The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-04-04
BRITISH CENSOR OPENING
FIRST CLASS u. S. mail,
DECL ARES PROF. DUESING
Brother Duesng of This City Prophesies It Will
Take Europe Half Century to Recover from Effects
of Big War-Items of Interest from German View.

the Imperial commissioner for flour
and cereals stated in the Prussian
diet, that we have in Germany enough
-four and cereals for an ample nou-
rishment of all inhabitants. All win
ter our officials have worried just
about this point. The counting of
the crops last November gave an in
sufficient figure, which caused grave
fear of a possible starvation. This is
the reason, why the daily bread ration
was reduced. 1t was hoped, that
some farmers had underestimate
their crops. This hope was turned
out as truth. A, second counting of
all flour in the empire on February
l. showed that there is much more
everybody is now guaranteed.
81 told yeu in a previous letter,
that fSup7ania has sold 100000 tolls
OF corn wheat and peas for consump-
ton in Germany and Austria-Hungary
Further I can inform you, that the
export Of 100000 tons of corn, 200 car
loads of eggs and 10 carloads Of but
ter to the Central powers.
1.-THE second disappointment, which
Feb. 16 brought the Entente Allies, is
the following: On this day German
chemists perfected their discovery that
substitute OF Ferromangane can be
rmangane is used !, in the production
of steel and has BEEN looked on as
absolutely necessary in the process
Germany has not much Mangane, but
bought most of it from India, Russia,
and Northern Africa. We found much
Mangane in the occupied territory of
Belgium and France.
''Stil1 there was danger, that we
might have no more, if the war should
last many years more. The French
and English have proved theoretical
! ly last summer, that the German pro-
duction of steel, grenades, and shrap-l
nels will start in fall 1915. to di-
Ininish in quality and quantity, as the.
supply of Ferromangane will be re-
duced more andsmore. The Entente
Allies have hoped that our shrapnels
would go bad this winter and we at
| 'sNoW comes the announcement, that
we have invented a chemical pro-
cess, to make substitute from domes-
| tic materially which can be had in
unlimited quantities. Already fac
tories have been EremodeIed for the
production of artificial Ferromangan
and bigger factories are planned. Feb
ruary / was indeed a, happy day for
Germany.
/ s'Now I will give you. little infor-
nation about the treatment of German
prisoners in France. Nils Christien-
/
/ 'Gotenburg Morningpost' was a mem
Der of the Swedish commission, which
was sent to France to examine the
/ prison camps. They We're shown
among other places an old monastery
lat Puy, Southern, France, where, 10
herman officers are improved. We
Iwere taken to a small garden, where
the prisoners, standing at attention,
4 shook and trembIed in the cold wind.
4 The military men in ourS commission
felt offended, to see German officers
| forced to stand in attention. Some
4 of u.s. asked for permission to speak
with two of the German officers, who
had Swedish names, Anderson and
tDahlstroem. 1t was refused. I my
4 self left the group in the garden and
walked into the hallway to get a
| glimpse of the rooms.
Is Here I met one of the imprisoned
German privates-and stopped him, ask
4 ing, how he liked the place. AT this
moment the commander of the prison
came running, knocked down the pri-
| vate and threw him out into the gar
! den, shouting, that conversation is
/ forbidden. turned to the commander
and said: France is ashamed of you,
you miserable coward am absolute
~ sure that imprisoned French Off
GERS have never been so mistreated as
the German officers at Puy.'
Professor Eiselsberg of the Wen
/ the operation for empyema on King
Constantine OF, Greece last winter. Last
week the king has paid a fee of $1O,-
/ 600 to the surgeon who presented the
whole sum to the Bulgarian Red
i Cross. The latter, to show gratitude,
Tappointed him eternal honorary mem
/ Der.
/ prof. witowski director of the I'm
Iperial Insurance Bureau, attributes
the military efficiency, which Germany
has shown, to the protection of the
workingmen by social Insurance. He
states, that Insurance against illness
has built up a strong race of men ca
pa'b1e of defending their country. Herr
Witowski states that 100000 work
Eers are insured for sickness and are
thus able to secure medical care, at
! tention and sick benefits. Witho CHI
insurance many would sink into chron-
ic invalidisn.'
l. March exports of copper from At