Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-08-25

pends on the harvest now rlpening,
people cannot fight without food.
hence a HnoWstorm Ike mat which
covered the i}r0Cken 20 "a depth ~
three inches in June may save the
lives of thousands ~ American boys
by shortening the war
II is known definitely that frost
occurred In the middle " june in
Denmark. Hohemia. other provinces
~ Austria, Poland, Switzerland, ana
tho same frosts must have affected
an Germany. with the possible OK
ception uf WcstphaIlt. n is re
garded as most Eguifiuant ihat the
German press. evidently on order,
maintained complei" silence cor.
yerniug this most unusual na'urAl
phenomenon. which may have dis
lstrous consequcnccy FOR their food
supply next year.
Everything Against Them.
Not only has the weather been
against the German crops out the
shortage ~ labor. draughi horses.
seed and fertilizer has been more
felt this year than before and mus,
exercise influence on the yield OF
foodstuffE
Germany les primarily dependent
on the mcnaceI German harvest for
the maintenance NJ her population.
and only In very secondary degree
on the supplies which she can OBJ
tain from outside
The Ukraine and Numhnia offer
the only sources ~ foreign supply
Roth ~ these have been A dlsap-
poinlmcnt rrac'raEt mo- food Is
heiuE received ar present from the
q /. B. n n 4
stated last spring that one hundred
thousand tons ~ Ikralniau grain
would have reached the fatherland
by the end OF May ana that before
the end ~ june. II food tarins "a
day would be running from the
Ukraine Now. tho Ukraine flasCo'
Is openly discussed.
Informed German opinion Is by
no means stnguine even about the
hclp to he expected from the
Ukraine after tho next harvest. In
spite of forced labor and high
handed proceedings against the IN
fortunate peasants, n In admitted In
Berlin that the cultivation In south
Russia this year is limited In extent
and Inferior iu quality Herr Won
braun. under secretary OF the war
food ministry. who will he annoyed
INhI NlH WhfNN nave I'hAlfh 'ufllN
ears said recently thar the prospect
~ supplies from tho Ukraine after
the summer were very poor, that
the spring sowing had been sadly
neglected owing 10 the revolution
and the appropriation OF land. and
only 30 per cent Of the land has been
sown
Hun Action Mcrctricious.
The action OF the German authori-
ties IN establishing In the rkralnc
what amounts In practice 10 mill
iary distatorEhip is not calculated to
facilitate their task Of extracting as
much corn and other foodstuffs as
possible from the stores OF the re-
llritrant pcasantry Their attempt
lp compel the farmers TO SOW their
lands resulted In widespread
Bgrhrian uprising p The peasants are
reported 10 be forcihly resisting the
G,rman soldiers sent 10 take de-
livery ~ the requisitloned corn. In
some parts they are cutting down or
destroying the half-ripc crops, set
ting fire Go forests and farm build
inEs. and generally doing all In their
power to impede the proper Guilt
vation OF the soil
In many districts a state of siege
has been declared, mixed Ukraine
and German detaChmenis are being
employed to quell the distur Dances.
and guerilla warfare is carried on.
40 doubt provided enough troops
are made available. the Germans