The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-01-02

out sugar. milk or lencnA eould ~
had.
The scarcity Of metals required for
munitions was evidenced early In the
war when the interiors and exteriors
Of houses throughout the country were
thoroughly ransacked and everything
In the way Of copper, brass or alu.
mlnum fixtures or cooking utensils that
wasn't absolutely necessary was
seized.
Horses were gradually disappearing
from sight when I lefs early this year.
One saw them lying about the streets
where they dropped from exhaustion.
and what disposition was made Of their
corpses cnn well be imagined. II II
quite certain that no part was wasted.
Dogs, too. nearly vanished from city
life. A man I know. who had kept .
fine Newfoundland dog. told me that 3
had disappeared one night and the
next day Its skin was found hanging
or the fence with a sign reading:
sDied for the fatherland."
One Of the principal articles Of fresh
meat to be seen In the butcher shops
consisted of black crows. They were
selling at 75 cents apiece. There was
something ludlcrous In the thought OF
the Germans being compelled to 'eat
crow" but there was little to laugh Mt
In eating Il oneself.
To obtain oil. prizes were offered to
the school children to collect fruit
seeds, from which It could be extract
ed. and vcritable mountains of the
seeds were thus obtained.
The Inst meal I had In Berlin, was
, on January q. 1913. when I dined at
the Hotel Adlon. II consisted Of one
sardlne. three thin sllcef@.A cold
smoked salmon. soup which a hard
, ly more taan hot salt water. two smNA
boiled potatoes and rs u substitute for
, cornstarch pudding. No butter anc NO
sauces Of any kind were served. Black
: bread I took In my pocket. The check
for this elaborate table d'hots meal
. amounted to $3.50.
!. To sum up the situation AZ wal
4 able to observe It. living conditions II
. Germany In January Of this year wert
rapidly becoming absolutely unbear
. able. How much worse they can be
come without bringing OF interna
\ troubles which will bring about tn
: collapse OF the German empire can b
|. only a matter Of conjecture.
The twentieth century has seen sucl
radical changes In world condition.
n views and aspirations, that ! am afrai'
Q history will prove but q poor guide :
tho future. In the past few csnturis
Germany has experienced several NOR
or less serious social revolutions. bat |
Il would be dangerous to predicate YER
much upon those abortivs uprlsipm
o As long ~ the officers remain eeooe
D. to the kaiser little may be- expeete
3 In the way Of Q guccessful revolutlqc
y no matter how discontentsd and reps
D. lious the people At large may grow. bu
d I believe that the ume win surely com
10 when the o6icers themselves viii tur
against their government
There may be two revolutions tn
civiliana combating Of women. Old ne
Y and youths and others who have ~
D. been called into the army, may rise ul
but their effort will be In vain. n
ie defeat of such an uprising, howeve
may be the signar for q greater n
ne which IA portion OF the army itself wi
d. take part, and then a civil war will r
or suit which will have no counterpart
o. the worlds history.
ey The basis for this belief lies In Il
u fact that the officers OF the Germs
IN army realize the extent of the distre
prevailing throughout the countr
IL Their families. as well as those OF Il
b. rank and file are suffering from unde
nourishment and privati0ns, and tn
IT. know, even better than their inferior
90 the extent Of the reverses which q
n German army has suffered and W
continue to suffer and how the COVER
. ment has misrepresented actual CO
ditions.
y. II. the German oficers. consisted 9
tirely Of men Of the old school-m'
who were willing to light for ashtins
GU sake and who would rather contin,
the wal until the last German h
dropped than give in-ws could =
'~ look for much in this direction.
49,. But the ravagss OF war have d
~ posed Of a large percentage of the
=. bred-.n-the-bone officers and thu
places have been taken by civilia
who have been raised from the ranl
Therein lies the hope Of q SUGGEST
,as revolution
Iwill not venture a guess as to VIII
,,r that will be. but ! feel sure that 1t W
certainly come about. Fortified by
Nv large portion of the army. the Germ
"a people will ut last turn on their rul'
and destroy the throne and the VIII
uld Hohenzollern regime.
81. In this connection. I recall
nn- prophecy made early In the war By
MD honored colleague of mine Of Dresd
an American dentist who had lived {
red practiced In Germany for forty ye'
and understood the German people q