The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-02-09

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ships. sad America ma! @h""1"'' '''.
| lions slrJIr at TIM. N"lh ti''' 49,
NOT in GIrat Erlt.tu rt'h,t w'''''''
ur iuhur tn tu,trl-c h'A"nd a. ''''-''''
porrrutau, he output "f t"n"|-@. N''''
thut prrrcuta2r.l the ll.h - tn -i'@
iu!- NOW .oiu2 uu i. not enough '"'
in the Emitted State. there ate n"''t'''
ana labor ruuluh E." build ul'1' >N'l'
than tn,. Grrmuus can po..thlN nm" /"
the two vcurs for which lltndr"ioi"
can count upon nalutatulnE htF in'}
tary resistance.
Money Is Vital
The question of none! - equally VI
tai. Germany and her allies m" >'H
continued ana the Uttlr rur'haHIH*
they are ahlr to de- in udl"lun& nr1
irsl countries is carried out ON a gold
basis. Eul within th"ir own borders.
their paper is good 80 long rs th'W
WeIl-di~ciplincd and patriotic peoples
| viii accept il; their difficulties durinS
Tie war center around shortage of uA-
teriaI~. not of credits. The entente Is
! in different position; IL credit must
he rr.tI.,ajnrd and this task has hjth
rrta r....,.J l.,,.n .f,,. Shoulders ot Great
Britain. Whether The burden could
i.lv,. A,..n born, l,...nr ,nan the pres
mt ,..ar is GulHrlH. have been a..
>Urrd Ivy euueat financial authorities;
j., has ruv, hcrlI transferred Ia the
.F.l,'.I.r.~ a. I-u.f, Sam. Here Amer
ra l.; g.y.a .alr..,,i.-a and all im.
r...r..fv.- g,.,r, ..I;r,.rG.. and +: r,id,ntiy
r..,f..~,sl 4, T,g--. uf., tn,. dollars With
r.t STINT ~ Iuu.-.,.. .l.v hr necessary.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. u nonsense mas
+ been t1I&Ht about the food shortage III
Germany, 10 he great advantage ~ the
German c;U~e. Informal un here 90
iu"dr> With chat of Hoover ana &c
.a"d: There is little chance that Ter
many can re starved out for two years:
hat there i, Il fallaciouS argument cur
rent that has doubtless reached the
United States and may do much harm
in convincing the public thar the war
cannot last lon-, rHaH-h for American
/ help to be ~ much assistance.
Admittedly ii is said, the German
| people are suffering greater hard$hipS
now than are the British or French.
| Since they cannot import food, their
situation must grow constantly worse
II IS absurd then. TO talk about starry
| inc ENGLAND our bpcousn the privationS
If the Germans will 90 on getting
worse as the English feel the pinch of
! hunger more and more. and obviously
! Tho rcnuJr to succumb 10 starvation
| first viii he the people who first be-
! can IN staryc.
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"a' l!"' l"t ~ '"ii7 % 'i', ~ U.s.
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~. ,,,,,.I, ,,r.i,, ,,,d mont thor, - in
| A., o.,,,,.,., 49,, "a, h,++I, nf +bo
yeor ,,.ho, +bn ,,..,r sottlad down IN :,
! ,...,,,,.,, &c ,,.7,,roro,, o,.o,.,, ,,oss;IIn
,,,,,,,.,,,., ho, h.o, +ol-ar +o incraosa
! f,,,I ,,,ad,,.+io,, Tboro b,s h.on no
west, ,I,hn German outtoritias tod,,-
ln.u. v.itbin tho limits imnospd h,.
tho variabilftv of the harvcsts, what RI
tiors thnv can dole ont tor the rest Of
his vrar in 1o1S and p0ssjbIv even in
! 1910. and thcy have ND their sleeves
one uoYrrful trumD card. They can if
really reduced TO starvation evacuatp
! info the enemy lines the 15.OO0OO0 in
habitantS of the conquered territories.
rCraining ONLY men who can be forced
10 labor effectively, and the produce
of these lands. the food these 10000
| 600 would have eaten. can be CON
Sumed by Germans while the burden
of feeding gigantic armies of refugees
| is cast upon the entente.
In England, on the other hand, the
submarine menace to the food supplies
was not taken seriously until this year.
Measures to put into cultivation mead
owS and game preserves nave only re-
! .nntlv hnnn nixon and tho rppr1itinV nf