The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-01-12
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FACES
Dire FOOD and
): FUEL SHORTAGE
inadequate Supply of Heat Ex-
peCted to Cause Much
f-. Suffering.
HOW THE ENEMY STANDS
People Have Less to Eat This Winter
Than Last, Is BeIief-Two Fodder
Observation-Disclosures
~ In Austria.

LondOn.-Europe is going to leaC
the simple life this winter and for g
long time thereafter. There is not q
country that does not now realize the
real danger of extreme food shortage
But food shortage is not the only or
In most cases the worst of the men
aces The nations face and realize as
never before the exhaustion of all nee
essary supplies. Although food will be
scarce in adj countries, whether bellig-
ercnt or neutral, it is doubtful whether
that VIII impose as much hardship on
people as the shortage of fuel, writes
Judson G. Williver in the New York
Sun.
In Europe's climate food is fuel to
he body quite as much as it is III
fshment. Sharply restricted supplies
of food, and that Of c doubtful quail
ity and poor variety, might be endured
If there were plenty of fuel. 1t is
when the supply of fuel, both outside
and inside, falls below the necessities
of physical effort that people begin
to suffer.
Europe has neither carbon for it's
food o carbon for it's fireplaceS, and
In some respects the northern neutrals
are even worse off han the belliger-
ents- E.ations of important food nee
~essaries have been reduced by some of
them even below the amounts allowed
In Germany. England is by far the
best supplied country in the matter of
food, and the authorities are making
desperate efforts to make the popuIa-
ton, realize that rationing will soon
be compulsory unless food consump-
ton Is considerably reduced. The food
authorities have announced q policy
of accommodating sufficient reserve to
feed the country for three months,
even if no imports shall be received
during this time
Question of Shipping.
In the case of England it is entirely
a question of shipping. Big stocks OF
food have been gathered in Australia,
New Zealand, Canada and elsewhere,
but there are no ships to bring them
here. England is probably better stu
Rted in the matter Of coal supplies
than any other country, but must d.
vide with it's allies, France and Italy,
and so far as possible some of the neu-
trails hope to be taken care of from the
English mines.
The German food situation is puz-
cling. Apparently the authorities are
not nearly so confident about it as they
would like the public to believe. The
years harvest turned out more sat
lsfactory than seemed probable dur
Ing the period of droughts and hail
in midsummer, but On the 9th
er hand reserves were heavily drawn
upon before the harvest of 1911 was
gathered. Reserves, indeed, may fair
y be said to have disappeared.
The carefully cultivated official I'M
lerstanding in Germany is that there
viii be a better food supply this win
er than last. The specific statements
uStifying this expectation are highly
unsatisfactory. The Munich Medical
LniOn has declared that there will be
ess food, except potatoes, this win
er than last. Throughout Germany
here Is apparently a pretty general
elief that this is true, and wide
bread demand is voiced for an in