FOOD.
TROUBLE IN EUROPE,
Zurich, May 5. The Bavarian Minister, Dr. Bretreich, in the course of a speech, * dmitted that the food situation was very serious. He said the people must be prepared to live more and more on vegetables. Tho next few weeks would decide the fate of Germany. Amsterdam, May 6. The Telegraaf reports grave food riots a.t Mainz, in Germany. The troops fired, and eight .persons were killed. Five hundred were arrested. Athens, May 5. The bread famine is acute owing to German submarines sinking food ships. Stockholm, May 5. The new Government will maintain strict neutrality. , The authorities are convinced that there is sufficient food till the harvest owing to improved organisation. The Premier guaranteed that the rations would not be reduced. The exportation from Sweden of all foodstuffs has been prohibited. Berne, May 4. It is stated that all pigs in Germany must be slaughtered in a few weeks owing to the lack of fodder.
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Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 3234, 7 May 1917, Page 2
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