The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-09-17
GERMAN SUPPLYOF
FOOD IS L|M|TLESS
Won B0rnStorif Says Country
Is Self Sustaining.
C0NSULTS ABOUT WIRELESS


Fortress and That Attack by zeppe-
lin FoIIowed-ls Only One Author
lied to Speak For Germany Hare.
Washington crops are excel.
lent, and our supply of food could last
forever" said Count Won Bernstorff,
the German ambassador. Germany is
absolutely self sustaining II she wants
TO be. We are reaplng the results OF
a policy. condemned by certain per-
sons. OF keeping up our agriculture at
any cost TO the nation, so that the coun.
try would be able to sustain itself"
But If the men are all gone to war
how will the crops be gatheredT"
There are sufficient men to reap
We have so many people that we can.
not put them all In the army. Ger.
many has male population of at least
30,0O0.0O0. As for our factories. I do
not know how many of them are being
kept open. There Is now hardly any
export trade. though goods still 20 to
Italy. to Copenhagen and to Christia
MIA. Some factories are undoubtedly
closed, and their workmcn have gone
20 the front. You see. we are ut wur.
and II Is likely that all the manufac.
turing that IN being done In Of mate.
rlals that have to do with war necessl.
ties.
II should like TO make statement" I"
the ambassador had said. Nobody In
authorized 10 speak for the German
government over here except myself
and any statement that IN not covered
by my name can be regarded as n
fake.
Il have nothing new 60 say regard
Ing the situation with respect 10 the
wireless station at Tuckerton. N. J.
have been consulting with people 10
whom the station belongs and with
lawyers about II. and the situation IL
still absolutely open. ! nm trying TO
get information as TO the state of the
matter"
The attack on Antwerp by Yep.
pelin airship and the consequent par.
tial destruction Of hospital were
mentioned,
AS 20 whether a hospital In Ant.
werp has really been touched by
bombs know nothing" said Count
BernstorfY But there IN this 90 say"
he added. Antwerp is n fortress
made for the purpose ~ resisting az
tack. fortresses have always been
bombarded. If hospital Is touched
that In deporable. but Il In absolutely
the result Of hospital being inside a
fortress"
An article quoted In one OF the New
York newspapers. from the pen OF q
German military writer and published
some time ago In Europe. pointing out
how easily Il would be possible 20 In.
wade and subdue the United States. was
brought up.
II never heard OF that writer" said
the ambassador. II should not sup.
pose his work would be OF great value
II he writes such ridiculous thing"
Americans have complained that au.
tomobies have been seized" was sug-.
gested
'In war every kind OF private prop
erty becomes the property OF the gov.
ernment. Most OF my friends sold
their automobiles TO the government
No Americans car was taken without
a receipt being given, and the car or
its equivalent will be returned Why.
In France automobiles have been taken.
My daughter. the Countess Pourtales.
has little property in Savoie. near the
frontier and not far from Geneva, and
the French seized her car and gave her
just three days 10 get out Of the coun-
try. They gave my son. who was Wis
itlng her. just twenty-four hours 20
leave"