THROUGH GERMAN SPECTACLES,

Waikato Times, Volume 87, Issue 13245, 29 July 1916, Page 4 (Supplement)

THROUGH GERMAN SPECTACLES,

-OVE-GIFTfe FROM HARPIES AND A VAMPIRES. l,ft ENGLAND NOT YET QUITE dei HUMBLED ENOUGH. is her Milder «sßjisels seem now to ho proailiflg in Germany. The loading boi- j in new*pnpri'.s, at any rate for the j noment, i>,ro no longer insisting on the j< l; tbsolute annihilation of England ami j , Vi , ill her people. Under the beuignam j;„ inlluence of the spring, they are not Vll even clamoring lor the cession ol oiii | ii;! oversea possessions. All they ask is i ,■.., that we shall acknowledge tiiai Gel j |*. many is our master. j w\ YOU OR ME. i ! "< This genial spun lups noi yet pone- i ..] Hated the empire at large. Hamburg • insists thai ne nuis-t he still i'urthei i" luinihlod before the Kaiser will eon-; siilor the easiest terms on whieh he will let us oh; Frankfort, Munich, and . Cologne s-till aflvooate the policy of tlu- j ( ' : •clean sweep." Rut the Uerlin l.oka! | z< anzeiger i- tpiile modest :- I '" (a •'Between Germany and luiglami to- | ~ day matters stand thus: Either yon m j ~. ],.,'.. I; ihe German say, ' You," it a ill , s i„. : ,i! nv( i' u ith Germanism km ever, q j iiir Sin dand knows no mercy A a g matte,-"! iact. however, ii i- C-rmany ,\ I uho t:ie mean- to say I ■■][ iiiii.-i not he supposed that j n hei'ehv we are thinking of such an iin- • ii<)«.-iliilii\ .1- !hc dosViuctioii ol the u I Hiitish ivoild empire or anything ap- i preaching i:. K\ en assuming that Gcr- I j |.ian\ were • lificii n:ly armed and pro- j pj-re'd ini- --'.icii « iiTerprises, such a pro- j ; ~,..;,.,,, v ,, nM 1,,, neither in her prae- | j ,;..-a! interest . nor in line n lth iier j :iV |- : indeed, -u<!i an idea is entirely ~,;, , ; ill,, (jiiotioii. \\ hat. howovci . , m ,., !io de.ne U to a--.rt ( lei man y '.- | . will against the will of England. , "England's arrogance innst be j ( j broke;:. England must he made to j , jicknowledue thai Germany is her mas- , |,. |. This :;,n-i he done not ' diortly." |; | i!,,|- • -..■foi<• lon :,' hut ' immediately .' •I'ioni thai momeni onward a re- I j voiu: ion o! leeliug w ; ii come over the ; ! v hole world, and very m.oii- - perhaps i i within another century —Germany wM J I ;,ci,me the .i;!-ii|irc!iii' world-Power, ! i tl e kei per and guardian m the world s ] •■ii ihe (lerm.au he ovei--; , rupu!ous \ j |„ .]ay l,e :-. IoM : he will he defeated | | |- ,■ ould i , rtniuly •■ a pitv ii Gt v- j | ;,.;, ,;■, v.. >,■ to become ' •(iVc! , -seriip'.l- . : ha, '' ;]• ; hi- stage < f a flairs. i \i i PEACI-: VET. ]■;,,, ,h,.se coililMls. as has alroadv j I he, n hiiii.-l. have no: gone beyond I ! Potsdam and it -• snhtirh, Uerlin. I' • ! |ii inihnru hrc-.'/h nhlatt s :lVs , tor •:.- , ! -ranee : j ■■Tlie 11 nth i- that there is no pros- | i peet w '';,t, \ ei' as yet ol peace. simply j in-ear-e Emjand > not l)y any means i ine'dned ai this moment to admit that I -I ; [■:■ decision has already falli n irre- : ; ', i eahlv against ln-r. hi En»laml nearly the whole i [ \ ' I che poop].- sltil cling '" the idea ( \ ! i!i mii.\ ing (Jennaiiy. to make an euo ; ~],.■,■ t<«r all "t the menace to Kngli>h I r ()1 -[ ( | tra.de through the poaceahle hut i dmonvi-nitint i ivalry ol the ever-ad-j v .Mi.-ii": h.Mi'iir \ indust rv. Da> ami j right they are telling each other thai i nn i:,:aer 'nr eii.irter will he ■shown hei . { uh, n Cermai ■. ; - once crushed lo ;he •That they are quite in earnest n i ii'i-sf mihle intention'- nolnidv who .- j : .c,|iiiiinn-d « nh thi> doimrs i.f Kimlaml i ;n India, in Egypt, in South Africa, ( ami m Irel: nd will doubt. In the fa. e . ol such MiitinH'-nts as still prevail in . Kiutlam! oir d.esire for peace, ardeui . tliough it he. must mil ho shown Ii ~,- Mihl lie In', rpreted a = wealtnessI ' X,-,. dear i'.lh.w-citizens. tlu re '' I not vei the laiiiicst gleam < I pc <'■•>• i" ■ ] 1.,. di-ei>rned on the horizon ; \|lm:m; •J | i a- not \ >•: hj, en suiiicieiitiy hlimhled."' ( _ I \' \MIMI!ES Wli HARIMES. o I Anot 1. r ten ihl,- Cerman scandal i,a.