THE PINCH OF FAMINE.
POLISH SUFFERINGS.
HUNDREDS OF DEATHS DAILY
Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.
(Received 11 p.m.)
BERNE, June 5.
The whole of Russian Poland is gripped by famine. Want is especially acute in Warsaw, Lodz, and other industrial centres. The Polish State Council has appealed to the German authorities to take urgent measures to avoid a catastrophe. There are hundreds of deaths daily owing to lack of food.
AUSTRIAN SITUATION.
PRISONERS' FOOD STOLEN.
ROME, Juno 5.
The food situation in Austria is increasingly critical. All food parcels for Italian prisoners are systematically used to feed the starving population.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16559, 7 June 1917, Page 5
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