INTERNAL GERMANY.

Taihape Daily Times, 19 February 1918, Page 3

INTERNAL GERMANY.

EATING UP FOOD-CAPITAU. A despatch sent from Switzerland, telling of internal conditions in Germany, to the Boston Globe, by Herbert Corey, says: “Germany is suffering from progressive mechanical deterioration and cumulative human misery. There will be more food in the next twelve months than in the twelve montns past, and military demands for men and munitions will be met. “Weakness is not one of material, but moral. It is not possible that any people can withstand the pressure of misery indefinitely. “Everyone gets the calories scientists figure will sustain life. But everyone is hungry all the time. “Germany reached food-production maximum in 1917, and is counting on peace before winter of 1918-19. Every available inch -was cropped last year. Decreased fertility now means a decreased yield. Germany is eating up food-capital and cutting into herds for which she has not enough fodder. “Boys of sixteen and a-half have now been summoned to the colours and men of fifty-five a're now liable. Moral standards have been breaking down, with juvenile misbehaviour, thefts, and illegitimacy increasing. But plans for next year's war are more sweeping, scientific, and murderous ;han for any past years.”