FOOD FOR GERMANY.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 70, 22 March 1919, Page 5

FOOD FOR GERMANY.

OCCUPIED AREA SUPPLIED. SURRENDERING THE SHIPS. PARIS, March 21. The proceedings at Brussels when Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss presented the demand for the surrender of the German merchantmen were formal and j frigid. After a brief interval the Ger- ; mans notified their acceptance. The | supply of food will commence immediatetly the ships put to sea. They will ibe surrendered on similar lines to the | Supplies already made in the occupied * Food supplies already in the occupied | areas of Germany include 12,000 tons of preserved meat, 3000 tons of pork, 12,000 tons of vegetables, 6500 tons of biscuits, and 100,000 tons of potatoes, all from the army stores. The German delegates strongly pleaded for the inclusion of condensed milk in the food shipments, declaring that the infant mortality had trebled in the last three months. Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, withj out stating the intentions of the Allies ■ after the surrender, paused after read- ' ing the article demanding the ships. j There was a moment of dead silence, then yon Broun. the chairman of the German delegation, replied, "Yes, we consent to surrender the shipping." Sir Rosslyn Memyss added,'"lt is well," and then completed the reading of the terms under which Germany receives 300,000 tons of cereals, 70,000 tons of fats a month until the harvest in September. The food will be paid for, firstly, temporarily by the use of German gold deposited in the bangs in Belgium, secondly, from the sale of German commodities exported from available supplies in Germany; thirdly, from the freights accruing through the use of German shipping: and fourthly, from credits which Germany mny establish in neutral countries. As the blockade has been lifted from Baltic fishing, the enemy will be able to get food from this source. The bar on goods which Germany Ls allowed to export is not likely to be formidable, but it is certain to include articles manufactured in French and Beleian industries which the Germans maliciously destroyed. (A. and N.Z.) GERMAN SAILORS' REFUSAL TO DELIVER SHIPS. (Received 10.20 a.m.) HAMBURG. March 21. A mass meeting of seamen refused to assist in the delivery of German ships to the Allies, on the ground that Germany had not been guaranteed sufficient food —(A. and NJZ. Cable.)