Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-21
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BRITISH OFFICERS SAY
OraiIy nepsrs at Feedstaals ~.
uaslen Rely IL Fexy
ssavknme

Tlss need for revicknaifng Ger
many Is rsally nrsent, according %
the report inst made By group q -
British ofaeers. Who visited various
parts of Germany recently for the
purpose of conducting 8 special ofticaal
investigator al the situation The
ofFseers declare that the country iss
living on its capital az regards 1000
supplies. and that either famine OF
Bolshevisn probably both Will en-
sue before the next harvest Il outside
help il not forthcoming The need Tor
fats Is especially urgent,
III III stTll Impossible % gauge the
period within which Gernany's milf
fary power could revive. although there
il no immediate danger on this score.
says the report The social and p0-
Iitical condition of Germany Is SUMO
ienfly stable to guarantee the orderly
efstributi0n or food. but 50 long 20
Germany IS still an enemy country
which has not signed peace. II would
be inadvisable TO remove the menace
of starvation BY too sudden abundant
supply 81 food
The officers believe that the alloi-
ment of foodstuifs could be carefully
controlled. But add that. provided they
are delivered to authorized represen-
tatiyes Of the Central government A.
i port of entry Or frontier station,
there would seem to be no reason for
anxiety as TO their ultimate equable
distribution
The chief places visited BY these ON
GERS were Berlin. Munich. Hamburg.
Hanover. Leipsic, Dresden, Magdeburg
and Cassel. Unrest and disturbances
are said to be diminishing, owing to
the more stable political conditions
and the hrm line adopted by Gustav
Noske, Minister Of Defense, whose po-
sition has been greatly strengthened
against the spartacan movement BY
the large combined Social Democratic
majority In the new assembly.
Increases In Unemployment.
at the same time, unemployment
and the cost Of living are on the in
crease. The number of unemployed In
Berlin is reported to be more than
200 900, and is increasing BY 5000 81
day. Ii Hamburg the number Of un-
employed Is $4,000. Munich, $4,000:
Lejpsic, $1,000.
The great and constant increase In
unemployment Is due ito the rapid de-
mobilization or the army and war in
iuafries, coupled with the inability Of
peace industries to get started, owing
to dearth Of raw materials and coal.
The lack of will on the part Of the
workers Is also factor.
The increase IN unemployment.
says the report. forms the most dan
gerous element III the present situa-
ton. Unemployment and hunger are
the chief predisposing causes Of Boil
sheyEam. and IL these are removed
there will be no chance Of Bolsheyism
gaining foothoId in Germany
All over Germany. except Ia the coal
field areas. industry Is stagnant, owing
to lack Of coal Railway transport Is
crippled throughout the country owing
to the enormous quantity Of rolling
stock lost since last November. partly
under the arnistice and partly through
abandonment on She front.
The shortage of staple articles of
food throughout the country, the re-
port continues, Ii such that the mass
of the population 10 living upon ra-
tions which. while maintaining life, are
insufficient 10 nourlsh the body ade-
Quately. Mothers and young children
are particularly affected, Malnutrition
has increased the mortality, diminish
Cd birth and given rise 20 new dis
eases.
Food Stocks Near Exhaustion
III is difacult, the report says, TO
confirm the accuracy Or odacial state
ments ais to the dates when present
food stocks will be exhausted. but IN
general the following terminal dates
given BY the Central Food once iii Ber-
In are probably correct: BreadstufSs,
the beginning Of April; potatoes, the
end OF May: fata. the end of March.
The meat ration can be continued in
definitely al the cost Of Strengthening
All mich cows and breeding stock.
In SaxOny the Official date for the
cessation Of potato stocks Is the mid
die Of February; IN Bavaria, the end
of February and in Hamburg. the end
or March z
The British officers believe that the
estimate Of the continuance Of the
meat ration u optimistic. as ID Ham
burg and Hanover cows IN calf. mich
cows and draft oxen have already been
slaughtered. "a well as eight-day
calves Given normal weather con
ditions In the present year, the COM
ing harvest Is expected to yieIdSonly
half the crop prior to the war