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Show TTvWrg kJLlT 1D IHCISr Second News Section AUTOMOBILES E REAL ESTATE rTeTO) A IT i ii Second News Section MINES, MARKETS. CLASSIFIED ADS EU JLJtJLJ SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 191G NEW TAXATION SYSTEM WHERE BRITISH ARE BESIEGED BY THE TURKISH ARMY PROSPECT OF GERMANY Most Industrial Men Believe Wages Will Not Advance After War; Big Indemnity Expected Brill i I Two 'Meatless' Days a Week Is Latest Food Economy Order Promulgated. Will salaries of the working imputation ill retrenchment in perthem? to vvorkers pay enable the po How Probabj, cover them? to sufficient be sonal eUnaiturc, alone the conflict before vrar vyim inoe paiu compare will alarifi niter tho dead now all but are that t inlstn,sanil starte.lt Will the lrfore-money t men, now soldiers. revive immediately so a- - to rv employment who must pay the taxes? rore of tbouf.nn.1j. of prUryhol"ler. by n n. These are f fn a posllion to know the irob-abl- e ma.M nu'" rLtel oion an least a hypothetical rrohlftn tht ts helng moss e ---- ulT.e n t - far ,he majority Kut-cl-Araar- a, between minority fxtllev that increased re worker emolument for with a consequent re- & neef ?lty. f rarlt.il avRiumr dtiction i.'r r.V.L nhc are not ...... , ure. iui w., h , u , W til Eei that for the just jetensrthen tUelrls;arV thtnK trem r"rre?nfntlnt . ,....! however. r,.w in touch in" Knf verv cf workers. bene fit lekt from their c on. who Etty Th - t f - every I'rattVd to workmen Kttlnz w aires ?Mher thin to workers receiving ala- owner prlnclP! rtSwn4 Hermann. . T i general ' m ' ' f its kind In C.erroany fetui""! of my the rr'"Vi'; Ve lrnlll I fir h ; makes certain xii.tlnif tTMjoriir. a r. Kleh enough to corer ...- -i a T unless th com th -ii- r- time refuse to renew commercial fir thW- - sar,. ;i he ria .Ptt to 1 general. tt mereiv rni i fn in ii i tit .tit. We . the ..... ... .inT!To"-our own co unu durirt up jise.l ' thinKwar. .n order aii p-- is i". froni o'ltsM to the full i everyinin K-e- sn Iorelsn 'atlona. . . ti.n.n.?. the ..... that depet, Is. ..wri.in jfterupon the foreign r 20,-0- france. Italy nn.l rt l'sta t u. to Hre wtltlnar coo-trv ' -i nr l injure hv usjnic toivinar our tnere r.alve. ttjen ,,,, W .....I .ir. do ;uU"" IilS II... U own. of the nature I, In to spit one n off one no r,oi Vurtine think that any f.-e.- ' ar. t I h countries In ueatton will do it 21.-000.0- 00 - ....... r- n. I I j i .ciallr ned our ,' ""1 r. .r.o manufac-- l " we. nor as t.iern ss tre Is Infinitely. we.t. tn?,rIn Germanr are tin-- ( V receentedl tne ex- belter tf meet tn trrdirc come to atter oinr rn-e"f a few mllt'on the riif. wo'krnen won't drive them soblies we nee.j in.-- i down etrber. " tr.ev r arm will etav tprer fbey of rare aftr It war expenses until . I ( .'-I- ! ma i : " ,,','"",nJ.lltr . 1 f "L-'er- - v.v ir-i- i. i- !!:t a OUT afford to boycott VTo'f. ore of Ger- -J'l.lil. t'rf rf. rrfnon IstS. he- known K..f ', m.. nn ,.rtimlstt- - -- tarvlro!nt tk At fiermanv evert to. v eaus' b r lr. n of nlmot twenty- with !v ertlr tt btllton of and allrtuthe the t, states, deb's of errrlre even r.ow T h Is reallv only Ju- hei"'t ars. ! biiareed by, ,r.oro.: possessions tH .tatts. dpiI domains and mines1 rstlrotrntrntfores. ftn powers. roUectively The s . rr.uch are he individuate,... tb.ev wtl.i ftrr tii. war mieh fetter nr.d V, broken, a commercial field In i'l rr ro which to recuperate with little .emlcs. e; her present from ....HinnTas I'rsbloii i;ret. f tho fftttir Is "T'te tax problem a verv creat problem." tinfietlnnsb!r Is the he say "but Germany'ss.i position starts In to beou hest t any financial with a Adtt sum on tr.e cre-'.t- affatrs side of thel.iitte of ber rallronds. do- rofnijftnK rallmines. The Trusslan more than ... ft'nn today ..,',.