The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-27
OF ALLIES
 CAUSING PARASITES
 THROUGHOUT GERMANY
Seagull Eggs, Crows and Carrier Pigeons Now cOnsumed-Cattle Are Scarce and Prospects
 of Good Harvest Poor.

SOMEWHERE IN BELGIUM, July 1O- Special The situation in Ger many today IS strange, and its press mysterious All unpleasant news Is suppressed. The Russian offensive against the Austrlcns, which is prov ing so effective, has been strictly censored in the Berlin papers for the past ten days. and in the coun- try has been as diligently stiflcd by the military authorities. The mcjor. lty of the German people are com pletely in ignorance of the plight Of Austria. and that their much-lauded Hindenburg has failed to stop the rout of his allies They are stiIl in ignorance of the misfortunes which have attended the Grown Princes ef- forts in front of Verdun.
 The latest German press headline for a food riot is Foolish Demon stration by historical women" These riots are ruthlessly stamped out by tho police. and the papers are prompt ed to declare that there is plenty of food in Germany. The Cologne Ga. zet.e goes still further and gives as an illustration Of the plentitude Of these supplies the following curious example:
 eOn the Island Of Graswarder. 2S,- OOO 'seagulls' eggs have been collect ed. and are to be sold for public consumption. They will be obtain able on showing the egg ticket at price of one penny apiece The pe6rle. moreover. have been placed l in the position Co procure another excellent food product, through the signal success that has attended the crow batteries. In one district on @ single day 1928 crows were shot. These were sold at sNpence each.
 Harvest Prospects Poor
 The Rheinisch Westalische Zei- tung also suggests that the owners Of carrier pigeons. which are not wanted for military service. as 1t has been found impossible to feed these birds with the necessary sup. ! ply of maize. are advised "only Go keep the most tried and reliable birds and to place the others at the disposal of the public authorities who will sell them as food.
 The German public. as we know is already enjoying a diet of blend. ed sausage" made up Of all sorts of awful ingredients. Now. in addi. tion. on their own admission they have seagull eggs and crows flesh, and carrier pigeons The inspired newspapers may talk as they please but they will not alter the facts. such facts as those given by Herr von Batocld. the president of the new German food supply department, in an interview in which he eX- pressed himself anything but optimis. ticany about the prospects of the coming harvest, and more especially with regard to the supply of cattle
 Germany" he said can only hope for an average harvest, certainly not for one as good in times ot peace Nor was there any hope of such an abundant crop as last year. As for cattle. the number ready for slF~ga. ter in North Germany wa very small indeed. The recent cattle con- sus showed that to some extent. per haps the supply of milch cows might have said to be sufficient. and there were plenty of calves. but the situa ton as regards slaughter cattle was very bad. and the same might be said of the supply of hogs. He was not very hopeful either over the supply of fruit and vegetables and said it was "too late now to do anything in the way of organizing their distribution.