Show I GERIAN'S GERMANS CANT CAN'T SWEAR AT HELLO GIRLS Imperial Government Owns Own Telephone System 3 cm at nt Berlin Which hid I Is SuJ Said l to be lie Ver Very cry Bad Bul Berlin Juno Jimmie 25 Students Students of national na na- tonal and municipal ownership arc interested in the tho forthcoming litigation tion i lon between Berlin sub subscribers crl- crl bet bers belS and and the thc German imperial gO orn go orn- orn il- il ment nent it ith h involving tho the lie question ton of whether er or the lie government o can enforce payment pay PaY- mOnt ment mAlt for Inadequate quate service For For three e months the lie Berlin telephone ole tele phone system has licen heen in Iii a state of chaos to tho the Installation of ot otan an au automatic connecting device In use useIn In n many American cities The local merchants whose hose trade in consequence conse conse- quence has been seriously interfered with now propose refusing refusing to pa pay the lie f quarterly artell rental limo dup J 1 uh 1 1 L a r rebate bao bato pf of 50 per cent conC on the tho ground that only half t had been sup slip pled plied They ho are ar prepared to 0 carry darry the ISsue tt to I the tho Supreme court i TIc The lic thoroughness hn o of tho the German postal railway tele telegraph and other ant government s systems is utterly lacking In the In-the tho telephone s system In Berlin which Is probably the worst wort in any of the he great cities cites of tho the world worle There Thee are arc Interminable waits for connections wals and amid wrong connections and anti conversa conversa- ions tons arc nrc frequently cut off oft prema plema y These troubles H have havo made thou of ot tub subscribers nervous wrecks wreck The They are unable to give vomit vent ent to their feelings in the usual mal way be because because because be- be cause the the legal legal penalty for Cor or losing hosing ones one's temper with wih tile me kaisers kaiser's hello helo girls Is very cry hea heavy |