(. . . . . are wort? . viron,iu the f ortiuint'i ueis i . with Hntrtan!. and Its Contrast and Immense war in- -. liuee state debt I with an only Its Swx cadebtedness, - i interests as a credit. Compare us with Italy, the mostIn overtaxed nacontemplatlnsr tion In the world. wltl be. remember that what our taxes even may he CnKland's taxe tday in comparitaxes" scraper Titled sky son with which Jrs are like the prov- raven. the war while after ""ourwhite t.xc now. not be htber will tban Miti.er Taxes are before. were than Italv's and n one likes to tiot happy thincs not Kotntf to pay them, but they are have to raise I.e so high that we wi.l We shall probnbty wasc-- s and salaries. and other monopolies Introduce ft few and we are tcoin.; to taxes Indirect field sucu as we have a commercial before. never have had hlKher wares, we shall In place aof extent than ever creater to practice are r tJermans which savt-for the you know, jttts In tlse roted Kconomy. almost r.o man's blood. It makes comes, out. how Germany .'Ifference for France. standpoint, from a military be Fnwtanl are going: to Italy and and broken that they won t weakene.l f. aMe to compete with- lis. We are looking toward the futur- confJiently." Take .Vliddle Groaad. TSie mid He ground, so to speak. Isrt economics Ir. chmldt. taken by Insurance company, of th Victoria concerns of Its kind one of th in Germany. Dr. Schmidt not only has company to deal tntimately with the thousands of employees, but with tt tries' '" :i.e t :Y ra?v B- -- -t d-- -- hf. j i -- , ny v br t V -- ttr ex-pe- lrel I after-the-w- ar one-fift- v trt1'. J j l. 4 the o one-fift- Mi-t- . .inion ntirely I wase-earnln- ij '' ...... DESERTED CITY UNPROTECTED : In neceao-etra tn b Ji.ItlonTf that tnMftr.ce the ftnuwem t lt atlr BELGRADE SEEMS SWISS FRONTIER i ? of l FRANCE ACTPE ' ''""r"" e - -- P--- ." hf-au- l'.x-pandl- RED CROSS OF . ""Vi"... e. I - on employrrs. - 1 -- n-- wk sr re-turnt- s ; ihYbuM.n of h!;h,r SlmPV: t ! I eVe.ry. whleh the v Pretty Well. rntnf y. self-scrlfiin- thev are liisii futur. thl r.o lwrfM. U fVr.-.iltA fornMr.r.n ... nmmrMiri. the Otherwise Residents of Austrian Capital Seem to Fare . - ... iiermany . m her economic - ! PREVAIL - icvonu , - Tr;! ,,......- u r"-e5ar- -- - TICKETS 1 Nw VVnVn tie "- - of (inlfon on the n:. l has .ir. j iii.it It .r'.a not if or min.Jn count1es throunh the may he ail employer that I l.Mt fei. t.tnt the emt. lover tm inl nvunllv altruifli- aii'I that t!:erefre raijes must be forcr.l hy tho" who r.c- I them. This In spilt fari that the Herman rfnrlthe man of rnenn in reneral haemployer shown hlmsetr throiisio'it the war to of those n.l rn h'm.thoughtful eneretlcall;.' Ir. Schmiilt .llspute lead'-rthc ci&tr.s of lahr tint ttio f the I war nr jrr.s f t in to (letTf.i wasrs, an. upholds the contention of t?- -r lrnmann an.l others thnt irr?;a:iy nf'.:.H nnd will for some time to coin all the worker she can ret. wre v to resuyply hert self. Ir. S.'hnil'it r a.'..'.t v1 that Uu sti Co of n mnn ln oro. Iff with h!i expenditure thanh!has his own -What r.;iie in and how Individuality. you come out tear little relation to View of on tfce lirris river in Mesopotamia, vrhcre a.smll British force under the command of Major General Townshend has been each other." Is the way he- puts it. on thlj idea. "he declar that besieged by the Tnrks for more than two months. Late dispatches from Constantinople indicate that the relief expedition under General Aylmer, vho In swlarles. rom or ia attempting to relievo General Townshend's force, has met with severe reverses. whether Increase not. tiermany will be aide to meet anynew taxation t.v means of retrenchsavments. slmpl,ger rone and may at any time get into in k by nature. e anticipates ioti new the neighborhood of a German shell. assesstaxew nn.l Indirect imperial The trenches are hidden away in a ments. Th former he prefrr.t because 00 yards away, and one might wood they cost Jes to collect, but lie believe-on think that the place was quite without both will be necessary, and hopes left to defense, but nothing hasarebeen th whole for an Increase In pay to read.w for chance, and the. French meet if. em. saany eventuality. The Swiss sentry apas lutes the traveler politely I're.Ileti ,Snlary ncreea. proaches the boundary, and a Swiss The rcr.rcsentat Ive of the out out from the neighborsergeant comes t find out r. that Germany Is to to examine the papers. house ing gaurd see In Renerul and a!! around rise across the a After conversation little salaries Is the directorv. of one of Ger- lArmy of Volunteer Women Merely a Barbed Wire Fence Is fence that divides Switzerland from Oui of 100,000 Inhabitants many s largest hanks, ho look at tho to the the France, sergeant proceeds matter frf.ru tUe standpoint of the sal All That Separates It formality which he calls "opening the Nurses Wounded; Has OpOriginally Less Than 20,000 