WITH THE ENEMY.

Clutha Leader, Volume XLIII, Issue 88, 15 May 1917, Page 6

WITH THE ENEMY.

GERMAN FOOD PROBLEM. FAILURE TO SOLVE IT. AMSTERDAM, May 11. Herr von Batocki (Food Director), speakingin the Reichstag, said he was convinced that the food supplies would last until the harvest but the Government must ensure careful distribution and proper cultivation of the soil. England had been forced to copy Germany but she could not introduce bread tickets on the German scale because of insufficient supplies. Germany could not expect considerable help from Rumania had been a bad harvest in Hungary, as it must be remembered that there The crops in the occupied territory were generally disappointing. The war had created difficulties for agriculture in Turkey and Bulgaria. The speech is rogarded as an admission of failure to solve the food problem. SHORTAGE OF PAPER AND COAL. GERMAN PAPERS MAY STOP. AMSTERDAM, May 11. I The whole of the Berlin press has telegraphed to Herr von BethmannHollweg (Chancellor) stating that owing to the shortage of paper and coal it may be impossible to publish newspapers, beginning next week. They demand an remedy and point out the political eon sequences of a stoppage of the newspapers. The 'Daily Express' (London) states that an acute paper crisis is imminent. Imports are diminishing and directly there will be none. Newspaper is at J-Jd per lb. Many paper mills are closing down. Shortly English newspapers will have to further reduce their size.