The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-30

southeastern section in proximity TO
Austria. Hunger exists there in almost
as great volume as In the provinces of
tie dual monarchy.
Near the end of June heavy storms
took place there. after which the tenn
perature decreased very appreciably and
during the nights of June 20 and ~
there was frost.
Beans have only occasionally been in
jured by the frosts, but on the other
hand potatoes havo suffered severely" It
is said.
THE towering Of rye in the plain was
we'll advanced before the frost, and in
tie higher regions had not yet begun. SO
that these crops were safe from the
frost"
German Rye Crop Doing Well.
stated. except where the sowing was very
late and where on light soil the dryness
hindered development.
The Duchy OF Anhalt and the city Of
Hamburg have had sufficient reserves to
avoid reductions over last year. Munich
Professionally has resolved not to reduce
tie bread ration before August 18. and
also for the present not to increase the
ratio OF potatoes used In bread making,
and other cities are moderating the re-
duction az far as possible.
IAN agrarian proposal for reorganiza-
ton OF the food supply has been put for
ward by DIR. Roesicke IN the Reichstag."
It Is stated In one report. "ln effect II Is
that only part of the grain and potato
crop should be requis!tioned. this guam
tity being used to supply the less we'll
to-do population. while the rema inder Iof
the crops will be left for free trading
that fruit, vegetables and eggs should
be entirely freed from public control:
ttat prices OF potatoes should be raised.
and that the increase OF prices caused
by these measures should be alleviated
for the poorer CLASSES by imperial and
municipal subsidies. The reception given
to this plan Is not on the whole en-
thusiastic."
Berlin has been, subject to reduced
rations, II is shown in the reports. From
the middle OF June until the middle of
July a distribution Of three pounds Of
prepared foods was ordered so that ad-
tustment could be made in the reduced
bread ration.
Breslau and Brunswick made a reduc-
ton in the bread ration to three and a
half pounds. 1t Is stated further that
soldiers, except those engaged In strenu-
GUS service. as we'll as travellers, also
would have their bread rations reduced.
Sugar beets are showing rapid
growth In western Germany" says re-
cent report, land In districts with cold.
heavy soil. In general the condition of
the best fields Is most promising\ and
superior to last years"
II Is said further that there is an in
crease Of about 3 per cent In the acre
age of sugar beets in Austria Hungary.
Austrian bread Ration Raised.
The Austrian food situation, accord
ing TO these reports. did not improve dur
ing the last weeks OF May and the first
OF June. The country is enabled, to
hold out by constant small imports from
Rumania and the Ukraine" 1t Is said.
The Bohemian authorities are evidently
trying to clear up their own food situa-
ton by themselves. Saxony has sent
potatoes; Hungary offered fish, which
was refused
The bread ration was raised to three
quarters the normal ration early in
June. 1t Is proved that Vienna gets
more meat than Prague In proportion.
though the meat ration in the last week
WIS six ounces. There Is a shortage of
potatoes in Prague"
Agricultural methods which are being
put into operation In Belgium and &C.
cupied France indicate to the Allies that
Germany Is preparing for a long contin-
uation Of the war.
THE agricultural control OF occupied
territory is In the hands OF the quarter
master in chief at headquarters" II Is
said. The labor OF the inhabitants and
their teams Is utilized. prisoners are
employed In depopulated districts and to
certain extent soldiers and military
TIn aiV, YNrin tV,FA
ate from the general headquarters, but
large measure of dependence is al
lowed the several army divisions as re-
CARDS various conditions.
Owing to the scarcity OF labor. only
a fraction OF the former area can be cul-
tivated. Thousands OF cattle have found
their way to the military abattoirs and
thus saved German livestock Also large
numbers OK lean cattle have been i'm
ported from home. The troops have been
encouraged to keep pigs: prizes have
been offered. Poultry keeping has also
been fostered
Food conditions In occupied Poland
are reaching an appalling shortage de-
spite the summer season. II Is shown. A
member OF the Town Council OF Minsk
in a report sent to the German capital
asking for relief says there is famine
in Warsaw.
"A new Illness has broken out, caused
by malnutrition. famine melancholia.'
which shows itself in complete apathy
and inactivity" he reported. according to
the report received here There are
PCS deaths per week in Warsaw against
90 to "a births. Among 1.o00.o 900 inhab
itants there are 100000 people unable TO
obtain voluntary work who are given
compulsory work"
The report on the conditions in Fstho-
mia says that the Germans regard Es-
thonia as territory which they can
rob for the benefit or the population of
Germany"
THE peasants are rationed." 1t is
stated. Each person is allowed four
puds la pud is SO poundsl Of grain and
ten pubs Of potatoes to last unM the
harvest. The allowance OF meat is
three-quarters Of a pound head a week.