The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-04-04

senior British port ofncer. n,,a
i"5i In tho harbor an American, Admiral Bullard'
was at the head of the American naVai ail'ils
aboard Jtthe cruiser Birmingham. Inc amer
ican' foree af6at consisted Of the four de-
stroyers Strbling, Gregory, Luce and caesar
we Teebbrrd That the Olympia, Admiral Dewevs
sfagsbin at the battle of Manila bay anu
lately from thezice-bound Russian port OIL Afci'-
angel was due to arrive in feW Gays Win an
= outfit Of marines. . 49,.
80. ..n...s Food Prices Tumble.
,,- AS tothe people of Fiume, they were colhen
ntn an iov the fruits of peace, even though their
TOWN nossessed a warlike aspect; the food ploch-
die ,had been broken and high prices had tum-
bed With the arrival of the first allied 1oodshlps
the terrible war prices common IN lulle' DIS "el
as in other portions of Austria, became lnehofs'
The food control policy of the Austrlans' as wen
b.. as, the Germans had been fundamehtaliy "ions'
All through the war the rich could buy 1ooustuhS'
,,a,, could hoard while the poor had to get along
. ,the best way possible. Prces consequently q"
, tanned an unheard of level
Rice of which large quantities are consumed
owe, in leace times,e cost $40 a pound and soon
aftsr the armistice was signed dropped TO 20 ceits
= q Mound which was high enough everyone granlee.
nu,inr the war days wheat flour cost from Oh
70 Sc y pound; beet sugar retaied at So pouno
= cpln flour cost $4 a pound fuftner MOI III n a
,,tria, prices. were even hlgnef.
+
.o, ond cotton goods the cost of these materials
Cleo SCARED Thread, during the war, cosb So|
ron1 in Fiume, One. linen sheet cost $40; suit
tTf clothing made by tailor cost S6oo ana an VI
1ir,, cotton shirt cost $50. Shoes made or teath-
l n leather substitutes brought $225 Tea ana
cofr4e especially the latter which is largely useu
p, in the Balkans, cost S39 pound
80. ,r,,o. da,,b rate among the very young and the
nr1old was horrible during the war days MOI
onlv was, the younger generatlon' porn JUST prior
* tbo ,oar n great sufferer from the food Snort
-. - b,+ the babies born this year are physically
- ,n+o1v unfit This is true not only In Fiume
81 "1 ~ Istrian PENINSULA but throughout Hungary
80 Austria men who had investigated the sltua-
4ia 4oId me American food experts verified the
statements -, -. ,,, =,
.9fr}2tbmn minds eye of Italian officials Fiume Is
49, % yvrar-ravaged city, but the beginning OF
nrosperoust metropolis, peopled by Italians largely
, and openito the peoples of the world.
~, Irs1y sacrificed 600 men Killed in action, and
- million wounded in order to overcome
German domination through central Europe, ana
,,eo +r restore to Italy some of those lands that
; 4 re adjacent to the motherland
THE Italians are advancing a strictly military
&, srgnment for possession of Fiume and part OF
the Dalmatian coast at least. Not only are these
lends largely peopled with Italians who speak the
I,np,oee but the lands themselves possess ad-
vantsees in a military way that Italy must take
into consideration If she is to develop into first
class nation. " q" '.. ' '
| From Trieste, down the coast of the Adriatic to
yalona the coastlne is rugged and contains scores
of harbors and nets which afford excellent shelter
to enemy warcraft. The Italian coast, from Venice
TO Blindis the other side of the sea, is only five
hours steGming distance away for fast warships,
and the coast itself is fiat and marshy and difficult
to defend. .j4 .'...