El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-17
GERMANY HAS
FOOD CRISIS
Expected Relief From the
Ukraine Proves Disap-
pOintment to People.
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pounds and one ana a mar ounces OF
I bread stutfs per week, but THIS wa:
( reduced 20 two pounds and eight and
a half ounces.
No Potatoes.
The shortss-e Of bread and its poor
there should be good supply Of pO-
tatoes, but this was not the case. as
the "keicuspost' shows.
lt is really an unhappy fact that
no sooner is some one lOOdstuff ala
solutely necessary than an acute
ours We are told by the authOri-
ties that the one kilo 1.-TWO and one
lrtn pounds ration of potatoes is
secured after untold labor and diff
Guilty. hleuna's stores are empty Ca
lcia and Poland are our only hope"
Another point Of great Importance
must De noLlceu- the great scarcl tl
Of seed corn. The "ReichepostT saws.
we are ready 10 start in the fields
out there is no seed Moreover. the
authorities announce that only 80 per
cent OF the promised seed can be de-
ley, summer wheat and rye, as well
as potatoes"
No Bread in Bohemia.
It is only possible TO mention here
a few of the facts that might be adj
duced 10 show the scarcity Of food
in Bohemia We learn from the DO
hemia" that people are standing in
queues outside the Prague bakers.
and even then cannot always obtain
bread. The following day the
Prague Tagblatt" states that a
speaker at "a meeting Of the city
council declared that the feeding Of
the poorest classes had become almost
an impossibility." The Bohemia" an
nouuces that the war grain office has
failed TO supply $4,000 kilOs OF flour,
which had been promised In c0nse-
guence there is q bread crisis. Wei
20 do people are asked 10 do without
bread The "Dentsches Nolks blatt'
says; "From all the mountain dis
tricts Of Bohemia cries for help reach
Germany Has Food Crisis.
The German Press supplies evil
lence that the authorities are uneasy,
and are uncertain whether the IA
tons Of the two principal articles
OF 1000, bread and potatoes, can be
maintained at their present level
Moreover, the high hopes Of getting
abundant supplies from the Ukraine
have now all but vanished.
Two general and authoritative
statements on the food situation, with
particular reference 10 the bread and
potato supplies are 10 be noted The
first was made by a member Of the
war food bureau, and is given 10 the
Dussellorfer Nachrlchten; As re-
CARDS potatoes, he had nothing def
mite TO say on the question whether
higher ration would soon be possible
Tremendous quantities Of potatoes
reclZ0ued on in the inventory had been
Withdrawn from the general public
through Illicit trade. He also spoke
on the bread supply. and expressed
the hope that the present rations
would remain unchanged until the
harvest Too much must not be eE-
peeted Of imports from the Ukraine.
although peace with that country and
Rumauia viii mean a substantial inn
provement in the food supply next
year"
a less cheerful view was taken in
Munich, where the Bavarian minister
of the interior and a high official
the food question. The minister, as
reported fin the -'Nunchner Neueste
said:
The harvest, taking Germany
rs q whole, is so scanty that only
with the greatest economy and
the most drastic appropriation OF
all stocks can we make ii SUI
fice.7
Herr Brand. speaking on the bread
supply, stated that il viii remain as
it is for the present.
The statistics OF the potato crop
cannot have been correct, for the last
crop was not worse than that Of 1916
ia record bad harvest). The result
had, however. led TO further reduc-
lions Our position is serious and re-
IuIres the complete appropriation Of
all foodstuffs and the greatest econ
1my to enable us 10 hold out"
The Workers LoT.
There is q note Of poignancy in
the statement of a writer in the Bre-
men Burger Leitung' as TO the pO-
siCon of working people. He points
1ut that while the cost Of food has
risen 1z0 20 $50 per cent since 1914.
The average rise in wages is only -
per cent.
The continued existence Of work
Prs when there is such a difference
between the rise OF food prices and
wages is explained by the fact that
he high priced fOOds-butter. eggs.
milk, Fat, sausage and cheese-may
only be bought 10 the extent OF one
.Ourth Of the former consumption,
and others, such as bread, meat and
.ruiL TO the extent OF one half.
The latest Information concerning
he food situation in Germany and
Austria Hungary was given in The
Daily News published on Friday
asst We are now able TO supple
llglAA the par LAlAAaAo AAaElA ca ~ AAA
ZONE details, received from a thor
lughly trustworthy source, concern
nE the general position of affairs in
he enemy countries.
War Spirit Revived.
It has first TO be noted that the
var spirit is again in the ascendant
n Germany. The vast majority Of
he people are. apparently, determined
% accept only a German peace, and
he military party and leading indus
rialists are openly advocating large Z
.cquisitions Of territory in the west I
ogether with huge indemnitIes in
he shape either of money or Of raw
uaterials. At the same time, there [
AVE lately been indications of grow
ng discomfort in certain units OF the
rmy, and isolated attempts are re-
.Orted at forming revolutionary COM
littees on the Russian model But /
ne loyalty Of the great body Of the I
ferman forces is not likely TO be az !
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