GERMANY'S TROUBLES.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume IV, Issue 962, 12 March 1917, Page 8

GERMANY'S TROUBLES.

THE PINCH OF HUNGER. DOES NOT AFFECT ARMY. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association LONDON, March 10. The "Daily Telegraph's*' Amsterdam correspondent stales that while the hunger-pinch in Germany is probably at its worst, it is easy to exaggerate its importance.Hunger riots and other manifestations will not change the authorities' policy, which places the army first, the economic future second, and women and children last, or nowhere. Germany is still able to pile up foodstuffs for the army.

TERRIBLE CONSEQUENCES. JUNKERS TO BLAME.

Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. AMSTERDAM, March 10. The report of a speech by a Socialist, Hcrr Kofer, published in the newspaper "Vorwaerts," created a sensation. He asserted that suicides, due to distress, were increasing. Many parents became demented because food was unprocurable, and sometimes killed their children. He added: "The Junkers arc to blame, not the so-called wicked English." NO HELP FROM BULGARS. NEED THE FOOD THEMSELVES. Australian and N.Z. Cabin Association. (Received March 12, 9 a.m.) ROME, March 11. Bulgaria has forbidden the export of green vegetables and potatoes to Austria and Germany. DESIRE FOR PEACE. A DESPERATE POSITION. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received March 12, 9.25 a.m.) NEW YORK, March 11. General Kuhn, president of the War College, and recently American military attache at Berlin, in a speech said:—"The German people are on the verge of starvation. "I believe that Germany is prepared not only to entertain terms of peace but to go a long way to get them."

THE LEATHER SUPPLY. CENSUS OF FOOTWEAR. Australian anil N.Z. Cable Association. THE HAGUE, March 9. Germany is making a census of boots, shoes, and sandals.