The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-02-21
Terrible Suffering In Germany
To Lead to Revolt, Says Priest

i butter at rs marks pound. pork an.
/ ~ marks pound and S marks for -.
! pound of flour"
4 70 Times Worse Tf,an France.
MOST OF the meat in the butcher
ana an for this the people must pay
o1a marks a pound. After the.
1 crops have been gathered Is the best
ltlhe Tor Germany, and the people are,
! a an one pound OF potatoes day
/ s ~ Grams Of meat and $50 drains or
i iiour Tor each day. They are allowed
1 nut so drains Of butter a week. <
/; woman who works 10 and II hours
! usy must live on this food and Some
t tiilnes she can't even get that. Coneii-
! i iaoIls IN Germany today. Father Dan
times worse than in France.
Little Children Starving.
| During the past two yearsvthe birth
rate IN Germany has fallen off to al
most nothing, according to Father Dan
lels, ana the little children and
years OLD are dying after months Of
sl ga and suffering. Germany does
not care for its older people, he said
and mas interest in only those who are
nelplng the war. If any one should
go 10 German police station, whera
! an permits for food are given out. and
should ask leave to buy "a little extra
L - SSAa CSoS lOi Il SICK person., IrlG
ilrst question he would be asked Is:
| How old is the sick man?" II tho
person In question is beyond the age
o. OF active service either at home or at
lhe front, he could get no food. and
would be told by the authorities: aTha4
man Is of no use to us: we have
nothing for him."
| "Sick PeonIe of No Use.r
| While Father Daniels was at hoe.
| pital Of the Alexian Brotherhood IN
germany he was told of the enormous
death rate during the year. When hs
! asked one of the brothers the cause
ne was answered: we have gone to
the authorities for more food because
the people are dying Of starvation and
we are told that sick people are OF no
allowed to die.n
Ihat' said Father Daniels e1nphatt-
carly, rs German l1uItur"
The people are imprisoned for tho
silgntest offense and it a man is found
stealing a loaf of bread for his hungry
chlidren, he is given three or more
weeks in prison.. Father Daniels saw
in nalf hour in court about Is starry.
ing people given prison sentences for
tlcts that We're committed by people
desperate from hunger. Father Dan
iels said: 3{97a
The feeling against the government
IS most bitter with the soldiers. They
u
ana l have heard them cursing the
kalser. the crown prince and ali I'll.
German officials. The men. however.
are shot down like dogs at any voice
the trenches to fight for sonethtny
they hate
Mere Boys to Front.
Before the priest left Germany no
saw the 1S-year-old boys drafted into
service and a relative Of his who was 4
mere school boy was taken by the gov
ernment and marched away to tho
. slsncnes; rather Daniels tells that
many OF the boys after six weeks of
training are put IN the trenches. and
aiter living under slch conditions for q
snort while are returned to the citiea
hopelessly insane. The American priest
says that the insane institutions ara
| crowded with soldiers whose. minds arc
gone after a period Of life among tho
flghtlng forces Of the empire The Ger.
man people according to Father Dan
leis 90 not know any Of the real news
to see many editions OF the papers, es-
| pecially IN the east part Of the empire
| issued with half Of the pages blank
but for the mark. Censored
How Propaganda Works.
During last spring when the riots and
strikes threatened to break the powe.
OF the German government all the pa.
l
Inc warfare that would in three months
bring England to her knees. The peo-
pie Went back to their work and waited
Tor the three months, and when they
did not find England begging for peace
they cried once more in protest. so that
about May the priest heard Of the wide
spread anti-Wilson propaganda. Patri-
QUO meetings were arranged in thu
schools and in all public buildings. Tho
people We're told that President Wilson
mad been bought by England and that
ms action did not represent the senti-
ments OF the American people. The
Germans believed this and once again
were heard the hurrails for the kaiser.
Rather Daniels was in Muenster dur
ing this time, although he had asked
Ior q passport In February Of 1917. SEN
ator La Toilette cabled him to come
home with Ambassador Gerard's party.
put the priest was taken i'll and when
fused. It took him from February to
November to secure 1t then. after ne
mad served a prison term.
Father Daniels thinks the unnatural
lied Germans in this country are given
too much liberty, and says that every
American in Germany is interned 4
nave mad to stand slnrs and sneerr
from German officials because OF nv
nationality, and II the people here could
know the way their countrymen In Ger. &
| many are treated they would not be
quite 50 easy with alien enemies 2
81 slavs Not AMystsrious.-
Arthur Ruhl. In Golfers Weekly.
! used to see a good deal OF a swed.
In Petrograd who lived with his Rn.
sian wife an little inside tenement over
In the iNiborg quarter and wrote Ion.
and very erudite articles IN n.icroeconse
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