aried employee rather than that of tho frontier." Half the barrier across the Is moved aside and road wcrklngimn. by Have Remained. From France. erated 796 Hospitals. He is confident that the heavy taxaa large wooden table. replaced From the tion following tho war will necessitate a number of French side there appear a Keneral advance In both salaries and with large baskets; peasant women waires. and- that this In turn will cause are examined the "man their a siowins- up In the creation of new GIVE TIME WITHOUT are al- BIG SHELLS WORK HAVOC Headquarters French Armies on West of thepapers extreme right'' and by PAY they ...... for lnv.itm.ril hnw. Th. war Feb. 19. What will the advenlowed to pass up to the counter. Then " " Front. ne nas reveaie., oermany s and selling begins across the turous person who attempts to walk buying e:onomtc eys. counter. The Swiss governIlKht. strenwth in a nwmeasurefrontier find French front trenches the a new scale of which makes along ment allows the peasants in the French One-fourof City All But Dements necessary, anj that which earlier Many Pay for Privilege of when he reaches the Swiss frontier, the frontier villages to buy provisions and seemed an Impossible extreme point of the French right the like from the Swiss shopkeepers, task now seems much easier. who bring their wares to the frontier, wing? stroyed as Result of ReDoing Work They Scorned The burden of the new taxation, he He will find a barbed wire fence no provided that certain articles do not more formidable than those which in- go out of the country. declares, will not be as (treat as super-to in Time of Peace. ficial. appears, for there Is likely peated Bombardments. close many English meadows. After be a good indemnity romlng to Gerthe vast and complicated fields of barbed wire which protect the trenches, this many. The empires war outlay, he fence, fieems absurdly inadequate and SERBIAN OFFICER WHO estimatesi at n probable SO. '.'09, 001.000 Belgrade, Feb. 19. Were it not for Tarls, Feb. 19. There are now 66.449 artificial to be marks J 2.Sr,'.0',a.oaj j. the counterpart of the the lines The new measure for ralln and re- women In the French lied (!ro?s volun- North bca, which terminates the soldierj', Belgrade would make the sum with Its Interest teer army, equipping 1500 hospitals at the extreme other end. paying this impression of a deserted city. An AssoThere are a few pieces of red and chances he believes win take a variety llX.OOo beds. The of an with Press correspondent, the first ciated assrepate e arti-elIS DEAD American white canvas tied to the wire to show of forms, such as monopolies on lied Cross f laic now flics over 228 that CAOSEDJAR nt this the neutral like totH'-cand rlcarcts. Many permitted to visit the city territory In point alone. I'aris a of of the economic measures adopted ciur-l- n buildinjr and Svltr.erland was surprised to learn Its single after Wounded to begins, Aid for capture,. The .Society stands with bayonet the war. such as the bread cards, lied Swiss sentry three of the the h Soldiers, or of the that largest quite Innearly behind a movable barrier garhe prdct.s will be retained In the Cross organizations and the originator fixed are here. inhabitants still Belgrade od nish is set barbed terest of necessary economy. wire with that 1S64. of the work In France In spent had nearly 100,000 inhabitants before The existing restriction upon the 32.0O0.00O the country road. This placid, Major Tankossich, Who Instifrancs during the first (se- across the war, and there are now some Inseems scene an warlike tax Impossibly empire" venteen months of tho war. The society tame reserving left. As a result, the better secDies com600 of come and generalpractice to conclusion miles Assassination, for taxes the gated 736 hospitals, consisting property has of the city are really deserted tions operated fortifications. and be will states he thinks earthworks plicated swept ofav.ay and plven a total of in the full meaning of the word, and One to of Swiss drives frontier the and replaced h- - Imperial taxes this 67. Olj beds, Battle Wounds. care to wounded soldiers. the observer wander days may through the de the the "Tronee sort. Helfcrt," through the society these hospitals. ."'0.1 streets main for hours without seeing He estimates that It win t a k - Ger- Besides and between the the at brcd tsap