GERMANY'S FOOD,

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 65, 17 March 1919, Page 5

GERMANY'S FOOD,

SUPPLIES FROM ALLIES. IN RETURN FOR SHIPS. FRIGID ARMISTICE DISCUSSION [(Received 10.20 a.m. LONDON, March 16. The Allies have arranged to send the Germans 370,000 tons of wheat, meat, and condensed milk a month, and lo allow the Germans to fish in the Balti.-. They arc also forwarding a hundred thousand tons of potatoes immediately, the latter being for the occupied territories. Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss reported that the surrender of tho German merchant ships was acquiesced in without discussion. The proceedings were of the most concise and frigid character.— ( •_. and N.Z. Cable.) LONDON, March 10. Tbe German armistice delegates at Brussels have accepted the Allied conditions. The banding over of the merchantmen will commence immediately. A total of 3,500,000 tons of .hipping'will be handed over. Britain, France, and America will divide the large steamers. Britain will take over three-fourths of the cargo tonnage. Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss met the German delegates and informed them they might ask questions, but were prohibited from discussing the terms, namely that the Allies would undertake to feed the Germans provided Germany supplied merchant ships and disclosed tbe securities she possessed for payment for the food.—(A. and X.Z. Cable")

3,500,000 TONS INVOLVED.

ITALY TAKES AUSTRIAN SHIPS (Received 10.20 a.m.) LONDON, March 10. Tt is now announced that the German merchantmen will be banded over without any ceremony. Vessels lying iv neutral ports will be taken over there, and the vessels in German ports will proceed to various ports in Britain. The surrendered vessels will be almost wholly manned by British, French, and American crews. Those which are used for the transport of troops will be entirely manned by British, French and Americans. The total tonnage involved, rough, ly three and a-half millions, will be divided among the Allies, but as Italy possesses all the Austrian vessels, she will only receive a small, portion of the German tonnage.

France receives big ocean liners to the extent of seventy-five to a. hundred thousand tons, and the balance will be divided between Britain and America, and will be used mostly to transport troops. As America is not interested in cargo carriers, Britain absorbs threefourths of these and France, the remainder! ' An Allied economic commission is being established at Hamburg to arrange freights and cognate subjects and adjust accounts. For the present freights will be mainly in accordance with British Blue Book rates.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.)

FOOD ALREADY SENT IN,

(Received 10.4.") a.m.)

PARIS, March 1G

The surrendered (lerman merchantmen will be delivered similarly to the surrender of the navy. A large quantity of army food stores has already been delivered in the occupied areas of Germany.— (A- and N.Z. C_ble.)