RATIONING ISM GERMANY

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 111, 17 January 1940, Page 3

RATIONING ISM GERMANY

The results of German rationing are 'discussed in a London newspaper by a writer who was formerly its correspondent in Berlin, "'The population is certainly not starving'" lie says. The effect of severe, rationing of the Herman type first becomes apparent after a considerable period of months. It is difficult lor English people, even for those who still remember vividly the privations of the last war, to imagine what it means to obtain small quantities of practically every necesasry commodity by queuing with ration cards; to have no milk; to obtain a stick of standard Government shaving soap once every four months; to obtain synthetic underwear, hats, coats and boots on ration cards— provided that one can prove that the last ones are worn out —io drink unsweetened coffee made from acorns. None of these things in itself is vital. Continued pressure of this nature, however, over a period of time, is calculated to have an adverse elfect upon Nazi morale, and is likely, indirectly, to reduce the production power of Germany.