The sun., 1918-08-25
CAROUSALSIN
GERMAN INNS
Profiteers Disgust People Who
Are Actually Suffering
From the War.
SOLDIERS TELL OF LOOT
Relatives Envy Army Good
Food Seized Where Advances
Were Made.
SOLDIERS TELL OF LOOT
Specia, Correspondence to TIE suS.

SpecsoI CofresDonaence 70 IHh Dun.
ZURICH, Aug. 6.-The correspondent
Of the Neue Zurtcher Zeitan0 writes Of
conditions in Munich as follows:
"While I visited one Of our cities in
southern Germany which was bombed
quite frequently the approach or avistors
was announced by, signals. left my
room and went down stairs to reach
the lower regions Of the hotel. Passing
through the grill room saw there was
q large company Of guests still feasting
and drinking. They had been sitting
there when went UP to 60 to bed, they
were still at 1t when I came down. and
they kept up their carousing in spite
Of the warning signals.
This prodigality 10 repugnant to the
minds Of all those Germans who are real
sufferers. OF course, there are some to
whom this terrible war Is nothing Out
a source Of increased income. These
profteers are bound to spend their
money and they do not care whether by
SO doing they hurt the feelings Of others
or not.
German soldiers at the front are not
complaining Of superabundance Of
food. They were only too glad when
they could take immense stores which
the enemy had to leave behind. Letters
from Italy last fall and more recently
from France, reaching the folks at home.
told Of the rich food supply at the dis
posal Of the enemy and now enjoyed by
German soldiers. Although the German
folks at home were only too glad. they
themselves felt their mouths water,
Homo From Russia.
During the last few weeks a great
many German soldiers who were in
termed in Russia as prisoners of war
came back to their old homes. They
had liberated themselves, many thou
sands Of them. All of these men are
given furlough Of eight weeks. After
that they return to their battalion and
the great mechanism Of the German
army again takes them into its folds.
ITO these men 1t seems to be the most
natural thing to rejoin the colors and
to follow the commands Of their superb
ors.
The so-called lower classes are not
suffering most. Laborers are making
high wages and mere youths are earning
more money than they can spend for
reasonable purposes The middle classes.
especially of the cities. are suffering
most. And their distress is not so much
caused By any shortage of food, as OF
luxurles ike cigars. wine, social enter
tainments. an excursion on Sunday, a
recreation trip in summer, good books,
&c.
What Women Are Doing.
What the women of Germany have
done In the four years of war is beyond
praise. know the wife Of q working
man whose husband had to go at the
beginning Of the war. Her eldest son
volunteered. Her second son, now IS
years old. has since then Joined the
colors. Six more children are still at
home and this woman supports them
Not only this. they are saving enough
to be able to send three packages to the
front In three different directions every
week--one to the father. who Is now on
duty at a relay station behind the 'front.'
one to the elder brother. now a prisoner
Of war in England. and one to the
younger brother, now at the front in
France.
1T Is the German women that keep
things going. But this hard work Is tell
ing on them. War years will count more
than double for them. Many are pre-.
maturely old. the hair Of many a young
woman has turned gray. There Is one
thing that keeps up their spirit and
speeds their energy-determinat