Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-16
CLEANED FROM FOREIGN EXCHANGES


 The Telegraaf learns that the ori- giha1 German demands in the economic 1 agreement with Holland were:-
 60,000 cattle,
 5000 full grown horses,
 5000 one year old horses,
 1000 tons Of butter,
 11.Qe0 tons of cheese
 1000 900 eggs, | 150 tons of bone fat;
 3,900 tons of poultry, ~@ 13,000 tons of sugar, j
 0000 cattle hides,
 100000 horse and calf hides,
 Quinine from the Dutch Indies, for Germany free of the Netherland Over sea Trust conditions.
 These demands were formulated as result of German espionage, the Ger mans saying that the Dutch could we'll deliver these quantities according to | the German estimate of the economic situation of Holland. The Dutch ne gotiators strongly opposed these con- ditions, so that it is highly improbable that many of them will be agreed to, but the Germans particularly insist on 60.e0e cattle, and certain man has begun buying up cows.
 In his last article, Herr Teller deals with the seriousness of the future. Always assuming that Germany can get peace and escape the terrors of the economic compuIsion which she fears, he is not particularly pessimistic. He assumes that Germany will at least be compelled to face the problem Of tax alton and to pursue real social pol 1 icy; the main drawbacks are that tax ation reform and social reform will come so late, after the destruction of so much life and 50 much capital. He writes:-
 | It helps us little now to reflect what a Paradise on earth we could have con- structed with the same expenditure in i time of peace. The milliards have 1 gone. and the magic wand which would | bring them back, painlessly will not l be found. although so many people | are seeking it. There is only one way Ito work and to save. The restoration will take much longer time than the destruction. Shortage i of capital, accentuated by the gigantic credit requirements of the States, will put it's stamp upon all economies for years perhaps for decades to come. I Times of seaEcity will come upon mankind But there is one good way 1 to bear thenl-rlo longer to desire lux urieus living. Want will force us to I practise renuneiation. and we hope that higher things and purer joys than in the past will be sought and found l Life will be hard and serious. But the German people will have the courage and the strength to bear this also Having held out through this war, we shall be, able to stand for peace.
 This is all very interesting and in- spring, but the trouble is that Herr Teller has to end his dissertations with the plaintive question:
 But when will peace come? As long as that question is not answered al
 preliminary thinking about the future
 remains untimely and out of place. T A Hague correspondent reports:-A' Cologne, Dusseldorf, and towns neal the Dutch frontier rigorous search is being instituted for defeatist literature and also for spreaders of bad reports in regard to conditions on the WeEterr front. On Saturday. throughout thii district, very alarming reports wert current as to "a German Sedan bu f the police and gendarmes had instruc tions to circulate the statement tha these reports were brought across b! agents of the Entente. Some arrest have taken place including several a : the frontier town of Gloves, but tn l persons arrested have been released l again.
 ! . taken to prevent deserters from cross , ing the frontier, the ordinary sentrie
 being doubled and patrols established with dogs Special precautions ar also being taken to prevent Dutcl workmen from conveying information y in regard to the state of public opinioT e or. more proba bly,, from spreading in : formation from the outside Tn il werkmen are practically isolated fror . the ordinary German population and |
 places where they still go daily fror
 Dutch frontier towns or villages t work in German factories close b they are hustled to and from the tram y ways at top speed. 7
 }, The report of Hindenburg's deat
 obtained currency some days ago, an 1 the police are still seeking for the peo 1 ple who circulated the report in Ger
 many.
 e German air report, July 13:-Durin t the month of June 46S hostile aero ;t planes and 62 captive balloons, we1
 shot down on the German iron n Ninety-tw of these aeroplanes wei o brought down by our anti craft gun S Of the 46S aeroplanes 217 are in or e possession: the rest were observed 1
 fall beyond the enemy's positions. 0 We have lost 15S aeroplanes and : 'L captive balloons in hattle.-Admiralt
 per Wireless Press.
 n July 1d-The weather clearing u Is our bombing squadrons made night a
 tacks against the enemy railway worl ,s on the French coast between Dunkirl "a Boulfone-Fabbeville and in the reggie " of LiIlers- -St.Pol- -Doullens, as well :;
 in the region of Crepy-en- Valois ar ia Vi1lers -Cotterets. =. Admiralty, D. St Wireless Press.
 j. It is possible, owing to the issue