CONDITIONS IN GERMANY.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 15243, 3 April 1915, Page 10

CONDITIONS IN GERMANY.

A NEUTRAL'S OBSERVATIONS

(•""Tiii res '* and "Sydney Sun" Services.) LONDON. Alarch 31. A neutral correspondent writes — Very little as to the'great defeat of the Genuan Army on the Alarne is known to the 'people, owing to ithe cenf-orehip. Tho former spirit of boastfulness ha* bean toned down, though there are yet

nountoward signs that confidence in German triumph has boon, shaken." A cotton famine is approaching. The mills are working half time, but the reserves of raw material have not yet been exhausted. Though many factories lacking cotton have closed, there is little unemployment. The manufacture of war materials. the production of which has been doubled and trebled, i*s absorbing all non-combatants. Thoy aro paid at a low rate for long hours, but do not complain, because they consider that they are working towards the final victory, of Germany. Only intense care and economy will make the flour supply last till next harvest. At Lubeck, the ship-building yards are concentrating on the construction < f submarines, which naval officers hope will show many improvements. The newest and best type has not yet been utilised.