ARE GERMANS GETTING AWAY WITH FOOD?

Chronicle (Levin), 18 May 1946, Page 5

ARE GERMANS GETTING AWAY WITH FOOD?

EVIDENCE POINTS IN TIIAT DIRECTION LOXDOX, Alav 16. Tlie otlicial .statenient (iiat a ligorinis .enn-li c» I' ihe Briti.-li Zoiie in Gennanv J i :i * 1 I'ailed to reveal any hidden sup oi' food is diflicult to reconcile «i:li reports appearing in some of Ihe l.nodon ncwspapers, which claini tliat, .!« >j»i l f tlie searclies and statistics, there i> coiisiderablc evidenee tliat sucli m- let suppiies must exist. li is alsn claiined that tlie forging :ii:«i duplieiit ioii of ration eanls are « i'lespread, and tliat at present there is m> iiidicaliou tliat 1lie (iernian eiviliau ]i..pulatiou is sujj'ering uniluly from ihe rffei-l S of nitiollillg. Hue i-ori-es]ioii(teiit , writing in tlie I-b'-uiug Staudard, claims tliat he luis-m-«!i (ieinians ealing better nieals in n-tauiii nts tlian it is possible to get in I'.iitain, and he jioints out tliat. wlien lit-Miiaii prisont'is were put on a strict niii'ni of 1 in in ealories a day, sigus oi tiijibint ritiou quiekly becanie n]iparent, im! lliese eli'e.-ts are eonspieuously abi amoiig tlie eixilian pojiulat ion, wfi'-li is noiiiiiiallv on the sauie ration. i A special corres]iondeut of tlie l-lven-inu Staudard, writing froni I lanibtirg. ciiipliasises t hui tlie estiniates of Geriiiaa food I'eijuilenients are based on statistics which are cotnpiled froni tlie I'limiiei- of ration ciirds issued. lie i"!':is out tliat the ration i-ards ai'" ■•a-i'y duplieated tuid f'orged, and says il is diliirult to eseape ihe eoiu-lusion timi niauy Gerniaiis possess niore tinui •ira- -ard. Ration eanls in (Jerniauy ean in* I'reseuted anywliere, and the eanls ii 1 1 - issued froni ollices stilll'ed alniost j i*\ lui\elv by Gerniaiis. I lie eorrespondent claims tliat, wlien •i i-iiei k was recently earried out in lb.e.burg, a large innnber of uiiregister- j •'■! 1 •i-nnaiis were fouiul applying. All ; ••iai'.ted igiioranee of the rcgulatious, I ■•I'l'orts to cireuniveiil tliese are so | li- ucnt that tlie issue of eanls took j ii.ni> days, instOiid of oue. T e i-uri espondent sa.vs that a fav- ! ••ii' : i e dodge of tlie Gerniaiis is to tak" .-• jtili eutitling theni to extra food, iiini si.ou after drawing a eard for four si-.-k>" rations thev stop woik until Ihe ni'M issue of eanls, wlien they again (j t • I * I'or :in issue on tlie special sc.alei \ I.- !i presupposes four weeks' hani "1 •- Dailv Telegrn])h points out that ila li'ussians oeeupy ihe grantiry of Ger;:::i • aml so ftir have refused to eoop ti • • in proviiling siqudies outside their »v. : /aoie. Xothing is kiiown of 1 ln* l.'n -iiiii resoun-es for ex]ioi't, wlieth"i- ' i «■ -. are large or sinai). At present onl v It-'ia ii. ('nntida and tlie United States ii-'' ilrei-tly represent etl 011 the ComI'nod I'oitnl and the Telegnipii siii'i-s that the opinion is held by tlie S'.i-n. • .«• rs of botli tlie British and Amen'•••e ; • 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 i s 1 ral ions that ihe Russia"S l«i be ihvited tn joill the boanl it h. This would niean tliat l'ussia V" ; 6 auloiuatieally aeeept tlie obliga'1" a dix ulge her food resourees. ! • X i'Ws-1 h roiiiele politieal eorres S'-'iai.-nt. i 11 diseussing tliis asjieel of th» -ii - am. says there is 110 likelihood of iiiiv -nppiics froni the Russian Zotie 1 '0 " fairness to the Uussiiins it should 1'f • - e in niind tliat tliey are exportint _::-.iii to I'oland and the Balkiins. ' • • neill in London is unanitiious in '•'ii! •' -ising the gravity of the - foinl -it!.: • . 1 1 1 in (ieriuaiiy, but agrees tha! lii ii n 11 j- able to do 110 niore and tliat d.i- i.'-est decisiou to divert potatoes itiu! ■ 1 lcy saved by further rest I'ict ing Ih i riitioiis reduecs the Britisli re -••r-. stncks to a diingennisly low level. h iM.inted out lliiit tliere are no guar-iini.-i - >hai tliese stoeks can be restoreil ■'t 11 ; 'hau by inqiortnl ions 1'roin Aine- '•••:■. 'onsidei-able reliunee is being i-ln'V i- in the fnvourable outeome of tlie , ions which Air. .Morrison is at I'n-i .•■luducting in Washington.