The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-02-07

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ssaAua fixtures m eee&tax utsasals thss
wasar slAsotnsssil aecessAry Was
sxinea
I Hers~s w~V~ gradually ai&app~&r sas
tr~m ssEAt whea l lsfr early sais year.
Oas saw them tytng sAsst TIE streets
whsre tA%y arvggsxs trsm cxhanszsoM
aad What disposition wAs made os tAsss
cerpsss eHn well he asaAssat& X n
gate csseata that no part was wsstea@
nogs too. nearly vsalshed fFosn city
isf~. A nsan knew. whs had ksps 4
fAe Sesfcandlsna aag. tsad ana that II
had disappeared aae hssAt and tho
aext day fss ssfn wxs fesna hsastnx
ca the feaee WITH 4 sAga reading;
Died f< the fatheraAnd"
One % the principal Articles os fresh
aseat 10 b. se~n In The hatcher shssEss
consisted Of black eruws Taey wefs
s~ilins at rs ,was. .pse~~ Therv w2a
~aaa~shlax iadtcrcas In tAs Thought ef
the t,eswsaas being conpsliea 10 ~eat
crow hut there vas little to hash at
In eating n oueself.
| To obtain oil. rrtsss were ef-r~d "a
the schcal chilarea 10 eollsSt frasi
seyyls, fr~m which II could he extract
ed. aud sesstahle uaeaasains af tAs
seeds were thus obtained
The last iaeai had Ia nerttn was
an January Fl. iaiS ahen ! Giaed III
the Hotel Adsaa. II cunsEsted NJ nne
sanslue. three thin sliees Of cetd
smoked salmon. saUp which was hard
~ mere than bot salt water, TIVE ssaai
hsaa~ss sasss,a~. aaL M sghAtitHsr fnr
cernssarrh paddipg No butter and no
sauces sf any klnd were served. Black
bread took In my pocket The cheek
| for this elaborate table d'ho,s tasal
amounted to yaca,
To SUM up the stuasion rs ! wAa
able to observe II, living conditions In
Germany In January Of this year were
rapidly beccfnlng absolutely anlsar~
able How much worse they can h~-
come wfthoui bringing on infernsl
troubles Which ~ili bring about the
! collapse of the German empire can hs
aEts a matter " conjecture.
The twentieth CENTURY has seen sach
| radical rhxnx~s 10 verdi conditions
views and aspirations, that am afraid
history WITH prove hut poor guide to
the future, In the pas, few eentafies
Germany has experienced several more
or less serious social revolutions, aal II
would tc dangerous TO predicate very
much upon these ahcr'iye uprtslngs,
An long as the others remain s,anch
TO the kaiscr little may he expected
10 the Way 81 stsressfui revolution.
| no matter how iiseontentcd aud rebel-
lious the people at large may grow, but
believe that the time will surely coine
when the officers themselves win turn
against their government
There may BE- two revolutions The
civilians. consisting a women. old men
and youths and others who have not
been called into the army. may fise up
but their effort will be In vain. The
defeat Of such an uprising. however.
may be the signal for q greater one In
which a portion Of the army itself will
take part, and then civil war w'li re-
suit which will have no counterpart In
the worlds history.
The basis for this belief lies In ,hs
fact tina, the officers Of the German
army realize the extent Of the distress
prevailing throughout the COUNTRY.
/ Their families, as well a. those Of The
| rank -ssa Ala are aareting frwn, under.
nnurishment and rrivatlons, and they
know. even Der than their Interiors
the exten, of'the reverscs which tho
tserman army has suffered and will
continue ia suffer and h0w the govern
ment has tnisrDprcseu;ed actual con.
| ditians.
II the German officers consisted en-.
( tirysly ~ rHea of The ola scheoiefn~n
/ who were willing 10 aght fav nghiIag's
| sake and Who would rnthc. continue
| the war until the last German had
1 dropped than give in~~we could not
| iook f0r much Ia this direction
| Ru, the ravages of war have dis
posed cf large percentage IT these
/ arssi-sa the bone officers and their
| places have been taken hy civilians
5 4pr4.u b.,
| Therein lles the hope " successful
| revolution.
/ viii nod venture q guess ~ TO when
/ that will he, hu, feel sure that it viii
certainly come shout Fortified by 4
large p,Tiion 81 The army he Gsrnsn
| people viii at last turn on their rulers
ans destroy the throne and the whole
/ Noherlxoliern regime.
1 In this connection. rvrali
+ prophecy made early 10 the war by IN
hcnor~d colleague Of rhine Of Dresden.
an American dentist uho had lived and
!racticed In Germany for forty y~s-s
nod Understood the German people ard
their rzsles 90 we'll. perhaps, s any
man alive. He wss leader of his
profession and a man whose tadgmeat
en Nil things was most accurate He
Yves In Closal contact WITH many lcaalns
figures a he, tvrman aobslisy.
Germany ~til loss The war h@csgss
her cause Il wroag" hs declared "sha
utii fsxht IL through to the hitter end
vstil the foundations ef the vns,srs Afs
ABSOLUTELY destroyed
THE END.