The sun., 1919-03-27

appearance. In places even the. show
windows are not respected.
Germany IL a sick nation; she needs
food for her stomach. peace for her
mind and work for her soul. How far
the conditions and the surface indica-
lions have been used cleverly as a
weapon OF defence against, the Allies
and how far they are really dangerous
is not easily determined.
There Is little doubt that the German
Government first winked Mt II It did not
actually fllrt with the Spartacans In
order to use them as threat against
the ALLIES, only to find that the radicals
were more dangerous than had been
supposed possible and they were sup
pressed withan iron hand by Gen. Noske,
the Minister OF Defence, by methods
that the Kaiser never had dared TO use.
Wealthy People Have Plenty.
Germany at heart is overwhelmingly
anti-Bolshevistic, but Germany is hun
CRY and In many places in state OF
semi-starvation. Food brings impos-
sible prices as q result of which the
wealthy live in. abundance while the
people suffer. This situation has been
used by agitators to spread the commu-
nistlc doctrine that all property must be
common.
Fear that the working classes in the
northern, eastern and southern sections
| Of Berlin might storm the fashionable
west end has been so strong in the last
two weeks that in certain parts OF that
district soldiers were quartered in every
| house.
These conditions, together with the
effects OF several years OF undernourish-
ment In the lower classes, coupled with
| the humiliation. shame. humbled pride.
| financial and industrial ruin and the
hopeless outlook for the future felt in
| all the better circles, are producing a
national state of mind that Is patho-
logical and Germany IL quite capable OF
Gmulating Hungary II the last glimmer
Of hope fades.
All initiative is paralyzed in this de.
| pressing atmosphere and the roots oil
| Bolshevism are striking alarmingly
deep. The upper classes and the bour-
| geoisie, or middle class, are timid, dazed
and spathetic, while the only aggressives
are a small minority Of the lower classes
Apathy shown in Berlin Figh ting
Tho apathetic spirit which permeates
the whole body polite was shown ir
the fighting in Berlin. which was largely
| between rival volunteer military organ.
izations rather than between the
populace and Government troops: nc
ono paid any particular attention to It
Many of the stories which have ap
peared in the newspapers abroad are
ridiculous. For example, the alleged
massacre of 100 police and soldiers al
Lichtenburg. upon which Noske's fsmou:
execution order was based, dwindled or
| investigation to two deaths
| leo RnA In arlf
almost anything they look for. Viewed
from the standards Of the Hotel Adlor
conditions in the uptown restaurants
and the fashionable houses in the wes
End are still bearable II one has sum
cient money In the big hotels lunch oil
dinner is provided for IS. including The
tip, which now Is added 60 the bill
oysters are 20 cents each, pears and
apples 81 each. eggs 80 cents each, but
ter 81. sugar 81. tea SIS, coffee, $40, and
chocolate $50 pound. Chickens are s;
q pound.
At such prices OF course the poor
never get taste OF such articles, bu,
the wealthy do not suffer.