has been going
on since the war. but when I Eas In
SOrSzy. there had been 80 many in
Stances q Germans sanklag SOrEe-
gan boats anyway that the Nor~e-
sizrss had zroEr tired ot paying trtb-
Ute a-4 getting nothing IN return
500 Per Cent Profit
There are stories flying thickly thru
thes@ Countries Of fortunes sllzss@t
bT men who got In first On the
smuggling across 20 Germany of food
s-gfts. There are tales os men max
ing $40 Yer cent profit OF their goods
ThLs Mas Ehii= America wzs sending
food 20 the rs-trzls In such quantities
tf1zt- I have ls2-n=i since came home.
the prices here b%c4mz eXorbttza-
Fer months America hzs been de-
2istirg her own resources 70 feed Ger
many thru the neutral countries !.
for one, am heartily glad 20 see that
This has been stopped AS ! saIt be-
fore, We cannot hope actually 70
sfzrve Germany out, bu. Te can causs
such suffering that peace viii come
sooner than u would - the Germans
were getting adequate food supplies.
In Holland food IS high-pricet Also.
fuel IS scarce. They burn ''briquettes''
-brick-shapei pieces Of fuel which
are made. 1 think. by COMPRISING coal
dust and, maybe, sawdIs- and other
things Of that sort They burn s-ead-
N.rrr A.. s-sr~e ~srtr ~
they cost a great deal
Many a morning We have gotten up
and the temperature in our Tat was
below zero. Ice vas thick on the
windows and We nearly froze before
we could get dressed and get some
thing 10 eat
feel afraid for the Americans in
Berlin- y think there are about two
hundred there now. Il may be. before
winter Is over that it will he practi-
cally i'm possible for them 10 buy any
thing. And there always IS danger
that the money sent TO them never viii
reach them. and. in Berlin. really
don't know TO whom they would turn
for help.
was gfad 20 get on, when 7 did.
would not have remained 50 long.
but I wanted to finish my musical
course. Just as soon as that was done
7 was 'On my way ] realize now
how foolish I was TO stay as long as
did
Food Restrictions.
In telling Americzhs Of the restric-
tons governing the buying OF food.
sometimes IL is hard 10 make them
understand Just how severe those re-
strlctions are
Every person in Berlin-ail over
Germany for that mstter-ts regis
tered. Each person Is allowed to buy
only In certain stores
I bought my bread In one store. my
butter in another. my canned goods in
srother, my green goods. NY meat
all in certain stores.
] could not take my bread card and
40 into any store and buy. Every
store was gwen each week enough
81 pplies for the cards which, IL was
known, would be presented at that
store Occasionally, BY paving three
or four times the ordinary price.
could get an extra bit Of butter or
meat through some person being
away for q few days and not present
ing his or her card. But this was
RISKY for both the storekeeper and
myself. ! would have been sent TO
prison and he would have had his