APPROACHING FAMINE.

North Otago Times, Volume CIII, Issue 13651, 19 August 1916, Page 3

APPROACHING FAMINE.

■ -The following letters were found on a German Uhlan who was token prisoner .by, the British forcoin -Greece:— ' 'From his father, Brunswick, April .'IS; ,! .'We should liave sent you before this a parcel; but' Ihe situation "is so bad here thatjou cannot; imagine what it'is, and we. can only semi yotia for eggs,. .!',Very(]iliig Is ratloned'now, even the potatoes; one lias nothing, ami everybody else is the- same." '.'. From his mother, Brunswick, March. JO:- j'Ono now has jfrc.it trouble iii buying, no. mailer what it is, Things are very bad, and everything js vory expensive," From his sislety Hr|i|isivie|c, April ,15{ "1 sliunld like to send you something, but, iinfortunalcly, here one gels nothing bnl marmalade and honey. If Ihe war lasts mncli longer we shall be reduced In famine, We now have lo ifiblain cards for polalnes; it is a long time since I .have been able 10, get butter, One canno! even gel one's boots soled, because I here is no lea I her.'' ■ From his liaucee: ''Life is terrible here, Everything is very expensive. They say that we s|ii|ll li'mvii n ( i meal .for the nexl six weeks. Potatoes ;ind sugar are ralioned now—in fact, everyIhing else as well. We shall soon have a:.famine. Heel' costs Is per pound, and ■a.qiiarter pound of sausages more |ha]) .'Js/.and even at tjiat price it is hard .to get." ' " '"