South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-10
GERMANY'S PLEA
FOR COLD FAILS
People Hold Cherished JeWeIry
With Great TenaCity-NO-
bIeS Give Up Jewels.

AL st T. RDAM. Netherlands.
March g. - CorreEpondenceJ - 10
has become increasingly difficult 90
separate the German people from
their remaining possessions in the
way OF gold and jewelry The fierce
enthusiasm OF the earlier times app
pareutIy has burnt itself out. &
reaction has come and loud an i'm
sistent are the calls upon the public
Tor more sacrifices 90 Doe offered up
on the altar Of the fatherlaud
The familiar big type appeals n
the newspaper-- do not speak tD
strangers about hard times beware
OF spies. have given place 20 the
admonitiOu.
Speak freely 90 strangers If they
wear gold. and tell them 20 take 70
without delay 90 the nearest pur-
chase office Say 90 them What
would your gold avail YOU if the
enemy invaded our country? re-
member that until recently certain
German communities were still bent
under the burden OF war tribute
dating back 10 the time Of Napo-
leon"
Inspired articles have once more
made their appearance in the Ge"-
man newspapers entreating the pop
uIation 10 give mp their last ana
most cherished keepsakes and heir
looms 40 sentimental considera -
tions must stand iu the way.
The Berlin Lokal Auzeiger pointed
ont that there was an imperative
reason for the peremptory tone in
which the official appeals We're
couched. In the first quarter of 1917
tho paper circulation was $4,000
600 marks higher than Boa the last
quarter OF 1915. Tn the second
quarter 10 was o.. 900 900 higher.
and in the third quarter 100000.
600 marks higher. and the gold
cover had shrunk 10 22.6 per cent Of
the face value OF the paper i'm circu-
lation Therefore. more gold cover
v-as an urgent and immediate neces-
slty
Fifteen Marks Maximum.
cities like Hamburg and Bremen.
few towns i'm East Prussia. the
Rhine provinces and SaNony were
fonorably singled out as having
Welded per head of the population
u marks in gold. which seems 90
lave been the maximum effort thus
Tar. but iu the rural districts IL has
been extremely difficult to make the
PEOPLE see the necessity of the mo-
rent An example OF how the peas
entry look AT % was the case re-
lated by the Lokal Auzeiger. of a
farmer who was known to have
some thousands or marks i'm sold
boarded. The village priest took
him steraly TO task.
You nave son at the front. MAJ
he return safe and sound But you
must be prepared to give him 40
90 the country And yet YOU refuse
80 give up these few miserable
iuarks?"
The old farmer replied dogsedly.
My son belongs 20 the emperor.
Ms money is mine"
Berlin has been holding back.
The capital 10 would seem. is the
Tlace whore the appeals are least
needed. and the Lokal Anzeiger
has denounced the war prodteers
and others who still walk about
with fat I'D chains and rings. not
10 mention their womenfolk. who
arc often laden with jewelry.
The story Is told of a much-orna.
mented woman who petulautly com
planned boo "a fashionable department
store about being unable 90 get Dan
ish cream. she was told that II
she got rid Of her supernuous jew
elry she would help 90 make credits
abroad whereby cream and othe~
good things could boz obtained
or course there were exceptions
An unnamed noblowoman of Frank
fort has sacrificed her two pearl
necklaces worth over million
marks. and one or two burgomas-
tiers have Given mp their gold chains
OF office To Is also announced that
Us per cent Of thc jewels delivered
mp 20 the Imperial bank of Ger
many have been contributed 10y Ger
man princely houses.