GERMAN PUBLIC HYPNOTISED.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14049, 20 July 1916, Page 3

GERMAN PUBLIC HYPNOTISED.

BY MEANS OF LYIN G MESSAGES,.' COMMUNax, FEEDING IX BERLIN*. (Australian and N.Z. Gable Association.] . (Received July 20, 11.90 a.m. ) AMSTERDAM, July ,19. . Ihere are o:>nflieting accounts of the internal conditions in Germany. Though " fear of defeat is growing, the authorities are ma,king an immense effort to prevent the public understanding the significance of the Somme offensive. The public have been hypnotised by means of lying messages from newspapers in neutral" countries which are m the German pay.-' - ; < There is a general impression amongst " politicians that Prince Bulow is about to supersede Dr. Bethmann-HouVeg 'as Cliancellor. The food problem; continues acute. Hen- Battocki, the food dictator, hag failed to persuade the Southern States to permit exportation of food, in order • to secure an equal distribution. The Prussian authorities strongly resent the action of the Southerners. " ' Owing to the failure of kitchens on wheels,;. #ie problem of communal feeding in Berlin i* being solved. Huge ' public dining halls are being used.--. One* ' kitchen has sixty-three boilers, holding thirty thousand litres of food. Hundreds of women are employ edi in preparing meals, and are using electrical potato cutting machines, gas stoves, and other labor-saving appliances, specially constructed. Motor cars carry food to. the distribution depots. The following is a week's bill-of-fare .- Monday, nee and potatoes; Tuesday, ineat; Wednesday, beans and fat; Thursday, meat and macaroni; Friday, beans and potatoes; Saturday, cabbages and potatoes : Sunday, minced meat and potatoes.. A portion equal to a litre is sold for fourpence. There are 250.000 litres sold daily in Berlin. The better class of people are willing to rub shoutders with the humblest m the common' dining halls. ......