Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-14
HUNS CRY PEACE,
GERMANY IN PLIGHT,
SAYS GEO. EHREI
Returned Travellers Tell of Eating
Crows Instead of Chicken;
Conditions Growing Worse.
BUTTER AT 81 A POUND

New York. Aug l4--Conditions IN
Germany are "frightful' according 10
three American citizens who arrived In an
Atlantic port Yesterday and who were the
last persons to leave Germany Tor TINS
country.
The three were George Fhrct the
brewer. whose estate valued at $40 0.0tNoM
lately was taken over by g. Mitchell
Palmer. alien property custodian, ana
Mrs Ida NJ. Otz, Of Montclair \. j., and
Miss Florence r. MacAvoy of Hoboken;
An Illuminating and detailed story Of
the situation in Germany up tn March y
last was given to reporter by Mrs. Wz
and Miss MacAvov who like Mr.. Ehret,
had been in that country since before the
war
Will GET WORSE EVERY DAY.
Mr. Fhrct, who is 81 and weak from
chronic l-hcalth confined himself to
Ccneralitics In response to the question.
''What arc the conditions IN Germany
he said:
"Thev were frightful when we left
there. and ] think they will be getting
worse every dav The Socialists arc very
rabid They arc taking more liberties
than ever before They arc openly CRYING
for peace too In fact. everyone IN Ger
manv is crying for peace,
"The people OF Germany who arc not
Of the military classes believe that Prcsi-
dent Wilson is q great executive.
Dln NOT BUy GERMAN M
Mr.. Fhrct who said he was CARED
aboard tho ship in Denmark hut who
walked ashore hero. denied he had bought
any German bonds either before or after
the United States and Germany entered
n state Of war
'Whcn war was declared in 1915" he
said, 81 was asked 70 buy bonds. hut !
said that was neutral and declined 20
huv That was before tho United States
entered tho struggle and YOU may he sure
! haven't bought any since then.
ATE CROWS IN DRESDEN
Miss MacAvoy said
"Drcsdcn is p city of spcCtres Men.
women and children have lost weight 10
the point Of cmaciation The old people
know thcv must die And there is no
proper nourishnent for the thin. pale
hollow checked children
we ato crows in Dresden in place Of
chicken and were quite SURPRISED to find
them tocthsomc. Miss NacAvov con
tinuci The meat Of crow IS dark. but
rhirk and tender Tho thigh, for instance,
i like a chickens and not like pigeons
There is substance To il
BUTTER At 81 POUND
"B,t fats practically were unobtain-
able We were able 10 get butter by run
ning great risks fortunately VIC were not
caught and pcnalized as others have been
and bv paving s. a pound for it The but
ter we did get this way was excellent
A friend would tell us that he had a
friend who had n country place who
would let lis have some butter NJ a price
II was sent 10 us hv registered post
Otherwise it would be stolen II seemed tc
me that about everything that wasn't
registered was stolen in the post
REJoICED At RoMRING PARIS
eve left Germany. Miss MacAvo,
said con March %. which was Just at the
time the German people were most en-
thusiastic over what thev called the
peace offensive that had just been launch
cd That terrible gun Of theirs had JUS
begun IT'S horrible long distance lombard
ment of Paris And they rejoiccd in that
"Thev had been told that there wa.
nothing to worry about from the Amer
cans. that the I'-boats would sink all tn,
transports You may imagine how won
dcrful II seemed To me when we got int
Denmark 10 hear that the American
were winning great victories in France
and that everything was Just The OPPOSITE
10 what We had understood was the situa
ton in Germany.
TREATED KINDLY HY GERMANS
Miss Mactvov was asked how she an,
Mrs Otz were treated in Germany. Sh
said
''Officially we were treated with tn
greatest kindness and consideration w
were not required To report to the police
We merely were asked when the tTnite
States declared a state of war 10 exist L
speak only IN German If We forgot an
spoke in our native tongue we cou
hear . tapping on the walls-wc wcr
closely watched. even in our homes
''Thc German people, too, were kindl
in their attitude towards us-exccr
when we wished 10 purchase some nece,
sity of life For instance, when We lei
Dresden paper cl lothes were the only sol
that could be had We did not try eve
to buy clothes because Of the hoStiI
attitude These clothes have on cam
from the United States in 1913"
OFFICERS AND PROFITEERs FOR WAR
What is the German attitude towarc
the war as you saw it?' was asked
''There IS no doubt that the officers Al
enthusiastic about it And as man1 {
the poorers classes who were maxim
small wages before the war but are NAL
ing unbelevably high wages now. ! b.
heve the government realizes these hig
wages is about the only way of keeping
large nart Of the population complalsar
towards the war