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Show MAGAZINE SECTION. THE J) 1 run 5 " f !' jfC, 1 L',V" if A Change n Heart Seen in -- f f ' ( the Discontinuation of the Literature of Hate; How the Citizenry Accepts the Privations Due to Combat " tf ti ' ' - L ' ' -- " ' ' ' " J- - "fi - V,- . ' . ri i u. . ' 1 . - .:. . ,.. ' v '- - f y .: ' kj r. I nentral nations are thinking regarding the outcome off the war. It was especially obvions to rne that all my friends and these are good and sincere friends wore doing all to .they could in their futile attempt fulness- of impress rce as to the plenti food and other necessities of life throughout Germany. Their attempts were really pitiful. "Whenever I had occasion to visit one of these oll friends, it 'was i - : ' r - , .V .,.,-- - v ' ' v 'it 1 v , ; . . p '. self-sacrifici- ng Literature of Hate Discontinued. I should al?o state that the Germans are very sensitive regarding their "literature of hate," so-call-ed. I asked several intimate friends about this "God punish England" literature, but in every instance I found them flispleased with even the mentioning of the incident. They woald ignora with a brush of .the hand. the I was later tcld that tons of these cards and pamphlets were confiscated by the police. Really, in Germany the "hate" literature has been terminated through the efforts of the government. ; It appears that the future historian, unfriendly to the German?, will have to pay h:?b pricc3 for these pamphleso-eall-ed i t-'. Daily Police Inspection. I was required to present myself at the district police headquarters every hours. Ordinarily, the twenty-fou- r procedure would take, or should take, about two or three minutes. But it sometimes took me as Ion? rT5 a whole hour to c!i?er.gage myself from the furred attention of these officials. One lay the officer in charge of tho station had the effrontery to ask me if I would not accept the services of a T'.p.n ns a gift who can direct me to various interesting things and places in and about Berlin. Nobody Believes Newspapers. I fe!t that it was enough, perhaps more than enough, that they should follow me as I went in and about the eity. Of course, I did not communicate my true feeling to the "over-obliginpolice official. Among many tilings that amaze the visitor in Germany is the total lack of confidence of the people in new?pa-perThe average Berliner has now the habit of doubting the ffiot authentic items that are an- in-tp- oft g" a. ob-tiuu- ily 4j - -- v..-- : v. X A -- . nounced by the newspapers. "Everyone seems to open his paper to eee what new lies have the newspapers to telL The "official announcements" are in disrepute. The people neither believe their own newspapers nor those that are being imported from neutral or enemy coun tries. I think this German stato of In the mind is rather a reaction. early days of the wcr every German paper was violently engaged in dis crediting those foreign newspapers that printed things uncomplimentary to Germany. Incidentally, every item that appeared in foreign papers was more or less condemnatory of Germany and her cause. Naturally, day after day, the zealous German newspapers desheets. nounced these Now the people doubt them all, foreign or native. Prcs3 Mince3 Word3. attack of the Tho sensational Munich Post against Germany's foremost semiofficial "news agency" has made such a stir throughout the entire land, so much bo that its echo is being heard from Vienna. The Munich Post, the most influential newspaper of southern Germany, has certainly a strong underlying motive in its violent attack against the "Wolff" non-Teuto- - - nic ...... i - j . ...... i , ii i i ' rv "These 'Thick-Heade- d !iiiiiiii:iiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiiiiiiiiiiaiaiiiiuiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinziiiiiiuiiiniiiiiiiiiiBiiu ' " ' Si I - ' " ' , -- -x w? 4 r ' 5 "nn ' - 'i miMiMiiimnnn m.i in yn.yij.t.ui. m w t. ii...i,uii mmw i mi WM ; .v linim n " ir "" " .,w.j..yt,,,n, , , w s ..mija. mum,. ,"'! i . an everyday Berlin, i Ir t v PL' nA 1 J inarching through troops Eight, spectacle. Center, German Red Cross activities shown in preparations for feeding the poor of the inland Below, Germans tmable to cities. bear arms used in preparing the land for the season's crops a Allies." One Jay I was introduced to a high ranking