BERLIN HUNGRY.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 4899, 19 June 1918, Page 2

BERLIN HUNGRY.

.WOMEN PROSRATE AND BEGI GING FOR BREAD AND FOOD | The action brought By the Public i Prosecutor in Berlin against the Council of Neu Koln, a suburb of the capital, in connection with the borough’s purchases of foodstuffs last y ear above piicos, liciSj "says Reuter, revealed further facts as to the true state of food conditions in the big cities of Germany. The Berliner Tagdblatt sayfei that the borough council last year was forced to make secret pur chases, , a s the .clamour for food became more and. more urgent. Women penetrated! into the t°wn hall, and threw themselves on the ground, begging for bread and other foodstuffs, while others forced their way into the private rooms of the Upper Burgomaster, and 'even assaulted him. Great demonstrations took place, leading to turbulent scenes before the town hall. A Vienna telegram to the Munchner Neueste Nachrichtn on Saturday reports alarming riots in a number of towns in Galicia on account of the deplorable food l situation. At Cracow th. 3 disorders developed into a veritable pogrom, in which several persons were killed. Dr. von Seidler, the Prime Minister, the other day received a number of leading Polish deputies who came to complain of the starving conditions of the population in Galicia. A new Agrarian Socialist , movement is beginning in Eastern Galicia.