"WORSE THAN GAS ATTACKS"
According to the Cologne Times, the beechleaf mixtuie which lias been supplied to smokers in .'the German Army was the subject of sharp questions in the Reichstag, when Herr Mucil-!', <■; Meiningen (Progressive) Kiie? that <i tobacco mixture had been recßiit-iy st>M to the army in great quantities which consisted wholly, or in great''prrt. of leaves, especially beech leave.?, a:id had to be thrown away. .
General yon Oven replied that the army administration had reluctantly decided to admit tobacco substitutes. The number of complaints had been comparatively small so far. (Loud cries ot "No!") The further supply of this, mixture had been stopped. Herr Mueller then asked if the Chancellor was aware that 10s per cwt. was the price of these leaves, and that the manufacturers demanded £25 per cwt. Was it correct, he asked,, that the health of certain' sections of the troops had been'more damaged by this leaf tobacco than by enemy gas attacks? General yon Oven admitted that it had had a .harmful effect on the health of the troops.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 40, 15 August 1918, Page 8
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