El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-02

I growing worse. Mix is very severely
I rationed. We can not get butter any
where and at any price"
The fact that the privations are sap
ping the morale of the civil popula-
/ ton is shown by the following rather
striking letter sent from Kattewitz on
June %:
we are in a bad way here: we
I have very little bread, no fat, no meat
I It makes one mad We would like to
! send YOU something. but we can get
nothing. Let US hope that there will
be a decision soon either one way or
I other, because there is no way OF en-
I during this any longer"
Cooked WITH Water.
I Another woman complains that ev-
erything will have to be cooked with
water, and expresses the fear that
conditions in Germany will soon be
as bad as they are in Austria. The
policy Of requisitioning in private
houses evidently causes acute annoy
ance, because there are letters ex-
pressing disgust that wooden cover
lets are SEIZED and that any man hav-
/ ing more than two suits OF clothes is
obliged to hand over the third to the
state Mealess days with lack OF
potatoes are also sources Of annoy
ance, aggravated by the fact that a
considerable proportion Of the peas
served out are bad
Price of bread in Berlin is a mark
pound. and butter fetches between
Il and IS marks marks pre-war
value was % cents; now 16 cents.)
4 woman at HertZgerrode writes:
This year We shall not raise any
pigs. The dealer charges between 135
and $50 marks. 1t is a bit too out
rageous-" In another letter the price
OF 400 marks is quoted for 40 pound
.sYOu Are Fighting for the Rich.s
In letter from Rissa the passage
1t is your duty to fight for your
country. but II is only for the rich
that you are fighting, as the poor are
only the more oppressed and
Dearth of Clothing.
On June IS a woman writes from
Dortmann appealing to a soldier to
buy some stuff for her TO make a
dress with for her little girl In the
town itself. she adds, there is moth
ing to be bought"
From more than one town there IS
the complaint that there is no thread
TO be got At Nedlitz an old pair OF
trousers was costing 20 marks, a shirt
80. and a pair Of stockings, thin as q
spiders web" u marks An hotel
keeper at Hamburg states Elisa and
Maria have no shoes. and for months
have been trying to get them in the
shops, but always in vain"
Another letter: I have bought two
pairs Of shoes. They are made OF arti-
fetal leather or paper. That Is the
point Germany has reached There is
no longer any clothes-only silk or
velvet, and only Of use to the rich.
The poor can only buy Of paper stuff -
On the 23d Of June there is a letter
from Neuzoln (Beriin):
If you go TO a place where there is
- n
fool, for here we are going about all
naked A shirt costs as much as SO
marks"
4 letter from Dortmund: I'VE can
buy nothing here, as everything is
requisitiOned- You don't find any lin
en-. either, but have no need Of any
A shirt cost IS marks and you cannot
wash il in hot water Of there is Moth
ing left OF II. A pair Of stockings
costs b'itween 20 and p marks. but
you ca It buy any"
MsnaIe Of the Fighting Men.
Several Of the letters throw a re-
markable light on the morale Of the
troops: The following extracts are
typical:
July IL 1Iessrs. Westarp and com
pany should come here TO listen to the
justified arguments used about the
deliberations in the Reichstag. All
the proposals made are approved, but
nothing is altered for the better. We
are and remain fools. We appreci-
ated this matter in connection with
the franchise bill His majesty wishes
to change the system. but the word
Of his majesty does not count with the
gentlemen that feel they are masters
in his house I have here an inter
esting paper dropped by a French
aviator, and dealing with the case Of
Lichnowsky and his memoirs. You
can think Of It what you like, but
much OF II is very interesting. We
have seen a lot during these four
years. which shed light on much But
only peace can save us from all that"
July 3: 4 did not know soldiers
were subscribing TO the Ludendorf
fund How can they get any money
to do so. as theft is forbidden? The