Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-01-21

ago, it was the usual thing for my
the various hotels for O'Clock tea
and cakes. Little by little the size of
the caRc-I'd been unable to cat it
before the war-was cut down. In
carly spring last it was no longer
served; in early summer the :. o'clock
tea was cut out.
"Today you cannot get either tea
or coffee and when pound or two
sets into Berlin via the underground
il sells for between SO and $40 a.
pound.
You must have heard what lit
tie nourishment there is in the food
OF the people. The report has not
been exaggerated. / was more fortu-
nate than the average Berliner and |
never retired at night with my appe-
tite satisfied.
1T was amusing at the opera to
see the hungry ladies of society
dressed in their finery and decked
with diamonds and conventional to
the extreme, calmly eating sandwich.
es in the boxes"
Hold Out Indefinitely.
Did you notice any signs that
would indicate German weaknesses ?"
| asked.
II did not, Miss Marzynski answer
ed. And | mixed with a set of people
who surely would have known of any
rumOrs Of a breakdown in the war
machine. When they called out the
boys for field duty, Berlin appreciated
the significance Of the move in fun.
But you must remember that Berlin
believes that our allies are worse off
for man power than Germany isl
and talk about giving comfort to
the enemy Every utterance of any
Englishman, Frenchman or American
in criticism or opposition of the war is
published in full and is fairly devour-
ed by the Berliners. Lord North
cilffe's speech believe it was di-
rected at Lloyd George-~was read
with the greatest glee.
"I heard many rumors of dssatis-
faction among the peasants of Bavar-
ia, but nowhere in Germany Is there
any organized opposition to the war
at least Of all in Berlin. At the same
time I'll qualify that statement with
this: If any organized opposition did
flare up in rebellion or riot it would
have small chance of success and
more often its news would be censored.
81 know many, many people oppos-
ed to the war, but only as individuals.
They were continually deploring the
existence of the war, but mind you,
never condemning Germany's part
in it,
All Germans Not "Strafers."
81 also knew that German mothers
were trying to keep their sons from
going into the army-a very vain eff
fort, for | never knew of a single evas-
ion of military duty. On my arrival
in Boston l was misquoted by a re-
porter who had me saying that graft
was buying men out of the army This
is untrue and the biggest mistake we
can make is to hold our enemy cheap
ly. / met an Englishman in Chris
tiania who asked me eagerly If 1t were
verge of a revolution and when told
him emphatically 'no'--he was in
clined to think that 1 was prot German
"a certain young man in Berlin, Of
well-to- do folks and n friend of my
friends, was notified that his class was
about to he called to the colors. He
promptly cut down on what little food
he had been eating. In three weeks he
was a living skeleton. But they ac-
cepted him.
Toward the close of 1917 every
body in Berlin thought that peace was
| at hand. | forget the exact date, but
I remember the occasion very we'll
/ The Reichstag was in session. Unof-
ficially it had been given out that
peace--a German peace-was assured
that afternoon.
II shall never forget the spectacle
that followed All Berlin burst ou
Into hysterical tears Everybody quit
work. The streets were packed Will