GERMAN FOOD SUPPLY.

Otago Witness, Issue 3215, 27 October 1915, Page 20

GERMAN FOOD SUPPLY.

LONDON, October 22. The Berlin Socialist paper Yorwaerts says. “It is no exaggeration to say that thousands in Berlin are struggling daily to obtain a scrap of meat or a morsel of lard. In the absence of weapons bad language makes the fight no less bitter. Many women declare that they have spent three or four consecutive nights in interminable food lines outside the shops, but were unable once to obtain food.'’ BERLIN, October 23. It is announced that the German Federal Government will assume control of all foodstuffs throughout Germany. WAR USURY. AMSTERDAM, October 22. The Cologne Gazette, in a significant article, rails bitterly at war usurers who see in the present economic conditions a wonderful opportunity for money making. The paper declares that there is exasperation among the people because the task of holding out in a long war is rendered so difficult. It describes war usury as the unsightly stain on Germany’s white shield

of honour, and contends that although the people are conscious of victory and display the utmost self-sacrifice and endurance, the tension produced in the face of these large war profits is so great that a safety-valve must be opened. The article concludes with a prediction that if the farmers continue to hold back food, the Government will proceed to a general seizure of the stocks. KAISER’S TRUST AND FAITH. AMSTERDAM, October 23. Replying to a congratulatory telegram from the King of Bavaria, the Kaiser wrote : “I confidently trust the Lord for further aid in a just cause, and that He will grant us a victorious issue of a fight wickedly begun. - ’