The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-01-09
Shortage of Supplies Is Also
Spreading Disease in
Fatherland.
LITTLE MILK FOR BABES
Plight of Austria Hungary
WOrse-CrOps Failures
in Most Districts.
Special Gable Despatch to THE SuS.

many has come to hand. The extreme
seriousness of the economic situation In
Germany. may be realized when 1t is
borne in mind that the facts revealed
in these dispatches are not based upon
surrise, but upon actual evidence sol
lected from the German newspapers,
which are available here two days after
publication.
simultaneously with the appearance
in Socialist papers of very strong pro-
tests against the food monopoly's restric-
tions, which are causing starvation, the
the German Government urge the Ger
man people to remember that all their
privations are suffered for the father
land
News items from all parts OF Ger
many report serious disturbances and
food riots. while the health authorities
disclose an outbreak of diseases caused
by under feeding. A big increase is
reported in infant mortality due to~the
milk shortage.
Advertisements in the German news
papers plainly show the alarming con-
dtions. Provision dealers frequently re-
quest supplies rather than advertise their
goods for sale, while the word "ersatz,
signifying substitute. appears in con-
nection with the staple foodstuffs. from
butter and eggs to fats and salad oil.
why the Babies Suffer.
The Berlin municipality announces
that one and a half pints of milk will
be available hereafter for infants under
two years, and three-quarters of a pint
for four-year-olds. The pr!vations to
which the Germans must submit are
clearly indicated by the following eX-
tracts from the semi-official Cologne
Gazette:
Whichever way We turn nowadays we
hear the question put with bated breath,
VIII this new year bring us peace? Many
hope. but none know. One thing is GER
tain. however. 1t will cost us many sac
rifces, tears and renunciations. We can
only prepare the nation by the solemn in
junction. You will have to suffer priva-
ton and distress, for grief shall tear at
your vitals as it never has before. What
the end VIII be we would not dare specu-
late"
The Socialist vor~ae.yts prints the
following warning:
Enormous problems are awaiting So
luton. We are closed to trading. Our
male population is in greater part idle
in an economic sense. The greater part
of the home army is producing war
goods which are not for consumption in
peace. The gold is fastened up in the
Reichsbank. An enormous amount of
paper money is circulating at seriously
low quotations
Soil Sucked Dry.
Our market is cleared of all raw
material from foreign parts. but sparsely
supplied with home produce. The soil
has been sucked dry. Agricultural
activity is at a standstill, The necessi-
ties of life are rationed by ticket
system. The prices of the most impor-
tant articles of absolute necessity are
of necessity fixed by regulations"
The Lokdldnsei says:
'"rhe time has come for every German
to sacrifice bis property, for nothing now
belongs to the individual but everything
| to the State The enemy has seen fit to
reject our offers Of peace. 1t is therefore
our part to fight with the same energy
which we have displayed in our eager
striving after the peace which these hell
| hounds will not have.
| Let II nOW ne universally krlOWT
that we have done with all neutrals. We
must emphatically refuse the aid and
counsel of an interfering neutral with
as much rudeness as Hhe enemy declined
similar good offices toward a restoration
of peace. May this declaration serve tC
convince neutrals that further meddline
will be at their own peril"
Feeling Tense in Bavaria.
The feeling is very tense in Bavaria
where Prussia is blamed for the cur.
tailment of food The Bavarian news
papers speak out boldly regarding tn,
restrictions. The Socialist Union o.
Munich is reported to have issued
medal concentrating compulsory star
walton. The Frdnkischer VoIksjreu,d o.
Wuerzburg, commenting. says:
This large iron medal. commemorat
ing the rule Of the food hog. shows OF
one side the figure of a stout butche
woman with brutal, set features, will
one hand on her hip, while In the othe
she fiourishes bone. Beneath the figur,
appears the words: What's that? Yo,
dare grumble? You'll get worse stuf
than bones to feed on
"On the diverse of the medal are
cat O. nire tails, a rod and chain, will
a dedication to the usurers among tn
DutCHeTs, d IleinOTldl OF 1915 Ber
lin numismatic periodical declares thi
medal is repulsive and brutal and despic
able. calculated to drag in the mire tn
memory of these great times,
"On our part. without troubling [
criticize the medal as work Of art. W
think its circulation will not fail 10 h
appreciated in very wide circles indeed
where the influence of the food usurer
against whom II is directed Is s
markedly felt"
No BETTER i'm Austria.
The situation is no better in Austria
! Hungary. The Budapest Hhlap prin,
the following announcement from III
, Food Comptroller:
''The first requisition of corn has M
met with the hoped for success. A set
ond requisition is therefore necessar,
/ far more severe than the first
! "The known stock represents onI
one-seventh the needs of the who
= country and army until August 1sl
5 What Is lacking must he found. "
have only two means of making goe
the deficit: requisition and importatic
= from Rumania- We hope that part
. the Rumanian grain will be allotted
: us. but 1t IL still too early tn speak
that. A great deal of labor Is involve
> In establishing the qEantity OF Rumal
| ian cereals the fmnxft finn and disty