civil official at the home of a gunless army. friend. Conversation naturally dealt IIIIII1II1IIIIII1II1IIIIII1IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII1I 1IICIIIIII1IIIIIII1IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICI with the war and the foreign opinion g of it. This civil digni tary most sincerely believes that the great masses in the enemy countries have no knowledge of the fact that the German armies aro in possession of many square miles of their terri tories. According to him, once these peo pics wake up to this fact they would forco their governments to ask for a speedy peace, a peace that would be a German peace. I tried to show him that in all the countries of their enemies the newspapers almost daily print war maps showing where theconqueror is lo cated to date. I tried to tell him that instead of hiding this fact the allies are proclaiming this fact from the house tops, for the express purpose of stirring their peoples to furhigh-rankin- I began to realize only lately that the people of Germany cannot accept sires to attack is the government, and defeat with good grace. Theywill not being not; equal to the undertaking, it admit, but I have ray well substanti cools its ire by slashing at the "Wolff ated conviction, that a few defeats on News agency." In one of its March land would create direful conse quences for the German morale. issues it says: I may bo mistaken, but the events Without any exception the dismight substantiate my assertions. patches f the ".Wolff" agency Official Bread Lines. are impudent lies, lies impossible The lack of food in Germany is so to understand. We are cqrtain serious that haI it not been for the doubt were the that iron beyond any discipline of the military there "Wolff" to wire from London would have been a complete general demoralization of the entire governthat the British prime minister, mental machinerv. Mr. Asquith, and Sir Edward It must be stated that there are the mastered had sccrethy Grey many relief stations in every indusGerman language, and that they trial center in Germany; these are being efficiently conducted under the both sang every morning at auspices of the authorities, local, breakfast "Ifeil dir im Sieger-kranz- ," provincial and imperial. or that the news had But the jeople apphying for relief reached from Borne that the Italare so numerous that each day hardly ian Freemasons had killed tho of the line in front of these stations is reached. pope, our grcat German newspaIt should also be observed that pers, the true guardians and the, most of the "riots" are riots that "instructors of the nation" take place in these "relief lines." would print it quite in good faith, During my stay in Berlin I have and with leaded type. In regard watched eight such relief stations. The Post really ' cV :fiv-;- V , -- in Germany of today. Left,-- a group of officers discussing the progress of the war. the German newspapers to get togeth er countless items extracted from nu merous foreign papers and servo these out to their unsuspecting read crs. They seem to disregard the fact that almost in every instance the foreign newspapers they quote are insignificant and even without repute in their respective countries. f '- - iil.-l- ' , Scenes to our newspapers what a great nation of thinkers we have I It seems to be the habit of many of v 1 - - OV',-"":-1- -. r COM AN FRONT . SH i. , i ? 4 A i , 1 r . ' t I A. ' ''4 ' f M i ; i. t f 'i 1 A ...j f1 It: ther efforts. agency. "What tho 3Iunich I s ,.'-- X 1 v " f - ....... AVDRITC i tc:- v I ; f i f - . 1 1 i N? .? tii ob-rio- tis x v - to me that they were undeorrpin' a great deal of sacrifice, in der to prove to mo that everything was in abundance in Germany. Even in restaurants, cafes, beerhouses and other public refreshment establishments, from the waitresses to the proprietors, they "were all out to "keep faces." Since ray journey through Germany I have learned to admin and respect this patient and love of their country. They are daily told that they will win in the end if they only ho?l on a little while longer. ,No matter how ranch they suffer, thoy will not complain at least no to the strangers. rW. r.v.