New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-16
Men Faint in Streets, but
Few Riots Are
Reported.
PRICES GO SKYWARD,
SUPPLY DWINDLES
Great Suffering Among the
POOr-Meat and POta-
toes Not To Be Had.
fBy Gable 10 The Tribune.l


Iondon. Aug, 15.-Letters intercept
ed in delivery and letters and other
documents taken from German prison.
ers show the effectiveness OF the brl'-
ish blockade and indicate that the 1000
question is fast reaching crisis III the
Fatherland. One letter tells of men
fanting in the streets from munger
The food scarcity has even made ltse'i
felt in the trenches. Meat is especial
" scarce. in some districts there being
none for the poor.
One intercepted letter, dated July T.
from Stockholm, and written by
Swedc Just returned from Germany
told of food troubles in Germany 1t
read in part:
"The conditions in Germany are TOO
terrible. and food is exceedingly
scarce. Yet there were very lew fio's'
At Liebknechts instigation, seVerai
were organized in Berlin, to be fol-
lowed by similar manifestations IN
Leipzic. Brunswick. Munich, ETC.
zone day we were suddenly informed
that our neighborhood would be the
next TO rebel. Threatening letters
were sent TO some of the leading IN
babitants, and soldiers were stationed
AZ one end Of the concert halls. POSI-
blv for this reason no riot took place.
bu. il was a most anxious time. One
can understand the poor peoples SUI
fering when our own diihcuItles III
obtaining food were so great"
Cards for All Foodstuffs.
Another letter, dated April 80, writ
ten by a resident of Stuttgart, told OF
the high cost of food in that city and
the scarcity Of meat. 1t read IN part:
"Everwhing with US here is SO nor
riblv dear. So your food has been re-
duced too? Ours is getting less every
dav. Now we have cards for bread
cards for -four scarcely sufficient, but
tor cards allowing three-quarters OF
Mound ner head per month. meat caros'
160 Grams per day. II is Impossible 70
obtain gram of meat or sausage WIN
ont card. not even in the inns; be-
sides that. every week there are TWO
meatless DAYS when one can procure
nothing; all the butcher shops are
closed on these days.
"For sugar and all other fooos thero
is a special book to be procured from
the municipality; every tradesmnan Is
bound to write in 1t what you puy III
order that you may not procure NOR nor.
than YOU have legal right 20. Inc
hest coffee is 3 marks the pound choc0o
late is and marks, eggs are 80
pfennigs apiece, and from what lhey
say they will be dearer still II =.
Here is an extract from a Berlin iet-
ter dated May 10: <
ave have seen no meat Tor four
weks and there are no other foods
either now. How is il with you have
you still enough to eatT
Potatoes Disappear.
A letter from a Westphalian miner
to a soldier, dated June To- READS IN
part: A.. ..o,,,-
la+ors nlav their game. An egg costs
50 nfennies. There is no more meat
for the working classes. There IS no
moro fat at all. Marmalade costs
marks the hound and more. Very often
there is none.
"Potatoes have literally disappeared.
In fhe district of Essen there are 1884,
600 men who have not seen potato
for a fortnight. At Mulheim there are
many families which receive KIDS
yeet which is not sufficient for them
even for one meal. ~
"Men faint of hunger in the streets
GAS for the prospects of the new
harvest. with the persistent RAIN and
heavy showers OF the last fortnight
everything is already destroyed. 1t
Looks as II a steam roller had passed
over the cornfelds. Everything is
"The potatoes cannot form, the
nlants are covered with water, and the
rain continues to fall. l think that the
I English have bribed the powers above.
All the stuff that is written in the
papers is simply balm to quiet us. NO
one believes it any longer. We are all
at our wits end
Meat Cannot Be Had.
Among a batch of letters found on a
German officer taken prisoner July 2
before Vingre were several, all of June
dates, telling of food scarcity in sew
eral cities in Germany, particularly in
Heldesheim and Berlin. Three sem
fences from the Berlin letter follow:
"You will receive by the same post
three parcels. one Of honey, another of
chocolate and eggs, another of gateaux,
burnt almonds and cakes. As for meat
and pork, there is none to be had.
81 should like TO have sent you ham
or sausage. but it was labor in vain.
II is. indeed. time that the war should
end. for provisions are beyond all price
and are not to be found