IN GERMANY.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 566, 2 December 1915, Page 8

IN GERMANY.

THE FOOD PROBLEM. LONDON, November 30. The Amsterdam Press says the German General Staff has authorised the sale of chemical foods in large quantities for the troops. Companies are advertising artificial butter and omelettes and chemical honey, and eggs. A Charlottenburg engineer has invented a powder which is sold in packages containing the food value of two eggs. THE REICHSTAG OPENS. A BOASTFUL SPEECH.

AMSTERDAM, December 1. The Reichstag has opened. , The President, in his address, said: "The enemy has failed to break through in the West. The Austrians hold the Eastern positions in an iron grip. Our feals of arms in the Balkans haVe been carried out with splendid and unsurpassed sureness, enabling us to avenge Scrajevo and Serbia's intrigues. Assisted by Bulgaria we have crowned our victory. The Serbian army is absolutely defeated. The Turks have held up their old reputation, resulting in the failure of the Dardanelles enterprise. Proud England*is troubled about the key to her Eastern supremacy. "All our enemies have recognised that we are invincible 011 the battlefield. Therefore they eagerly cling to the hope that they can destroy us economically and conquer us by hunger. We have corn and potatoes in abundance. It may be there is some scarcity in other things, yet the hardships caused to the majority of the poorer population will be surmounted by organisation of the provision market. Financially and economically, we have every reason to contemplate the future with determination and unshaken * confidence.'*