Show SOCIALIST WOMEN Of 01 GERMANY WANT I S RAISE l' l According to the tho socialist newspaper newspaper news news- S paper a petition has been beer addressed to the German Reichstag by Fr Frau rau u Louise in tho the name nam of ot f the socialist women of the country countr country coun coun- tr try asking for an an Increase in th the tho thoI government war allowances Numerous soldiers' soldiers families th the I document reads in less fortunate fortunat circumstances have been reduced t ta to toa a 1 pitiable plight Tho The state allowances allowances allow allow- ances are miserably small 1 12 marks marIo I about 5 3 a month for women an ani and i 6 marks marks' about for children Thousands of communities do not supplement this meagre grant with a local allowance and in tho the fe few cases where this is done the assistance assistance assist assist- ance anco rendered is of little account Only in some very rare Instances th the communal authorities contribute an at amount equal to or greater than the national government allowance Bitter Bitter Bit Bit- Bit Bit- ter complaints arc aro continually being raised by wives of soldiers whose situation has become precarious es especially especially es- es in communities where no local help is afforded Further on the petitioner explains that the Increased prices of ot provisions make it impossible for the common people to procure sufficient nourishment nourishment nourishment nourish nourish- ment for themselves Untimely administration administration administration ad- ad ministration measures have also lately aggravated the tho already critical situation In Saxony Saxon and several parts of or Prussia wives of soldiers have be been n their scant allowances taken awa away from them If it they had obtained employment of ot some Bome kind no matter whether the latter gained them o. o living li or not The petition concludes with this appeal This general misery among amons the families of ot the soldiers has lias Drought with it a want of ot necessary commodities corn com mod which has been decidedly com I to their health and has filled l their minds with bitterness Surely the soldiers at the fr front nt will ill feel depressed too when they learn team that their dear ones are suffering while they arc are themselves sacrificing their lives lIns for tor the Fatherland Therefore the socialist women pray the Reichstag to make arrangements arrange arrange ments for tor an increase in the war families and allowances ances to soldiers soldiers' to oblige tho the local communities to grant supplementary amounts which may be later reimbursed by the national national national na na- na- na government in cases where the local finances are not In a condition to sustain a burden of ot this kind We Vvo socialist women hope confidently that the Reichstag will head our appeal In the interest of these poor ones who will be subjected to severe hardships while the war lasts It Is likely adds that the Reichstag will take early and favorable favorable favorable favor favor- able action In the matter |