El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-01
Many Ships BIo1vn Up.
Hunger Typhus kIIIs Many.


mum Of innutritious and exceedingly
unpalatable war bread
Hunger Typhus Kills Many.
One result OF the long continued
prlFltlon has been the advent Of the
terrible munger typhus." which first
maze IS appearance in epidemic form
cary last year, and by the summer
nae spread practically TO every part
OF Germany, where 10 is now more or
less endemic Frightful ravaEes. too.
are being made in many districts by
os senleTy, as the result Of improper
and insufficient food.
These facts are fully borne out by
letters found on the prisoners taken
~ US and by our allies. the French
VI several thousand letters examined.
more than one half contain references
20 lne spread OF these twin scourges,
among the places mentioned as in
Iected being such important centers
OF population as Cologne. Nulheirn.
Loburg. Wlesbaden, Halle. AltOna
nay ence. Hamburg. Munich, Stettin,
Mannheim. and BinEen.
Some OF the letters make verv pa
thetlc reading. In many hundreds Of
me letters there appear such phrases
as, We are all OF US little more
than skin and bone" There is no fat
To- re sven 70 the children; they are
IKE little skeletons"
Face 20 face with starvation, the
mass Of the German people are sim
ply ignoring. whenever IL is possible
for them to do so. the carefully
framed regulations designed by the
government 10 prevent profiteeriug
in foodstuffs- HUNDREDS OF offenders
are being prosecuted daily for Illicit
selling and buying; but thousands
according 10 the ''Berliner Lokalan-
zeiger.' escape detection.
Worst Famine Of All.
The most serious famine Of all
however. from the point OF view Of
the health expert IS that In fat and
oils 10 IS the almost entire lack Of
these 1udis peusabIg articles OF diet
LnaL rs slowly YET surely saDpiuE the
vitality Of the German people. a
somewhat curious sidelight is thrown
on this phase Of the food shortage by
an announcement i'm recent number
or the Berlin "N0ssische Zeitun-' to
the effect that a new source of edi-
Die oil production is now being drawn
upon-tomato seeds. These seeds
the paper goes on to say. are being
collected everywhere in Germany. and
IN the occupied territories. particu-
larry Rumania."
another recent announcement. I'm
the "Berliner Lokalzeiger7 this time.
runs as follows "OfI collectors for
the government are paying cash or
soup cubes for fruit kernels and
melon seeds. from which to extract Z
oil for margarine" The same papcr
Eravely advises its readers TO use I
4rled apple parings as substitute I
loE Tea obviously. nation which is I
reduced TO such shifts as these must I
be very hart hit. indeed
Here In England we have at cur
disposal the harvest OF the sea. II I
the worst comes 10 the worst. this ]
alone would probably suffice ~ rs,-e I
us from actual starvation. But Ger
many has no sea fish 20 speak Of. i
with the exception OF a very small ]
supply or the coarser kinds from the /
balJlc' nile practically ali che fresh I
water Ilsnes in the country have al 7
ready been caught and consumed.
How severe is the fish famine may
be gagged from the fact that u9rnofse
meet, usually regarded as being quite /
unit Tor human consumption. has
now been added to the official list Of I.
edible fish foods issued monthly
BY the Berlin municipality. The
price for bloaters, and other similarly
cured fishes has iurrea Sed since the
war by no less than 100 per cent
but practically none are Obtainlble
IN the ordinary way. even at these
sXOrbitant rates
Pays s235 for a Ham.
The famine effects all Germany. but
some places are suffering worse than
others. In Hamburg, for instance. 7
which before the war was rcck1ned
IS being one Of the most PROSPEROUS
lIes IN the empire. the lack Of food
las become so accumulated that 10000
hildren have had to be torn from
heir homes and sent into the remote
.ountry districts iu east Prussia.
where food OF a kind is supposed TO
'e slightly more plentiful fin order
o preserve their lives. Recently a
-ealthy Hamburg merchant was sent.I
o goal for the crime" OF secretly ]
purchasing a ham. it weighed Is
ounds. and the price paid for IT, ac-
ording 10 the evidence, was S235. q