New Britain herald., 1918-02-01
SUBSTITUTE FOODS
WEAKEN germany
Third Of Population Will Die,
Prof. JuCkenaCk Warns

Amsterdam, Jan. 15.-(Correspon-
dence of The Associated Press)-The
almost complete lack Of nourishment
, in many of the food "substitutes'' now
beng sold in Germany is arousing u
storm of warning from German
scientists, who declare that govern
ment supervision of the whole substi-
tute food traffic is an immediate ne
cessity. Professor Juckenack, of the
University of Berlin, writing in the
VoSsische Zeitung, says:
1t is useless any longer to hide the
truth. Unless the government active
ly lnterVenes to put some control over
the flood of substitute foods with
which we are overwhelmed, the end
of the war will also see the end of d
third of Germany's population. More
over, the remaining two-thirds will be
so enfeebled from malnutrition that
they will be unable to perform the i'm
menSe tasks of reCuDeratiOn and re
StoTation.
THE devil alone knows what are
the ingredients of thousands Of these
Wretched substitutes that already do
duty for butter and eggs, oil and milk |
Hour and spirits meat and broth, cof- !
Zee and sugar, tobacco and tea, fish
and sausage, cheese and caviar, and
so on without end.
Inc latest products of the in |
gemous substitute mongers are really
toa terrible to be tolerated. A prep
aration of crude kerosene is now being
largely sold as frying oil, and 500 cases
OF serious illness, together with nine
deaths have been traced to it's use in
Berlin alone. A preparation called
goose dripping" is prepared from
dogs fat: egg substitutes form a mix
ture of chalk and baking powder; cav
lar from fish scales, and bread from
straw. What people, no matter how
patriotic, can hold out on such fare?"
Paris, Jan. 20.-One of the French
trench newspapers has been asking
soldiers returning from leave what as
tonished them most in Paris. Here
are a few typical replies:
To see people sitting down to their
meals.
To see unoccupied cellars.
To find there are women who arc
To find people who want to go to
the country.
To see funerals.
To be asked to sit down when get
Sting ones hair cut.
To hear civilians complaining about
their hardships.
London, Jan. 22.-Rationing of !
meat, flour and sugar has been an un |
qualified success in British hotels and |
restaurants, according to a report |
/ from the ministry Of food. The re-
sports received from the proprietors !
show that some hotels have used only |
half of their allowance of meat, while |
humorous eating places have been 80 !
TO SO per cent. under their ration of |
Rbread and -four. The best report on |
sugar showed total amount used of
@only two-thirds of the official allow
Sance.
Y Under the present regulations, ho-
tells and restaurants are allowed to
lse two ounces Of meat for break
last and five ounces for lunch and |
AinneE. The other allowances are |
blight ounces of bread, two ounces of |
Tour and one ounce of sugar daily.
# Liverpool, Jan. 23.-The Liverpool |
Il Rotary club has started a scheme for
the opening up of British homes to |
N american soldiers fighting in France
q when they get a brief respite from
y he trenches Several homes have al
III eadX. announced their willingness to
Lccept one Or two men and it is pro-
81 posed to send particulars of the ,
chene to all British and Irish clubs, |
Il hviting their cooperation.