Show POLYGAMY IS S URGED BY y GERMAN RULERS V By Victor Morgan Editor of the Cleveland Press Preas V Copyright 1918 by the Newspaper Enterprise Association E thin thing the kaiser dares ONE V not do he tie he dares not officially of ot- approve the Introduction introduction introduction intro intro- of polygamy into the empire J For or some some time the semiofficial newspapers of Germany carried d on ona ona ona a discreet propaganda doubtless at atthe atthe atthe the behest of ot the authorities to toV V test the temper of or the people on the subject No progress could be beI I made V So officially the government condemns polygamy officially It encourages it V As a result free love colonies have sprung ng up in many parts of ot ofa a Germany The Berliner presumably the tho mouthpiece of the kaiser recently commented on this fact The tone of or the comment was by no means condemnatory All these organizations says the tile desire to Improve the German birth rate While the exact number of the V German killed is not available would be he a conservative estimate Most of the killed were young oung men the fathers fathers' of the fu fu- fu ture tune The kaiser alser has always had an affection for numbers in tion Early marriages have been encouraged race suicide con con- Illegitimacy in Germany has hus always been treated V with greater liberality than other country countr save Rave Russia BABIES WANTED It was numbers that counted counted- men for the armies of ot the future and and the kaiser was on the side of ot those measures that made for in in- in Cl ease crease The rue c German Ermall Society tor for the Regeneration Regeneration Re Re- generation of ot tilE the Race Hace is the the- name of the leading org organization which believes that only onh plural wives can overcome the vast disparity be between between between be- be tween the tho number of men and tho the number of women in the tho empire after the war There are other organizations organizations or or- or- or of like known as the Ariana society tho the Eden Colonies and the New ew Order The rhe various societies advocating tho practice of ot polygamy advance so ro much of f scientific cant in th their ir I It ft is easy that reasons fons for existence th hand of at the t to trace in them the V V university savants In its peace time th the pets of the kaiser No man Isto is isto isto to have more wives than he can support The rights of the wives shall be equal Every marriage is for a lifetime And so on There is another group led by Professor ThielE medical director of the schools at Chemnitz which believes it i is il important that more V should hould be done lone for th the living JIving today V and less for those tho e yet unborn SAVE THE LIVING Famine dropsy typhoid hunger tuberculosis all all due to lack of proper prope food ha have ve seized upon thousands of children In Germany V arid and threaten to wreck their health permanently if It more is not done for their relief With true German thoroughness Dr Thiele has re reduced the situation situation situation situa situa- tion t to tb figures Health records for tor children have been kept throughout the p period of ot the war Almost without exception the children children chil chill dren either have ha lost weight or pr have failed to make nic-ike the gains that should accompany increases In years This loss of weight said i l Dr Thielo In a medical report supposed supposed sup sup- posed d to to- circulate among doctors only is due of course to the fact that foods to which the children have been accustomed R have disappeared cbs dis appeared from their meals mals six Fifty-six per pel cent o of ot the tha children chil c hU- hU dren ciren were below normal Judged by bythe the standard prevailing before the war Ten per cent were pronouncedly pro pro- anemic There was an increase of 4 per cent amon among the tubercular In let common With other observers Dr Thiele points out that the chief sufferers are the children of men of fixed pay schoolmasters pay schoolmasters university Instructors government clerks etc These men have hae had no increase in pay to meet advancing ing lag prices and 4 consequently their standard of living now is lower than that of ot tho the skilled mechanic who being very much in demand has had many increases SUICIDES INCREASE Suicides have increased in in i V ber her by 16 per er cent In Germany since the war began hegan This fact i is Continued on ou page e 3 POLYGAMY IS URGED Continued from page 1 1 giving the German government some concern Three out of every four suicides are women according to the latest figures In most cases the suicides suicides sui sul- have been women left entirely entire entire- I ly alone in the world through the loss of father Cather sons or brothers The kingdom of Saxony has al alI always always al- al ways led the world in the number I of suicides and the largest in increases increases increases in- in creases are now reported from that section Germany German as a whole has been third among nations nations nations na na- na- na in the number of suicides This proneness of despondency in Saxony and other German states has been counted on by the allies as likely ely to be a factor in determining the outcome of the war Once there is fighting on German German German Ger Ger- man territory and the utter titter hopelessness hopelessness hopelessness hope hope- of ot the situation Is borne in upon the German people this tendency is expected to start a crack in the morale that will ex extend extend extend ex- ex tend the full length of the empire I Newspapers of the larger cities I are filled with advertisements of women offering marriage Note this advertisement from the Berlin Berlin Berlin Ber Ber- lin Christmas Wish Two young ladies of society charming appearance appearance ap ap- I blond brunette amiable highly accomplished wish to malse acquaintance of distinguished professor professor professor pro pro- fessor or merchant with a view to marriage I No doubt ach each lady desires a husband to herself though the tle fact is not made marie clear in the advertise advertise- ment The war has opened up many avenues of or employment heretofore closed to women In Germany One Berlin paper devotes half a page to advertisements for women clerks stenograPhers stenographers bookkeepers cashiers cashIers cashiers cash cash- etc There are also many advertisements advertisements ad advertisements ad- ad of women doctors and women lawyers More Moro tomorrow I |