Vosges he!s maintains a hospital of of civilians. atscore seven years to re- Salonlkl. many some six or war. 53 refuses established In the Fwlss Jura, which offers eo inviting a In with many cities in rciiner-utl'.n glon." passage into France to the Invader Budapest, Feb. 19. It has been defi- East comparison cuperate from thewill be The and twentieth military Prussia, Poland and Belgium. much more sixth In railroad from the east. One passes it full speed nitely determined 70 infirmaries however, Tanin France. did not that Major suffer greatly from Belgrade from German the srartliniciy along roads screens protected two bombardments which rapid even than was and 45 railroad canteens. it underthe Serbian officer charged the of brushwood. The kossich, eyes by tall of France after the stations "f recuperation rapid of maintenance hospitals The cost went. Little damage was done In the with asthe real of the being are roads war o IsTO-TGermans Instigator the to and Is It difficult so winding much that varies of the Austrian Archduke main business section. Here and there many lcokont posts, consequently sassination establish average cost per capita per have Francis damaged a ouilding more or on June 28, 1914, is a shell Ferdinand lletrenet mrnl ! screens the on 'atcborL are sometimes the circulated be left, out as near as can less none was totally and dead of wounds in received on the Serbian somesometimes the Retrenchment Is the watchword of tiiem. and down cost right, a few houses bear the destroyed exthis society has 3 brought aits of marks Twice on have to campaign. one there times both and tne fcreat majority of laymen of those to previously sides, begins a IMUe over francs, day. shells. Considerable rumors ploding shrapnel been of his In case death. feel this w ho are pux.Unrf In advance over the are the that Germans le everywhere. France, was done to Union den Fcmmes 15y a Fentry box there stands a man the Austrian authorities have made damage taxation problem. They theThosecond In Importance of the lied whom the bank of thefactory Save. buildings along sure of his When fate. he heard man of the French call "the the for business they conditions. now nurses, hope Cross societies, has looming The chief is confined to destruction 29.00U extreme right." the sentry who guards had fallen near Prestenlk they began that of hospitals. with the south of the 3i part an city two the aided furthest the of French Investigation, able turns, but they believe that In equipping by des lar"f'' point priests right Asoclatton while the fortress. This beds, section, of the Greek church He Is comprising and 350 tnanv In a customs Serbians a wing. economy rather than by Increases of Francalso has 16,000 nurses. h h to of the enhouse office. So douanler, as he stands who had known the major. They found from even while hospitals, with 22.U0 beds. wrkcs that hit employers long is all tire A destroved. city, he utterly on enhad been In that some wounded there with fixed bayonet he is k'1:h theyt hit Germany employees Is to fierce street battle raged here for two in perfectduty Many (ilve I. Ives. as soon as he is gagement nearby and had been brought days, but to enabled pay Its debt. safety, speedllv Hunfollowing the landing of the amoncr the lied Cross relieved and goes away to rest in the to Prestenik. where he died. He was The general lay view is voiced by The The he enters the dan burled there, and to make sure of the garians below the citadel. heavy nurses mortality has been remarkably Count Kospoth. iw member of the house neighboring village, at first dropped artillery the Austrians had the body ex- a of lord, of thf Prussian dlt. who de- considering the character of their work matter, 30.5 of centimeter greatIntonumber humed and positively identified by Ser- shells a doubling of clares tbftt r even and the Immunity International they are supposed to this section to make it imto Aid bians. for regulaWounded the under the taxes will a r e only an amountpresent Society equal enjoy for the defenders to hold their members of the Soldiers have given their lives to the to a drop of water In the ocean, and tions. Twenty-tw- o Major Tankossich whose name has possible ground. Ona the second day a report cause, some of them killed under shell heretofore appeared in various spell- came that th" bulk of the debts must be Serbian