The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-17
" WINTER Of FATE"
AWAITED N DREAD
BY GERMAN PEOPLE
by KARL ~, WIEGAND,

Berlin, Nov. 16 tAfternoon) Ger
many is confronted with an appalling
winter. 1t will he the winter o.
rate for the present government and
Tor thousands upon thousands of men.
women and children who, weakened
IN soul and body by years of priva-
tlon, Will not survive the combina-
tion or hunger and cold
Present indications are the cold and
the FOOD shortage viii be worse than
they have been in any winter even
during the war. The shortage of DO
tatoes lis so acute ii threatens TO be-
come cataStrophal. Eleven days Of
suspension of passenger traffic all
over the nation have improved the
situation hut little. Only slight i'm
proyement is recorded in the dlstribu-
ton Of coal.
ihe lmproveme nj that had been ex
pected from the tie -up Of railroad ser
vice has been counter-balanced nv
the heaviest early snowfall in wears
greatly retardng the movement ~
coat ana food. For this reason the
,asss"ser oiockade was but partly
ecu tonay ABOUT twenty per cent
OF the total traffic resuming.
The suspension. In fact, hrs tena.,
rather to add to the disorrartyatior
ana democrat ization in many branches
0f the national life.
another slump in the exchange nj,
the German mark in Holland and Der
mark yesterday made new low
record and added TO the general rlaor,
snd ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
me supply Of potatoes. which fAcd
.he ouik OF the poorer classes ",
pe exhausted toward the end OF 1anu
~ according to present prospects,
nousands or homes in the cites VIII
VIII be without heat. and there ia a.,
eVer-Erowing bitterness against those
VINO can afford to buy food and fuel
!. i Is feared thatx this, .feeliag ,ra,,,4t
sooner or later react against the ,n1,.
e'nment and the weelthier classes
NOT IL THIS situation confined IN
Germany A dspatch from Teschen
npheihla, describes a parade Of CHI
~ 'here. with placards reading
we are hungry" the unfortunate
parents joining their ofrspring
Drifting Towards Bankruptcy.
"h'''af reports are coming in from
VARIOUS 0ther parts of central En-
.op"' ne pitiahle conditions pre-
''i"E III VIENNA and all Austria
we're recently told ~ Chancellor Rev
ner,s telegram to me which / oabla,
10 Universal Service.
Meanwhile Germany is dr,ft,rr
practically rudderless toward po1i-
tcai ana financial hankrun,cv
urlsen hrst by one political wind
'heh by another. There is no diz,
cernihie course Of policy.
IN inc midst Of this on,inous situa
.ioh' herhn Is apparently oblivious
10 everything that is really Win,
ana should make for unity of mr..
pose 10 face the threatened crisis
instead. Germary's public mind ia
pelhg kept focused on the new or
.on"k, " party feuds and political
from talks have had with mem.
oers or the cabinet il liz evident ~
government is RELYING chioa,, 'l'e
',eip from abroad especiaIIv
anherica' TO save Germany. without
showing. however, sufficient reaI;yar
Wv" u'at the government itself must
sho" capacity TO lead the Gsrman
people INTO stable political thouph,
anu constructive industrial activi,y
ana must itself show manara,,a,
apiiity in conducting the affai,s 80
STATE mat would make for tho nn.as.
sarV confidence abroad to instr,
needs. ~"'s shc
The government. it deve,onea ,o
- "aHA wat III would he. strv>
OF weakness to suspend tho boari,
OF the parliamentary inouirv ins.'
me war and peace possibilities TO-
fortnight. so 1t decided TO-DAY -
accept the challenge presented ~ :"
me nationalists through nx-,ic.
Chancellor Helferrich's refusa1 80
answer certain Questions. Heartrns
wiil, therefore be resumed tornnr.
row 'oH'oT-
Helfferich will be called arai, ~
Hindenburg and Ludendorfr will
testify again probably Tuesday
Conferences werc held in ho,,
camps today, Minister of Dcfann.
Noske has taken steps TO sunnress
any nationallstic demonstrnfiona
Parents were wsrnod today moi r.
let thor children participate ~
street demonstrations, attention he.
ing directed 70 the possible grave
danger involved therein.
Thres maAs meetings were ca,t.d
by the government today In its
mouthpiecc. Vorwaerts, for the mr.
pose OF awakening the police" and
callin~ attention To the reaction
rearing IT. head again" A many
AZ thirty mass meetings called for
protesting against Frances holding
back German prisoners were up to
noon practically smOthersd