> - j !„,a. iii.earthed by the Yoiwa,,-. s which. losin.: its customary c-ilm. ! I breathes fury on the autlioi - ol ii. | (. ;l l|, tlmm harp;.-- and \ an,]>iie~. and ■- j invoke- mi them Ihe laic whieh !••■'■ -II <j ! the Dan .liters <a the Knries : ' \ ••Cumplaints have repeated.ly iva< lied '; ia. |' mm the lie!,] thai ' h.ve-giits ' in II ,!,, 1,.,-i.t ..I ei;ar- have been «,mu io I i!,,. uarrioi s, but the cigars aye so '' ! ii,.d iha i not even the most moih - ! or '" I ihi i, ■ m harden. ! ol smokm•> euidd fi ! :,,a\e ~-, ol th.-lil. 11 j "T.'te fault lies, of course, noi with '" | 1j r s v nib i ■•. uho in many cawvs had ■' j pan! ipiiie a decent price lor the tin- '" I tittei'aii'i' lilth —wo can tim! no iietter j i_!,e many unscrupulous dealt rs we I ~.,. 'i r ::;id-i who think only of the:: moiievha-s. ° -The extent to whieh ibis uuqualip 'i : ,i.| ( . s»\ imlio has been carried is shown h !, v ihe Pillowing cry ol distress from the held:- 'He vera I comrades received J" ce.'ars tilied with straw. We hc-s the ; " editor in expose this despicable deceit, I which is practised at the exyvense of r j soldiers in the field. In the meantime : ' | wo s!:all ('ommunie.aie with the senders I a nd request them to give the name of the dirty cad who sells or manufactures l i he cigars.' ■Tn the letter were endow! two J'cigars.' Inside of thick, dark brown, ~. dried leaf, evidently thai of a cabbage, ,'j there were wrapped a groat number .. , i straws. Inn of toh;icco there was not [, jh,- slightest oartie'e to be found. For ,1, such a bestial swindle as this there is hut one remedy. Cigar dealers must a be compelled to place their names on ■ a even box sold, so that the guilty ones t. may he instantly apprehended. ■•Unfortunately, however, these un- ','' scrupulous practices are not by any mentis confined to the tobacco trade. "' Our cities are literally swarming with harpies and vampires of every description. Like a miasma arising from \] the poison swamps, these de-German- . ised Germans, have reared their ugly j] heads above the many miseries of the i war. Those vampire heads must be a " crushed forthwith", ;md stamped down [o into the poisonous soil whieh bred ,s them, or every branch of our home .. t trade will he infested by them as by n a pestilence." •s THE END OF A DREAM. ;e A touchingly intimate picture of *j domestic life is accorded editorial sanc- , lion bv the Tagliche Rundsehan of Berlin.'which seems to hint that the r editor himself is the sufferer whose exv poriences are so vividly described:— t'e "My wife, who is obliged to unlearn y something from her culinary education 0 every day, is constantly dishing us up >' delicacies which had hitherto been complete strangers to us. They mostly is take the fonn of mixtures of more or i- less dried-up tinned vegetables and is vermicelli. In flavor they bear a faint y resemblance to meat .stews, although ;. they have never come into contact with g meat. e "After many days of this regimen I s could no longer resist th,e temptatiqn to renew my acquaintance with*a piece t of bacon. "' What is the price of your s bacon?' I asked on arriving at-a shop n where this savoury article was tempt- " ingly exposed for sale. 'By the piece e 3s 3d, cut 3s 6d, the pound,' was the ' replv. ' 'Give me a pound.'', I said ? boldly. The well-nourished saleswoman s *took up a piece of which, looked ' so appetising that the water ran 4own e my chin. But what was that?,; At the,, sight my blood froze withift: mc. f Tlie woman coolly weighed three-quar--1 ters of a pound of bacon and made up : the rest with ibone.. ' "What you J abotrt?' I yelled in terror. The msA ' moment the woman, with a venomous [ expression on her f*t> fe<** fwfrig the m«*t ss& -the hon* apde. 'Man,' eh» ; risked/ buy it*t#il;