NO GOLD OR BANANAS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 136, 15 February 1915, Page 3

NO GOLD OR BANANAS.

Life in Potsdam is described by Miss Kirby, an Englishwoman, who recently returned to her home from Germany. She was for four years in the house hold of a prominent military official at Potsdam.

“I have never seen people more religious than they are to-day,” she said in an interview. ‘‘Hundreds of people go to church twice a day. The German cry is still ‘God is with, us.’ “For the most part things are normal in Potsdam. The trams are running more actively even than usual, while trading life is pretty much the same. ‘‘When I came away, however, it was practically impossible to get oranges or bananas, while paraffin was very scarce. Gold, too, is exceedingly scarce. Only the military officers are allowed to carry gold, consequently paper money is universal.” Miss Kirby heard highly-placed officials talking of a Zeppelin raid on England with a hundred airships, capable of firing projectiles from the sides, top, or bottom. These stories were fully believed in Potsdam. Miss Kirby added that the four or five hundred English workmen from Woolwich Arsenal who took employment at Krupp’s a few years ago are now prisoners.