The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-03-28

senior British port othcer. p.,,,,.a
wns at the head of the American naVai aHairs
aboard the cruiser Birmingham Inc Ahiei
lean force afioak consisted of the Iour ue
strovers Stribling Gregory, Luce and Caesar.
We hoard that the Olympia. Admiral Dewey's
aopsbn ot tbe battle of Manila bay ana
Iatelv from the icebound Russian port of Arch
angel was due TO arrive in n few days with an
outfit of marines
Food Prices TUMBLE.
A. IN the, people of Fiume, they were commenc
Ing TO enjoy the fruits of peace. even though ther
town possessed q wariikes aspect; the 1000 otocA'
AIDE had beensbroken and high prices nad tuin-
HE'D With the arrival of the first allied foodships
tha terrible war prices common In Fiume, as well
"a in other portions of Austria. became memory.
The food control policy of the Austrians as wei
~ tho Germans had been fundamentally wrong.
All through the war the rich could BUY foodstuhs'
and could hoard, while the poor had 10 ger h'ous
the best way possible. Prices consequently at
tanned an unheard of Level
Rice of which large quantities. are consumed
even in peace times, cost $40 pound, and soon
after the arrnistice signed dropped TO 40 cents
n pound which was high enough, everyone granteu.
During the war days wheat flour cost from "a
70 So q mound: beet sugar retailed at So pound !;
corn -four cost 81 pound Further north IN AUS
tria prices were evenAhigher.
On account of the sh6Sage In the supply of
linen and cotton goods the fost Of these materials
also SCARED Thread during the ssesr cost sS2. a
snool in Fiume One linen sRees cost $175; SUIT
81 clothing made by tailoryeost 5000, and an or
binary cotton shirt cost sep Shoes made Of leath.
or and leather substitutes ssoughf s22o Tea and
ecoffee especially the lGtp Rhicf5s largely nseu
in the Balkans cost $3s hJand.
The death rate hmona the very young and the
very old was horrible during the war days. Not
onlv was the younger generation. born just prior
=, tho ,var q great sufferer from the food short.
aco hut the babies born this year are physically
and mentally unfit. This Is true not only In finne
and the Istrian peninsula, but throughout Hungary
and AUSTRIA men who had investigated the sttaa-
t,on told me- American food experts verified the
statements.
n the minds eye Of Italian officials Finme Is
NOT n war-ravaged city, but the beginning OF a
prosperous metropolis, peopled by Italians largely
and omen to the peoples of the world.
Italy sacrificed 100000 men killed in action, and
nenrly a million wounded. in order TO overcome
German domination through central Europe. and
also to restore to Italy some OF those lands that
are adjacent to the motherland
The Italisns are advancing strictly military
argument for possession Of Finme and a part Of
the Dalmatfan coast at least. Not only are these
lands largely peopled with Italians who speak the
language. but the lands themselves possess nd
vantsxes In military way that Italy must take
into Consideration II she Is to develop into first
class nation.
From Trieste. down the coast Of the Adriatic to
ynions the coastine is rugged and contains scores
of arbors and iniats which afford excellent shelter
to enemy warcrnftf The Itatiaa coast from Venice
10 Brindis the other.sde Of the sea, Is only five
hours steaining distance away for fast warships;
md the coast Itself Is fs and ;slrsay anddsfcuis