The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1918-11-11
AWFUL CONDITIONS
IN GERMANY
Depicted as a Result of Peace
and Defeat. Starvation,
Ruin and Anarchy
WILL FOLLOW VERY FAST

London, Nov. 11,-An excellent
sample of the desperate appeals to
stand firm being directed to the Ger
man Army in the west, even by the
Socialistnewspapers Of the empire IS
found in copy of the Munchener
Post of Oct. /, recently received
here. Under the heading: "If the
Western Front Should Break" the
leading organ of the Bavarian So> tai
Democracy after referring to he
capitulation of Bulgaria and remark
ing that now no one could doubt
that Germany was really fighting
war for its existence, drew the fol
lowing sketch of what would happen
if the Allies were to break through:
German cities 60 up in fame
and smoke. Bands of fugitives
stream eastward; this procession
blends with that of the army re
treating in disorder, forces its way
into every city, over-crowds the
houses, camps in the fields, places
insurmountable tasks before the ad-
ministration, and spreads every
where the spirdit of hopeless de-
spair.
"The flow of food supplies which
for four years has trickled like d
thin stream, halts altogether. In
streets persons are seen who reel
suddenly and then fall to the
ground, killed by hunger. There is
no more coal, and consequently, NO
more light nor street car service. In
dustry stagnates, is not able to ad-
lust its administration from that OF
war to that of peace in the midst Of
the general confusion, and discharge
it's workers. The munitions work
er, who today carries home perhaps
a hundred marks every, tomorrow
faiesr uin and is able to buy the lin
itself number of foodstufls that are
still traded in at fantastic prices. In
millions of families it is remarked
how good things were when there
was still weekly ration of seven
pounds of potatoes and four pounds
of bread, and that only now do the
people know what naked misery
really is
hundreds OF thousands OF per
ms die, and IA feeling OF insanity
takes possession of the survivors.
Who knows how long one has yet to
live? So one will at least still take
vengeance on those guilty of causing
this misery Revolts break out, and
attempts are made to put then'
down TO put down with bloody VIC
lence. Instead of the war out there
we have war at home, trenches in
streets, machine guns in the houses,
corpses of men, women and children
on the pavement
Persons are dying, they are dy-
ing all kinds of deaths. Dying
hunger, bullets, and the plaques
that o not fail to follow these hor-
rors. On their way to hospitals sick
persons fall and die; they are load
ed into wagons to be buried outside
without cotfis.
In the meantime the Govern
ment the third, fifth, seventh thai
has been set up since the fall OF the
last one, is treating with the enemy.
AS it knows it has no powers of re-
sistance back of it any longer, ii
gives to the enemy everything that
he wants, land, the gold in the In
perial Bank; it puts out billion upon
billion Of notes; il accepts every OBJ
legation extorted from It, because il
must have peace at any price, But
this peace will lot be "A peace that
supports one, 1t will be a hell on
earth, will be worse than war il
self"
Then the Socialist organ explained
that just because the German Social
Democrats had always had in mind
this picture of what would follow
the defeat of the German Army they
had stood for national defense and
it exhorted the soldiers to stand firm
in the west, although admitting that
in the state of chaos likely to ensue
If the front were broken great
many historic injustices would no
doubt be swept away