The Washington times., 1918-04-18
Rv. RLANCHE sLOCUM.

eAN~ eNNN~a 80 - wv 10y ~
By. BLANCH
There come days even now when
Berlin seems the capital OF q cheer
full nation. Crowds assemble before
posters announcing the latest war
news. German Gags are everywhere,
along with a few Austrian. Turkish
and BulEar hags. Soldiers in the
street sing "Die Wacht am Rhein" or
aDeutschisnd uber Allies" But what
a difference between now and the days
EARLIER in the war!
Then the crowds before the posters
were tumultuouS and jubilant and
fJled with happy wonder. Their feel-
ings now reflect hopes OF peace. In
those early lays men put up hags
spontaneously; now they put them up
because commanded to in an official
proclamation and next morning you
see astonishingly. few hags. As for
'Die wacht am Rhein" and "Dentsch-
land uber Allies" the soldiers sing be-
cause their officers require them TO DO
80.
SIaehlBe-made LOIalty.
Mschtne-made loyalty replaces the
old, spontaneous loyalty. Enthusiasm
is dead. When Russia collapsed there
was no outbu-st OF martial hilarity;
Instead there was q general sigh Of
THANK God, this brings peace SO
much neaTerw
Berlin itself looks war weary De-
spite the volunteer labor OF students,
BOY Scouts, and women, It's streets
are no longer clean. Because Of the
oil shortage, buildings lack paint
Because Of the labor shortage, they
lack repairs. Because horses are
scarce, you see families moving their
worldly goods in pushcarts, Because
Of the nickel shortage. iron coins are
in use. Because OF che gold shortage
and the governments demand for
gold, you see iron watch chains and
iron finger rings inscribed II gave my
gold for iron." and your dentist tells
you he cannot obtain gold for nllings
Because Of the food, shortage, long
hles OF women with cards walt out
side, the food shops. And 50 4 goes
everyWhere reminders that war In
wolves privatiofs for Germany. and
that the longer the war lagtB the
more grueling will be the priVation.
BeggErs Increase ana muluply. -
,. shoW- DeUrHsIng Posters. . -
Perhapa " sthe. minds Of milltarists
1 ana AElNAOCEALH LuG hAE II = NAN Va
magnificent eoEspueSt even now, but
government posters avoid figuring II
as such, and instead you read. 'sHelp
the fatherland TO win: we are sur
rounded by a world Of enemies." De-
pressing posters they seem, Never
theless they appeal to the feelings OF
"a populaee fghting, not because II
wants to any longer. hltt -aCtelys be
cause Il feels that II must.
| thought posters representing the
iron fst considerably less, tactful, ~
the German masses are ceasinR 70
think OF the enemy when they behold
that iron fSt and are rapidly coming
to recognize that they themselves are
held, fast withia its brutal inexor-
The streets Of Berlin by no meanI
lack animation in wartime, II by ami
nation you mean q great stir oi
stroIling multitudes. But of sWhai
are the. multitudes made up? To
some slight extent Of shopkeeperi
negleetinE their shops As the de-
mand for every sort OF goods far ex-
ceeds the dismally reduced supply
dealers know that what 10 not sold
today can certainly be sold tomor'
row.
And to an ever Increasing extent
| LuE AAEEGlH hAAEu with "OuuaoN
soldiers. You see shattered wrecks
being moved about in wheel chairs
You see leglesH men in carts. You SCI
children leading blind men. Then
too, there are always many soldieri
temporarily released from ACTIVE
service. They appear nervous, will
now and then among them q fellow
who twitches an dshakes.
Many Young Men Seen.
IN the streets OF Berlin one notices
large numbers OF young men who Il
all appearances should be wearing
the field gray and are not. On In
quiry. however. one learns thas sons
are government clerks and officials
some discharged from the army. SOM
found unfit for It at the beginning
some recovering from wounds. and
many home on furlough and occasion
ally wearing civilian dress. Man!
more are foreigners from nustra
countries.
Another question Americans keel
asking me IL: Did you see any o
those dreadful factories in Berlin
where they make oil from the corpsei
of soldiers?" ! do not believe tina
such factories exist. What does eXis
is the factory that makes oil from
dead animals. AS the name for thi
sort of factory is a long composit,
word that includes the word "cad
aver" people outside Of Germany un
Intentionally mistranslated Il. Henci
the legend. But in German "cadaver
means the body OF q dead animal
never the body OF q dead hImal
being.
Germans writhed when the legsnt
got back to them. Not realizing tina
the whole yarn rested on an innocen
enough failure to understand a Ger
man term, they charged It up L
malice. The German government
made much OF this, saying in effect
You see what vile enemies we have
They will stoop to anything whel
they accuse us OF such vile things a
Swift 4 Company'B sales Of beef in Wash
inEton for the week ending Saturday, Apr
L. 1919, averaged As follows: Domestic beef
1914 cents psr pound.-AdVt.