GERMAN FOOD SITUATION A GRAVE ANXIETY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17007, 14 November 1918, Page 5

GERMAN FOOD SITUATION A GRAVE ANXIETY.

ALLIES ASKED TO AVERT IMMINENT DANGER OF FAMINE

Australian and NZ- Cable Association. LONDON. Nov. 12. Owing to the stoppage of trains, following the general strike in Germany, serious food disturbances are expected. The DusseldorfE Soviet, in a proclamation, states that public security and order must be maintained by the police. Plunderers and thieves will be shot. It appears that the Dusseldorf revolution was bloodless. At Dresden the civilian authorities are co-operating with the Soviet. In Berlin the Soldiers' Council issued a proclamation announcing that it had taken over the military administration, and adds: " Comrades, we stood together in the field and bled in battle. "UnitecTwe will lead Germany to a happy future." ■ Hanover, Offenbach, and Augsburg were seized by the Soviets with little resistance. Soldiers removed their cockades, donning red rosettes, and announcing their decision to obey only the Soviets. WASHINGTON. Nov. 11 Germany h£.s asked the Allies to hasten the peace negotiations owing to the imminent danger of famine. Mr. H. 0. Hoover, Food Controller, has asked Americans to continue their self-denial in the matter of foodstuffs owing to the grav-3 condition of Germany and Northern Russia, where 40,000,000 people are short of food. It will be necessary for the United States to make immediate efforts to feed the German and Austrian {copies.