Evening star., 1918-12-03
Spreads to, Seaport. Cities,ss =

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"The revolution spread to the sea-
! port cities of Altoha. Bremen, Ham :
burg and KieI. The sailors were dis
| contented ana restless, believing Ttha a t
I they were being held as the last card
| in the war-that the. navy was to
| sacrifice itself in a desperate attempt
to destroy the .American, French and
! granted leave of absence. but in re.
| Ger. months thev were prohibited
| froll entering Berlin or other large
cities
the navy were dismantled for the
purpose of constructing submarines.
! The crews of these were virtually
held prisoners in camps near the
coast They were rarely granted
leave and were not permitted to talk
to strangers. An order given out a
few hours earlier to prepare, the ships
for going out tos sea Immediately pre-
cipitated the sailors mutiny. While
the public was ignorant Of what the
plans were or whether the ships were
to sail out into action: the sailors.
final effort of war. was impending.
They left the ships and started for
Berlin.
when the revolution got to going
the sailors and soldiers removed their
uniforms and appeared on the streets
wearing civilian clothes. Officers
wearing the insignia of. their rank
disappeared I frequently saw Sol
diers stop officers. remove their
epaulets and other insignia and break
their swords on the. spot. 1t was
Systematically done and without vio-
lence. When an officer protested he
was quietly arrested and interned
Kaiser Rarely Seen in Public.
After the first year or two of the
war the kaiser was seldom seen in
public in Berlin. The last time he
came to Potsdam to organize the gov
ernment under Prince Maximilian of
Baden. He suddenly left again for the
front. After the beginning of the
war the high speed imperial automo-
bile was not seen dashing over the
motoring was prohibited. There were
a few taxicabs which charged the ex-
orbitant price of so marks (s12.50) for
the shortest ride.
bitterness against the kaiser has
increased since the first day OF the
revolution. The Vorwaerts heads an
article. describing. how 100000 marks
($50,000) worth of food had been
boarded in the royal palace, How
William II Got Through the War"
Americans Under Surveillance.
Numerous Americans remained in
Berlin after war was declared" said
Herr Wirtz. "All were "egis' e~ed a'sf
few were interned. The others who
einained reported 10 l..c ,to--- !. !
while some continued at work in the'
munitions factories and other lines OF
business as usual III.
wearing black as a. sign of mourn
ing was not prohibited. but the re-
quest was made that the custom:
should not be followed. The result
was that / rarely saw in the street a.
black band on his arm. Men Wouad-
ed or crippled as result of the war
were not seen in Berlin. The woundS
| ed were kept in big hospitals. and
when convalescent were sent to the
(; country and given special work. Gere
computed by the revolutionists as
+; 500 600 killed. 1900. .e09- wounded
100000 missing and 100000 prisoners.
making a total of more than 6,250.000.
prohibition Of public dancing was
! the chief restriction on amusements
the theaters was permitted Ibsen's
plays were given in the Lessing
Theater. The Imperial Opera was
open and Busch's circus was running.
food cards were required was crowd
ed According to a general report.
the kaiser was personally interested
in this restaurant. which possibly ac-
counts for it's liberties and the abuIl-:
dance of food that it provided.
Separate Food Cards Required.
'Tn other places separate food cards
were required for bread. meat pota-
toes, soup. bacon. butter. noodles,
eggs and sugar. the amount Of each
being limited.
while the official price Of butter
~=-:arae and one-hah marks (abouti