The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-11


sourcefulness Russia depends on no
country, and with England's ships to
fight for her she will make n formid-
able foe. That is a most effective COM
blnation il IL plain To see. Each is Of
help 10 the other France, too. will
draw assistance both from England's
sea lighting force and from Russia's
productiveness. And likewise, both ma
tions will realize good results from the
alliance with France, which is a coun-
try Of vast wealth She is i'm better
financial condition than any other ma
ton in Europe. Her per capita wealth
is greater than that OF any other ma
ton ON earth. and she is nearly self
sustaining. Then the wonderful airship
fleet OF France will prove a formidable
foe. They are well provided with
searchlights, which are Of great aid to
the hattleships in making a target
loom plain in the night. And the
French are IA race of inventors, with
many new and ingenious ways of doing
things. And in the war, some French
man can he relied ON to come To the
front pretty soon with some new device
for reyolutionizing warfare. France
has an army that is well drilled and
Germany
France alone can keep Germany
pretty busy while England and Russia
are doing execution to Austria Hun
gary and Italy. The outcome cannot
well be but one way. 1t will be all for
the Triple Entente The Triple Alliance
will soon be reduced to subsection, and
Germany thereafter must occupy a
very humble position in the worlds
history.
And Russia's great store of food for
England and France To draw on would
do more than anything else to determ-
inc the issue
True Austria Hungary Is a great
food producing country herself, but
nothing to compare with Russia. Then
the art OF agriculture is but poorly
developed there. In many parts the
people are almost in a state of semi
civilization. 1t is q country where the
women TO barefoot and do most of the
work while the men drink beer. In
nearly all respects the nations is far
behind the other great powers of the
world. Italy is largely dependent on
outside, sources for her food supply |
and is a very weak nation from many
Food Supply Chief Factor.
Germany's alliance with Austria, like |
England's with Russia, is for the pur- |
pose Of assuring food supply in case of |
war. Austria Hungary is Germany's |
cupboard, and Russia is England's |
Germanys cupboard is more accessible |
but less productive. Long Germany has |
realized her weakness in this respect |
and she has taken heroic measures to |
it, Despite all this, however. |
Germanys capacity for producing food |
Is exceedingly small compared To her
population. The whole nations might |
be compared 10 a great manufacturing /
center producing little food for her
self but calling on the outside world |
FOR supply, just as cities call upon the
farms. OF necessity. then,
plays an important part
IN the nations administration. 1t gov
erns everything and everywhere.
With an area Of less than 207,7S0 |
square miles-less than the state of
has 10000, 900 mouths
% feel. What this means can best be
understood by comparison with our
Iwn country. America, with popula-
ion OF 9o.O0O,OOO, has an area of 3d.
i24,O22 square miles, or more than
seventeen times that of Germany. Am
erica has % O. acres Of land To every
Germany only 10 acres.
And this is true Notwithstanding the
nations great efforts toward cohserva-
ion. Every foot. indeed almost every
nch, of Germanys area is called upon
% contribute its share toward the ma
ions subsistence. All possible sources
II waste are avoided. owners of vacant
OTIS are compelled to lease them to
enants at regulated prices for garden
purposes. The trees along many of the
highways and country lanes are food
Fearing trees, and the shrubbery i'm so
ar as consistency permits yields ber-
les and other edblcs. The fruits cam
lot be plucked except at specified
lines and by licensed persons. Even
he wild nuts and berries of the for
,sts are governed by such restrictions
md any one gathering them with
,ut license is liable to arrest and
Inc. Since most of the soil is poor i'm
luantity, the government has given "a
treat deal of encouragement to the
aising of potatoes, as this vegetable
will thrive i'm poor land. Potatoes, geese
md sugar beets are three of Germa-
ly's most important sources of econ
my.
Test For Germany.
Now, with war on hand Germany
las a chance 60 test the efficacy of her
conservation scheme as well as her
'ther prearranged schemes for pre-
'enting "a food famine. Each city and
illage as a unit is commissioned to
ook out for it's own population. Likeli-
rood that the railroad system will be
blocked To ordinary traffic has caused
ach to take steps to increase the
took of provisions within its own
Jurisdiction. The Berlin City Council
las commissioned a number of firms .
o purchase and bring in supplies of