division that about from carried off by contagious ings, such as Tankositsch and Tankosic Obrenovac, fire, othersThe bv strict economy. liquidated twenty-si- x miles n nurses of this socletv was mentioned in the diseases. Count Kospoth's doctrine is hailed at the present time toor estimate what west of Belgrade, was marching to the to attempt to have received 63 epidemic medals, 60 note to Serbia on July 23, 1914, and support as sound, but not a few taxes are prolog to bo by the troopsn in the city the Indem- war crosses and one cross of the legion in that ultimatum wns accused of Thereuponof the smiled at Its declarations, for he work out the problem until he haveeveryor.f batof honor. The first lUd Cross victim being the organlter of the plot to as- teries laid Is a man of .omparatlve wealth. His nity matter Is definitely settled. fire further back to the of the war was Mademoiselle Susanne sassinate Francis Ferdinand, which had curtain off their recommendations that Germans be conIt cautions, to be sure, against the approaching reinforceInthe atGllles. who fell nt Lainevllle with her been successfully carried out at Sara- ments. any hope that and tent to ride in street cars Instead of building up of be torn chest a of a the will to shell do with four hunters demnities by month before. Austria demanded very great, taxlcabs. and fragments The destruction thus wrought was that burst inside the his arrest, but aside from wsrd. jevo to tho tacks certain unnamed newspapers instead of eiht. hospital this appeals hardly mention most In the whole section s. was themselves where amused she wounded. The of him little has appeared about him, under thorough. whl. h of late have attending poorer class-fire there is hardly a single and was next Mademoiselle Cagnard at although if the accusation against him building which was He predicts openly that confiscation by working out mathematical on hit fairly at all Cambrai, who is declared to have been was true, he might be regarded as the least once and most not will be necessary, financial problems by counting of prUate the very few shot point blank bv a I'russian soldier man who really began the European thus undamaged were ofcrushed but he dislikes the sound of the word sorts of hug" Indemnities, bvIn Indulg"weird firing Into the hospital through the war. It Is known that he was for a terrible air wave by the confiscation and finally compromises ing, as the Tageblatt says. the resulting from One window. During the bombardment of time lately In command of a battery of shell from the by immlnx It the "lessening of individ- games with figures." The Tageblatt is content merely to rihelms seven women of the Red Cross Serbian ual fortune." Many attain agree to reone and of of these great projectiles penetrated bombardment. ports Is artillery, undoubtedly became victims of the this) arKument. but they also smile estimate that the taxes that he fell as the lastthe of his four floors and the roof of a buildthat Including Madame Fontalne-Faudleonce more when they contemplate tha will be "heavy, very heavy." and 200 men at Kragujevatz. band of ing before exploding. At some points in all probability will co-be Mademoiselle Causae and five sisters of confiscation of the "fc rtuncs" of, the monopolies neces-ar- '. It expresses absolute charity. women averaKe workman. of the Red Cros3 give Many "Go back to the simple life of our nfident frv the ability of Ir. Helfferich. to attention to men nt tho front who have treasury, forefathers." b urires. and cites the secretary of state for the best method no one to remember them at home. One of Frederick William III In determine wisely what the parsimony Madame Rlchelot. tho wife of j a few cer.ts" worth of fruit and of taxation shall be and how much will member. eatln L O. Rlchelot, is the to so without Its coat Ir. impairing his shabblness be necessary, tht t'jrntns 900 Boldiers, which constitutes a record would not show. He predicts confident, economic life of the people. j to date. German nation, which has ly that the and nisr Indemnity Kiperted. state of the of mind so Ktven Its Regarding unfalteringly bravely are chosen," the wounded soldiers now In the hospitals j "If passable roads "the sons in Its cause, will even more U. German em- after sixteen months of war, Madame concludes, kIv Its money to settle the na- Tageblatt the necessary