WAR USURY IN GERMANY
FARMERS HOLD BACK FOODSTUFFS By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Ree. October 23, 9.15 p.m.) Amsterdam, • October .28. The "Cologne Gazette," in a signifi,cant article, rails bitterly at the war: usurers, who see in the present economic conditions a!wouderfiil opportunity of money-making, and declares there is exasperation amongst the-people bej cause the-task of holding out in the ' long war is rendered so difficult. It | describes- the war usury as jthe unsightly stain on Germany's white shield of .honour, and contends that although tho i people are conscious of victory, and display the utmost self-sacrifice and endurance, the tension produced in the faco of these largo war profits are so great that a safety-valve must be opened, and concludes'by predicting that if farmers continue to. hold back food the Government will proceed to a general seizure of stocks. ,
FOODSTUFFS UNDER CONTROL. (Roc. October 24, 8.35 p!m.) Amsterdam, October 23. In Berlin it is announced that tho German Federal Government will assume control of all foodstuffs throughout Germany..
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2601, 25 October 1915, Page 6
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167WAR USURY IN GERMANY Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2601, 25 October 1915, Page 6
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