MORE ABOUT THE APPAM’S CAPTOR.

Evening Star, Issue 16033, 9 February 1916, Page 6

MORE ABOUT THE APPAM’S CAPTOR.

GERMANY FEELING THE PINCH OF ECONOMIC PRESSURE. London ‘Times’ and Sydney ‘Sun’ Sendees. ■ , . LONDON', February 8. Discussing the identity of the Appam’s captor, the experts dismiss the submarine ■cruiser theory. They point out that the Appam s sailors would have noticed those marks that are inseparable from snbmcrsibles. A well-informed writer states positnely that the raider escaped from a South Am blean port where German money influenco is strong. The most acceptable theory is that the ■raa.dcr ■was ono of tho Konigsberg’s supply snips that remained hidden in somo river when the German cruiser was destroyed. Ihis theory fits in with Lieutenant Berg’s statement had been five months at -sea. , Many of the raider’s crew had tho name “Moewe” on their cap ribbons,, indicating that the crew of the survey ship had been sunk at Dar-es-Salaara in the early part of tho war, but that they managed to join tho raider afterwards. 1 There is striking evidence that Germany is feeling the force of Rritain’s hlockacle. This comes in’tho shape of the imposition of a new set of economic regulations empowering the Federal Government to take over the control of the whole of the products of the German textile industries, and stringently regulating' the retail sale thereof. One article can only be sold to one customer per day. Accompanying these sensational measures semi-official assurances are given of the non-scarcity of raw materials, and that'this is a merely precautionary measure. Inspired-articles in the Press seek soothingly to allay the public alarm. The papers quote ‘The Times’s’ series of economic articles as proof that England, is I ahead of Germany’s economic conduct oi Ithe war. They ask: Shall England’s paj ti’iotism .shaftie Germany!

• The Government have also farther restricted the production of beer, which is now reduced by 48 percent, until conditions are again normal. , The Government have farther inaugurated two meat fast clays weekly, and reducing the soldiers’ meat.supply, in order to avoid rumors' of depletion.. Cattle stocks have already been decreased by 25 per cent. ■ The Press hope that all the people will submit to these exactions without any murmuring, as deprivation for long is impossible in Germany.