-V- ,l,r-t ri . - ' . r ,i r :: ;.,.'' days. They ar racially sensitive to neutral opinion. "Whenever they rnNct a neutral visitor they anxion?ly inquiro as to what the ' v: v - -- .. ... , i i ' ' ' t BY SPXBUS STFXTANOS. ERMANS are very sensitive these '""X -- "i'l - J""1 , b-w -- 5n-; fTTff"" E " - V - A jorr II ' f " f rJ J-- ! t " t:r-- " With Astonishing Readiness; Official Warnings Against Food Substitutes; A Traveler's Impression of the German People and War-Tim- e Conditions. " 1,1 - j: . - . "1i ' ?rtt-?"Ti'- 1 ociay PATRIOTIC FOLK v55 5 MANY HARDSHIPS ENDURED BY y-- MAGAZINE SECTION SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SUNDAY, JULY 23, 1916. N, s ''II 11111 0. jcue i. IIERALD-PtEPUBLICA- y . iT fT de- one-four- th For the first nime I really felt four deep, leading to these kitchens, run out of slight; that is, one angry. For the first time I forgot must trace them to other blocks. Be that I was a foreigner, a neutral,- and fore a small portion of the line. has that Germany's internal affairs were been served the "soup" supply gives not my affairs. I could riot help it. out. Notwithstanding the fact that thourelief are sands of needy German people were The people applying for both of people standing in tho cold in front of relief mostly "women, young stations for food which they called sexes and men past military age. ' Naturally, several thousands of ' soup ' and which' did not look like lines, - v hungry and disappointed persons in many sections of the city make considerable trouble for the police. In any other land outside of Germany circumstances like these woul dhave led to bloodshed. while these lines I had a good chance to see what this relief food looks like. The people carry this ration in utensils which they bring with them. This "soup" is no more than potatoes boiled in water. There is a greenish slime on the surface that looks like vegetable fat. While some carry this precious "soup" to their homes, I have seen others, by the hundreds, stand about the premises and devour it. ' pas-sin- anything else wish dish wash water, tho representatives of the foreign office were entertaining neutral journalists at high class hotel restaurants, and delivering lectures'" on the plenti-fulnes- a of food throughout Germany. I cannot accuse these journalists of being fools, but I doubt their honesty if they report to their papers what the "overentertaining representatives of the German foreign office told them about foods and foodstuffs in Germany. Censored. Councillor Imperial The day before I left Berlin for the interior of Germany, the police visited my room at the Central hotel, and asked me to show them each and 4 every paper or document I might have in my possession. I had not an inch of paper in my possession that had any writing on it. But I had collected numerous dippings from the German .newspapers. One of these especially aroused the objection of the visiting police. It was a report of a speech, delivered by the imperial councillor, Professor foremost and Thorns, Germany's greatest authority on the chemistry of foods and foodstuffs before the German Pharmaceutical institute. Since the early days of the war this institution has been making exhaustive investigations as to the desirability of the "substitutes," so many hundreds of brands of which are from day to day flooding the German market. The police took this clipping away from me. However, the very next hour I went and bought a eppy of the newspaper which contained this objectionable article, wrapped my soiled clothes with it, and put it in the bottom of my, trunk. Professor Thorns condemns all "substitutes" as harmful. He calls attention to the fact that out of 213 samples of such food "substitutes" submitted to the Pharmaceutical institute, 100 of them were classed as doubtful quality, and 55 unquestion ably harmful'. He states in his own words : "I would like to discourage the search for food by some scientists, as quest for new sources of oil in trees, such as the birch or the lime. If, even, there is a possibility of extracting oils and fats from theso sources, I believe these are very limited, and even if we succeeded in extracting appreciable quantities from these trees, it is more or less unsuitable for human food." Professor Thorns has no suggestion to make as to a better substitute. He simply advises the German people to eat sparingly and not to allow thehr empty stomachs to be tempted by harmful "substitutes',' that are being jourefd into the market by tho greedy manufacturers, well-meani- ng |