Alexandria Gazette

GERMANY ADMITS PLIGHT
That War is Brutal;
Remorseless
Thing Comes Home to us Daily,"
Says Tageblatt.
Rotterdam, Oct. 2.-What the Berliner 'Tageblatt' describes as the most
unblushing avowal
of
Germany's
plight yet made appears in an official
appreciation of the Kaiser's action in
bestowing his autographed picture upon
the chief of the Raw Materials De-
partment of the War office. It says:
"That war is a brutal, remorseless
thing comes home daily to every one
of us nowadays in our very flesh and
bones.
"Our necessities compel us
to
use
every ounce that our soil can yield.
and every scrap of raw materials that
we can lay hands on in Germany, or
secure by hook or crook from abroad.
For the one great object of holding
our own against the resources of the
whole world. The comfort of those at
home must take second place.
The
duty devolves upon us of sacrificing
the last ton of copper and nickel, of
zinc or aluminum for the army; to
bringing forth the leather needed for
man and horse, even if our children
have to go barefooted or wear wooden
shoes. Every ounce of wool from the
backs of German sheep must be utilized to clothe our men in the field, and
textiles confiscated must
be
turned
into shirts and underwear for them.
"The resources of our soil must be
exploited on the most intensive scale.
Whole new industries must be created,
others restricted or converted, substitutes devised of almost every sort, and
their production facilitated. All these
things
necessitate
far-reaching
interference with our normal economic
life in the interests of the individual
and of the commonwealth alike."