ENEMY FOOD CONDITIONS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11472, 26 February 1918, Page 5

ENEMY FOOD CONDITIONS.

TURKEY STARVING. AUSTRO-GERMS SUFFERING TERRIBLY. UNDERGOING PHYSICAL DETERIORATION. i'r.itru Press Association —By Electric To! vg ra ph—Cop}-r igh t. Washington, Feb. 24. Ti,e Government Iras pablishediJthe 3H.«! report of an exhaustive examination.of the Central Powers’ ton.! conditions. •I: shows that Turkey is actually 'Caving ami Germ my and Austria «:•' mattering horrible priv --Cions. There are better conditions in Kmearia ami Hungary. i; '■ Ausrro-Gcnnans. it is stated, ere undergoinga perm.nont physical ieteriur.tion because of lack of food. The death rate is increasing alarmiaaly. ami youths and labourers are only half nourished. The 'Germans’ transportation liviMties have broken down with tic 1 result that hunger is duilj r .'preading, and the authorities are >nt vet aide to relieve the situation.

LONDON TO EE RATIONED. I'u START TO-MORROW. Loudon, Feb. 2-1. Tin- experiment of rationing London';? ten million people is stirt•ug norrow and is anxiously awaited. Long queues are securing Sit" necessary Jtickets. There have also boon enormous queues through■ear t’ue day at the butchers and ;r<vt>r- endeavouring to increase their stocks before the [rationing t-‘-wni's effective. KATIOXS FOR SOLDIERS ON LEAVE. -Also ADDITIONS FOR HEAVY WORKERS. London, Feb.’24. I- connection with the rationing pruah'm for soldiers on leave, it has 'rote! satisfactorily solved by a 'l'feial meat ration of eight ounces -utv. it is found to be impossible to allow the heavy workers a bigger Jadoa. without unduly restricting be- whole population, but an addiWnnl allowance will bo regarded as first necessity when the supplies -■•Tvii'e.

"'dli'K OF AMERICAN WHEAT. Washington, Feb. 2-1. Wilson lias issued a protixing the minimum price hi; 11‘ld wheat at 220 cents (about -*;• and is urging that farmers vim.M be exempted from the draft. BRITAIN’a NAVY. A OK EAT PERSONNEL. London, Feb. ;M. , Navy Estimates provide for sm !it in men.