GERMANY SUPPLEMENTING AUSTRIAN FOOD STOCKS.
SHORTAGE OF FLOUR CAUSES RIOTING IN PRAGUE. Australian and N.Z. (Received 8.15 p.m.) AMSTERDAM, Jan. 28. Dr. von Kuhlmann and Count von Czernin, German and Austrian Foreign Ministers, have proceeded to Brest Litovsk. The German and Austrian Governments are settling a scheme under which Germany will lend Austria food. , It is understood that half-a-million tons of flour will be supplied to be returned after the harvest. Serious rioting has occurred at Prague against the reduction of the flour ration- Half the shops were looted. The police dispersed the crowd. All the restaurants in Vienna have been closed owing to thp lack of potatoes, vegetables, and flour. ,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16761, 30 January 1918, Page 5
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111GERMANY SUPPLEMENTING AUSTRIAN FOOD STOCKS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16761, 30 January 1918, Page 5
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