The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-12-04
LIFE IN BERLIN
AFTER THE WAR
IN English Journalist Finds 1t Quite
Normal, but Danger Turks

Normal, but Danger Turks
New York, Dec. 3-ihe New York
Herald publishes the first letter from
its special correspondent, Ii. J. Green
watd, who was the first English jour
naiist to reach Gelmanys capital
after the war. Mr.. Greenwald says:
Berlin is web lit, although only one
out every two streetlamps arc. alight.
Moving picture theatres are. doing an
excellent business, and the streets
are crowded with thousands of sol
diers and seamen, many Of whom
wear a white linen band on the left
arm on which is inscribed words
showing that they belong to the re-
publican amy.
My hotel, the Adlon, in the Inter
den Linden, is guarded by seamen
who formerly were aboard submar-
ines On two occasions within the
last fortnight machine gun detach-
mcnts brought guns into the hall OF
this hotel and prepared to defend it,
but the threatened alarm failed to
matelializa.
This seems to me the keynote o.
the Situation in Berlin
Life flows evenly. There is merely
Il ripple On the surface OF the stream,
but below the surface there are sign
of a dangerous undcrcurrcnt which a,
any moment may become strikinGly
apparent. The political situation re-
mains obscure Nobody can forescc
what form Of government Germany il;
likely to have. In the opinion o.
many persons, the late ruling part.
may take advantage Of the situation.
l was told last evening that both Sol
and ebert are likely to go.
have not yet had an opportunity
to investigate conditions under which
the poor live, but | have seen tia
money cav purchase all the reason
able comforts in Berlin. For q room
equal to the best in any first-cl&s +;
hotel IN London, Paris or New York
city / pay $3.50 a day.
Time and again during the war
have read of dearth Of metal III
Germany Well, as l am writin.
this despatch in my room, it contain;
q solid E3ass bedstead There or
$50 rooms in this hotel. Part o
the heating apparatus is of brass.
| There are brass fittings on the ward
robe and two movable brass electli:
lamps and one brass electric hangin.'
! lamp, besides high brass hat anf'
clothes stands. | have not included
in this inventory the metal in tn
wash basin or the large amount 0
it in the bathroom.
! This very naturally brings to mind
/ the subject of hot water. In Paris
hotels visitors are allowed hot wate''
4 only twice a week. In Switzerland
the rule IS once q week. In Aust ri;
| was utterly unable to obtain no
water. Here there is an unlimited
supply day and night
| have not yet made a close in
Gpection OF the shops and rcstaur-
ants, but in this hotel | have been
! served with excellent meals of soup,
meat, vegete bles and sweet cheese.
A meal costs $3.50, and compared
with the standard Of prices in Paris,
/ this is not dear. Here, too, one
may wheedle sugar in real coffee, g.;
distinct from the ersatz variety, from
walters, many of whom have returned
to Berlin from internment in England
and display an intense eagcrness to
/ return to work.
The distress, which l am given to
+, understand exists among returning
! soldiers who have no money to buy
food and clothes, may prove an OBJ
! staclc to Il peaceful settlement Of
German affairs