FRENCH DISMAYED.
DRASTIC RATIONING
(Rec. 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 24. • The Times correspondent on the French frontier states that the new rationing regulations have dismayed the French population, which was unaware that conditions were so critical. The average Frenchman considers 100 grammes of rice monthly for his children, 100 grammes of fat and 100 grammes of cheese to be far below the sale minimum, /while ian allowance of only 125 grapimes of soap a month per capita is believed to be dangerous to health.
France must deliver to the German army of occupation all the army’s bread and part of its meat requirements. Discontent is very high in towns where the severity of the rationing has increased the unpopularity of Marshal Petain’s Government, which has, as a precaution, withdrawn the civil government from five of the chief towns of unoccupied France.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19400925.2.76
Bibliographic details
Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 255, 25 September 1940, Page 8
Word Count
141FRENCH DISMAYED. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 255, 25 September 1940, Page 8
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Standard. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in