SHORT OF FOOD

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23966, 16 May 1941, Page 9

SHORT OF FOOD

PRISONERS IN GREECE ENGLISH AND ANZACS MOVE TO GERMANY SOON (Rml. o. lr, p.m.) LONDON", May 15 The British United Press has learned from a neutral correspondent that, English and Anzac prisoners of war in Corinth are not getting enough to eat. One group, the correspondent stated, received only a little rice and soup during four days. The camp commandant admitted that, food conditions were bad because of a shortage throughout the whole of the Pelopponesus. But, he pointed out, this situation was only temporary, because the prisoners are soon to be transferred to Germany. J n addition to the English and An/.acs. the Corinth camp f.ccommodates 1000 men from the Jewish labour battalions, sonic refugees from Germany. four Yugoslav Generals and 1000 Yugoslav officers and men. Rule o! the Gestapo Gestapo-ruled Greece is a grim country says the Times' Istanbul correspondent,. The food situation is growing worse daily, especially in the islands, where people are on the verge of starvation. Bread, which is the Greeks' main sustenance, is rationed at less than Jib. a day. Almost all meat is,going to Germany. The Germans have requisitioned all stocks of tobacco, turpentine, oils and minerals and also all ships above 50 tons. Many Greek towns have been seriously bombed, rendering the housing problem acute. This is heightened by the flood of refugees from Macedonia and Thrace.

Ruthless Dragooning Tito Germans are doing their utmost to enlist support for the puppet Government, but the public's attitude is illustrated by the Athens radio's injunction that the cheering of British prisoners of war will he severely punished. The specious moderation of the early days of the German occupation of Greece is being dropped in favour of progressively ruthless dragooning of the population says the Daily Telegraph's Cairo correspondent. The leader of the puppet Government, General Kollakoglti, has announced that all concerned in the Metaxas regime will be tried hv a military council for preparing the war against Germany. SUNKEN BELGIAN SHIP AMERICAN MAIL LOST WASHINGTON, May 14 The Post Office Department to-day announced the loss of 2369 bags of mail in the Belgian steamer Ville de Liege (7430 tons), which was sunk on April 14. The vessel left New York on April 5 for England.