Perouse, president of the Union des to raise able be will tional debt. pire the now popular Femmes de France, says: "They suptaxes without, to use estimate or Debt. to starve itself In port having their expression, and are HAGUE, Netherlands, Feb. 19. Europe needs this vear 2,500 000 ton? admirably The extent of the probable dent of the effort. Our people will ofnot be much moresufferings to return to the THE anxious sugar from ofoverseas, according to'an address delivered before the war la needed at present a lacking In the spirit were the wounded In the Germany after the front than Indian The Hague by Dr. H. C. Prinson Geerlings. The speaksociety do without to and willingness favorite topic of discussion In the time. er at in last this detail the effect of the war on year hospitals They explained In the difsugarhad to Is position of the press newspapers of the empire. toThe Frank- thlnHS. The duty and service with an entalk about active ferent European countries, pointing out that the France been the chief serins take mid- awaken this spirit members keep It awake. furterr Nachrichten is thusiasm that since almost the whole of the sugar producing parts of that contagious." sufferer, ot the dle round rnwith its estimate that the In varying ways, country are in the hands ofto the Germans; the consequence of which was I'ny for Privilege. affiliatotal debt rely from the war will reichstag. regardless of party be made from the United States and Cuba, that large shipments had Monsieur Justin Godart. under secbe somewhere between 40.000,000.000 tions, indicate expectation that the tax and Austria the production in the past year had been In both wage prob- retary for war in charge of the sanand j'M ..,. ,f j marks, with conse- problem, nnd therefore the In peace times, Germany exported normal. Germany about 1,000,000' tons of on size of the the has to Interest lust army, Is of department depend itary lem. charges quent annually going which she now uses up all her surplus production at home, largelyannually but reas food women 2 of the Red may the marks. 2.i'io. society to Tisat. replaced Germany tiie 'j07.') for cattle and as raw material for the extraction of yeast and spirits state taxes, will increase the plus ceiveIndemnity Kach man Interviewed gave ex- Cross serving as nurses In some of the the Moreover, the Belgian yield had been seized for the use of the German that military hospitals by paid Independent annual Interest to be raised pression to the confident belief from armies, and for the civilian population of. the occupied parts of northern nurses nurses. choice The of J.OOu.ftio or outside receive marks. will something the empire byIn3.0t).0uj France. Red "when deCross final the the three the times has to peace organizations Its present opponents empire a On the whole, during the past year, sugar prices in the producing , are cast up. comment, but velopedwas considerable raise something likeare accounts year 2.l0i,'i0 of Europe have not advanced materially, except in the cases of countries In no on center this of reflection there the the l.TOO.ooo of which, for the army One representative of Great Britain, whose government, immediately after Gerand France radCross Red of accounted devotion nurses; neither not personally and navv and 200,000 for Interest on many had prohibited tho exportation of sugar, had bought 1,200,000 tons of the prob- does It Jjrlng their efficiency into debts. This sum, added to the Interest party ical placed his estimate of the commodity at high prices. on the war loan", past and prospective, able1 Indemnity on an even basis with question. Paid trained nurses are more As regards 1916. the sugar production in France, the speaker said, which raises Germany's future tax budcet to the indebtedness Incurred discipline by Germany adaptable to military It is estimated at only 130,000 tons, or less than of the normal in must all over to war establish$6,000,000,000 about (R.ooo. mm,ooo marks (or the prevail military during even with the use of the Belgian crop, Germany, ments. consumption. a year. date- and would not grant that a state sufficient to cover her people's needs; cannot Most of the women who devote themproduce more than barely The Nachrichten predicts that this of affairs could arise which would so for cattle fodder containing sugar. Grmanyhence the persistent Inquiries