El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-16
By T. n. DeWTTTE.

by H Ne DGNN
r7AGUE. Holland. Feb. fs.-Ger-
r. many today Is Ike a kettle
L 1 which is on the verge Of boiling
over. The country is full Of disagree
ment and discomfort. The town DWELL
ers are suspicious OF the inhabitants
Of the countryside The latter appear
to have more food than the former.
That is only natural AS there is a Sc
rious shortage Of food, the farmer
keeps all he has for himself-his po-
tatoes, his bacon. his butter his
cheese, and his eggs. The toWner has
to content himself with very little or
these things The authorities issue
orders almost daily requesting the
producers Of food to deliver up their
stores The orders are simply Ignored
There are cases on record OF the DO
lice searching for potatoes that were
alleged to be hidden away. OF course,
they we're not found. But everybody
in Germany knows that potatoes are
hidden. The inhabitants OF the large
towns are mad with anger at these
tricks.
There are other causes for hate. The
farmers demand very high prices Tor
the fOodstuffs they are willing to
sell The best illustration IS sugar
Before the war Germany provided
many Of its neighbors and Britain
with sugar. Yet today sugar Is scarce
in Germany. Why? Because the beet
growers are dissatisfied with the
prices offered for their oeets, and
viii not grow sufficient for the needs
Of even Germany herself
Employers Vs. Employed
So there is bitterness But that Is
not all There IS also bitterness be-
tween employers in munition works
and their work people The cost OF
living is going up Yet when work.
ers ask for a corresponding raise IN
wages they are met with a blank re-
fusaL The employers are thoroughly
well organized, and present uniteu
front II a man should leave his job
as a protest against insufficient rates
OF pay, he will find no employment
in his district. He viii be boycotted {
by the employers. who besides VIII
put the police on his track
South Germany is much more liberal
than the north North Germany means
Prussia, and the poison OF militarism I
has spread over the whole OF Ger /
many from Prussia The Prussians
are brutal, cowardly, naughty and re-
dictionary.
They are today in their feelings
where other parts Of civilized Europe I
were 500 or 500 years ago In PRUSSIA
the lords are lords, and the people are
regarded just as so many pigs The
south Germans never did love the
Prussians. Even before the war the 4
little boys IN SaxOny sang song In !
which they declared that they we're
no Prussians-
The war has not made the German /
tribes Ito use a phrase OF the kaiser's) I
more agreeable 10 each other. The /
happen TO have rather more /
food than the Prussians. for Bavaria I
Is more OF an agricultural country i
Rut do the BaVarians share their 4
produce with the Prussians2 Not
they More than that, the wilv Prus-
for their summer holidays during the
last two summers The Bavarians I
were very rude TO their northern I
visitors and refused to give them /
food. OF course. the Prussians were
Hated JunkerS Terrified.
II is clear from all this that there ]
IS much irritation in Germany, and !
the governing classes-the hated I
terrified lest the ground /
should slip from beneath their feet /
So they are franticaly urging the 4
people to fight on. and the notorious 4
Tirpitz has been chose
as the spokesman OF the junker view
They have established new society.
giving II a catching name-the Patri-
otto association-and are calling on
the stupid yokels to hasten 10 the
rescue Of the fatherland- Now, DESPITE
their universities and their educa-
tionai system, there is no one so ig-
norant or capable Of being gulled as
the German country yokeL
The moderate men, who have at last
woken Up from their war nightmares
IRE fighting these junker patriots
The whole OF Germany may be said
today to be divided into two camps
violently opposed to each Other-the
Patriotic association and the League
Tor Freedom and Fatherland.
II stands to reason that this kind
n thing Is not good for the nerves
either Of the soldiers at the front OF
II the civilians at home What Is the
-esult7 The Germans have had enough
II the war.
Weary OF the War.
The best Indication OF this fact
nay be found IN the appeals which
he junkers. with Tirpltz and Luden-
lorff al their head. find IL necessary
o make in order to whip Up the spir-
IS Of the people The recent resig-
lations OF generals. which, howeve
we're not accepted. have been skill