FEAR OF DEFEAT GROWING.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXX, Issue 146016, 20 July 1916, Page 5

FEAR OF DEFEAT GROWING.

' (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received Thursday, at 11.20 a.m.) AMSTERDAM, Wednesday. There are conflicting accounts of the internal conditions of Germany. Though the fear of defeat is growing the authorities are making intense efforts to prevent the public understanding the significance of the Sommo offensive. Tho public are being hypnotised by means of lying messages from newspapers in neutral countries which are in the German pay. The general impression of politicians is that Prince Bulow is about to supersede Herr yon Bethmann Hollweg as Chancellor. The food problem, continues to be acute. Herr yon Batooks (foodstuffs Dictator) has failed to persuade the Southern States to permit the exportation of foods in order to secure an equal distribution. The Prussian authorities strongly resent the action of the southerners. Owing to the failure of the kitchens-on-wheels, the problem of comr munal feeding in Berlin is being solved by huge public dmmg halls, *ne first kitchen lias 63 boilers, holding 30,000 litres of food (tho English imperial gallon is 4 J litres). Hundreds of women are employed m preparing the meals, using electrical potato-cutting machines, gas stoves and other labour saving appliances. Specially constructed motor cars carry food to the distribution depots. Tho following is a week's bill of fare:— Monday: Rice and potatoes; Tuesday, meat; Wednesday, beans and fat; Thursday, meat and macaroni; Friday, beans and potatoes; Saturday, cabbages and potatoes; Sunday, minced meat and potatoes.. The better class of people are willing to rub shoulders with the humolest in the common dining halls.

uificauce, though there is not the slightest sigu .or any possibility of pea-co without a complete victory.