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Show 1 lrw"""f r. ii YANKEES SHARE TEUT ONSDISLlhC ' with the frbjich Armies in GERMANY. Thta (dletch ii wrlU ten from the Rhelalscheniof, .the ledlng hotel in Sarbbueckea, a proa. peroui mantaeturlng towa ot 125-, 000 Inhabitant. . ,. -N .- It a not; unworthy ot.oat that, aa. far, aa the' German maaaea are concerned, con-cerned, America appeara to hare gained her full share ot.Knillah un-i Vonulailty. It la alinoaV aa W they I regarded the French with a oartaia apathy a, "this wa our war" sort" pf attltude-whereaa' the Enflleh.' and Americans "butted, in" and spoil-ed spoil-ed the party compeltely. Whatever' .they think there is n0 doubt that the blockade pressed them severely. WAIl WAGES HIGH . ; ' I la Saarbruekea work In the coal mines and munitions factories was i. . " , j . plentiful and wages were high 20 marks a day for unskilled male labor la-bor but, though they. have, had money, the people have been unable to get a normal am0unt of food since America entered the war. Be- fore that they smeenV-to havo jot oa pretty well, but all remember America's Amer-ica's entry as the date' from which the food shortage really became serious. ser-ious. SIbco then the meat ration has been limited to 100. grams per head at first twice and during the last six months, once weekly. Cabbages beets nd carrots have been . plentiful, plenti-ful, but the sacarity of eggeona every, fortnlglit add, milk, aob'tala-able, aob'tala-able, save for Infants, and, invalids on doctor's certificates, preyed a imii"j '''"'"laai'jeMSJBBfaeaejn Blapjaaaggggglgggggggggggggl serious deprivation. (. - DO NOT. MJOk THIN i ' -K J Though the InhablUaU io " aot' look thin and do aot seem to have , suffered real hunger, most of them, aepeclally the children, have aa un-J healthy complexion characterletc of malnutrition.. la this hotel bow-ever, bow-ever, and la the leading restaurants the menu is fairly abundant for ( those who eaa afford it. It seenis smethlng which' I observed ob-served in, AlsaeeL6rralaeV-that tso well to do clashes were more .favored as compared with their poorer brethren breth-ren than In France or England. A decent suit .of clothes ,can he bought for tOO 'marks. Leather boota are eipenslveBO to 100 marks a lair, according to atyle-but leather vanity bags, gloves and so forth teem I little dearer than in Paris., The Inflation of paper currency re-. duces'. the .mark to about half Its value in real money, which is approx- lmately 26 cents.. 3 I am Informed that the majority ). of the richer classes fled to Munich , la anticipation of trouble. My in- formant added naively: "They will j doubtles come back directly now that we f lad the. French will not harm property aa aaoy Individual, y ) |