can, sum will be raised wherever It can be impoverish every nation involved that selves to hospital work are from the draw also upon Austria, whose production is estimated at 1,000,-00- 0 however, raised. It predicts taxes on war prof-It- s r.o one could pay such a staggering easy classes;arethey are necessarily so is available for export, except, perhaps, to Gertons, of which nothing' to give not since they and on every form of Increase of time required to delude our- only rhelr many. Russia will have a poor crop and will, therefore, have also nothand sometimes their fortunes. direct and Indirect. The is foolish to try he "It for exportation. also their money to the cause. said. "that lives, but ing On nurden will be as Kreat, tayi selves Into thinking," yearly balance, Great Britain alone will need to import 1,800,00 tons, and Some of them pay largely for the our opponents are anywhere near the paper, as the combined Incomes show a steadilv inFrance over 600,00 tons. All far eastern countries of all Germans who receive more than financial exhaustion, any mole than we privilege of tervlng the country as and according to Dr. Geerlings there will be ) sugar consumption, two of sorts of maids of all work; others pay creasing and the principal equal to the are near it ourselves. At least can a bare half million tons available for export from all countries east of and more dearly for the privilege of workcombined fortunes of nil German mil- them are potentially rich, and Suez. Europe, therefore, has to look for her main supplies to the United demands when the end ing as surgeons' aids and as nurses. lionaires. will pay our we the Antilles; but even taking into account the excan tell Just how fa- Few of them were before the war acStates, Cuba andfrom The possible effect of war Indem- comes. Until b.oth North and South America, there will be a deficit to the hard work of houseat the end is go- customed and surplus portable nities is a favorite topic of speculation vorable our position some of them have learned of roughly 600,000 tons. Should the war drag on for a long time the with many newspapers. The Berliner ing to be it Is idle to speculate about keeping, economic situation after Its most elementary principles in the European sugar production is certain to be reduced considerably, to the Taneblatt Insists that It were "mis- what our own be." great benefit tt the sugar producing countries overseas. taken and politically dubious to try tho war will hospitals. i:.-rr- -- - t f. efre-- t e. Me e u"' rillk'll7r 1 .,,,. helrni r ;,n. n, BREAD ar 1 - ' th headmir under "'ij pf, HITS VIENNA V. taxes j crimps an entire new taxation system, b What is to be their effect inVrrwpect for Germany after the uar. 1 ami wares have he-w- SEMIWEEKLY 5 Ne 1 IN" the preat i" i one-fourt- i Austro-Hungar-ia- Austro-IIungaria- pr-'pert- y "thirty-point-five- ." r, god-moth- er wJll-Ins- ly self-sacrifi- EUROPE MUST NEEDS IMPORT 2,500,000 TONS OF SUGAR AND LOOKS TO S. FOR SUPPLY ce 00 Feb. 19. Bread tickets and days a week suggest the verge of famine to the person not familiar with life in the localities where such precautionary measures are being applied. Vienna of Atria are at n?eJnt sreter Prt the limitation in v,.su,bject to he br-, prohibition ticket, wheat and Imply. But the fact is meatless that nobodydays is e these by HrfiVeUf anything eat as much as before that some of things they cat have been prescribed.the The bread ticket system allows everv person three rations each of 70 grammes cf rye bread, daily 210 grammes or not quite a half pound, for the day The person feeling the, need of more farinaceous food qan augment this apportionment by buying wheat cake and the in,, restaurants and cafes patrZif still and unsatisfied after that, can have an unlimited of Anoo- quantity UmPlinSl-fo- ,r whlch Austhe trian or justly famous, can order a dozen portions he of schmarn." another Austrian dish of , a Plnc the t.ae-,- tH may ra-be into increasing waiter the bread tion. Wherein the Value Lie. Tt.may bf. asked what, under such conditions, is the value of the bread ticket The manager of a large arrangement. Vienna restaurant supplied the answer. "The bread ticket prevents the waste of?re.whlch obtained," he said. Vie wereformerly in the habit of putbaskets with ting and cut bread on the table. Manyrolls of our patrons could start to eat as many as four and' not finish a single one. Therolls remainder had to be thrown into the swill barrel. Right now flour is too scarce to be fed to pigs." A "meatless" day in Vienna and Austria is' a misnomer. In fact, It is merei ly day, and not even that altogether. Butchers restaurants may on "meatless" orand "fleisch-lose- " days sell any kind of meat with the exception of fresh beef, veal and pork. Pickled and preserved beef, veal and pork may be sold, however, so mav fresh mutton and lamb, every kind of fresh and preserved game and poultry, fish. It cannot be said that the "meatless" day works a hardship on anybody. Fresh beef and pork can bes. bought the day before the "meatless-dayI.nek of Whipped Cream. But what really has hit the Viennese hard is the lack of whipped cream without which they formerly could not drink their coffee. Now only plain or condensed milk may be had. Back of these slight deprivations lies the fact that the hundreds of thousands of farmers and farm laborers now under arms cannct be both soldiers and food producers at the same time. the older men, women chilThough dren have done their best to and the keep crops growing, here and there with the of assistance questionable Russian Serb prisoners of war, the result and has not been equal to that of normal times. In addition to this, the army itself has drawn heavily cn the meat and flour stuff stores. country's to their Owing low food great bulk and relatively cannot be taken to values, vegetables the front to each man in the tions of vegetable, meat and proporcereal food he eats when at home. Another drawback is that vegetables spoil too. quickly. This has resulted in the consumption by the 35army of meat and cereal foods about than per cent men would what the same number ofgreater have at home. Most of this reprerequired sents bread, fresh beef and pork, and to counteract the Increased need for these felt by the army, the population at home had to make slight sacrifices, hence the bread ticket and the "fresh beef, veal and porkless" days. VIENNA, K' d regula-"f,PeP'- heef-porkles- s" a stench betrays bodies still under the ruins. Most of the damage done In the prinof the city dates from a partmore cipal or ago, and is mainly the year result of shots fired in answer to occasional shots from Serbian batteries. The damage to the old and new the king's palaces, dates from fell in this district durthen. No shots the last bombardment. One large ing shell has fallen into the ballroom of the old Konak, but the destruction is not so great as one would expect. A small shell has made a hole in the new Konak. and shrapnel has marked It somewhat. Two trolley lines are in operation In the city, directed and manned by the military. The two drug stores still open are under military direction, with soldier apothecaries in charge. Two or three moving pieture shows are also run by the military authorities. being The proceeds of the drug stores and shows are divided Into equal parts, one of which is kept for the owner, in the event that he ever returns to claim it and the other half is devoted to taking care of the poor of the city. About 7000 Serbians receive a daily the military authorities. ration from on' various Another 4000 are employed such as paving street public works, etc. It is declared that the cleaning, is cleaner today than it has ever city been before. Ko-nak- s, ji JAPAN FREES PRISONERS aic-frretr- one-quart- er 11.600.-y..o.)- 0) - Served With Servians Released. Tokio. Feb. 19. At the request of the French government, Japan has released nine German prisoners of war who had served In the German garrison Theseduring pristhe defense of Tsing-Tain the were born oners province of and forced to although serve at Tsing-Ta- o they were of proand since the nounced French sympathy fortress reduction of the Tsing-To- a desire to have expressed their in they with the French army fight as Europe. represented They arefilled with fervor to seebeing especially brought back permantly to France. of the desire of these prisInformed oners the French government took up with Japan and yesterday the question set free and later emthe menonwereFrench steamer at Kobe. a barked Since the capture of Tsing-Ta- o they the prisoners' have been detained at Osaka. and Kurume at camp Alsatians at "Who Tsing-Tn- o o. Alsac- e-Lorraine Alsac- e-Lorraine |