GERMANY'S WAR DIET

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2973, 10 January 1917, Page 5

GERMANY'S WAR DIET

CURES CORPULENCE AND GOUT (Rec. January 9, 5.5 p.m.) Amsterdam, January S. The "Lokal Anzeigor". publishes an article by Professor Heinnch Rosin, a food specialist, who says: "This hateborn curse-laden starvation war is benefiting many sufferers. Thoro havo been many complete cures of gout and corpulonco owing to the oarapulsory war diet, which is a Godsend to tho weaklings who fail to follow their medical advisers." Professor Rosin states that ho is amazed te find comparatively few signs ot weakening of the physical powers of tho great masses of tho people. Emaciation is pretty general, especially in the towns, hut is seldom accompanied by weakness. A decrease of fifty pounds is not a rare result of the war diet. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn, STARVATION IS WITHIN SIGHT (Rcc. January 9, 7 p.ni.j Amsterdam, January 8. Despite Professor Rosin's optimism, travellers insist that thero is increased destitution in Austria and Germany, and the people are suffering from many soriouß illnesses through tho lack at proper nourishment. A diplomatist recently in Berlin states that tho peoplo are living chiefly on potatoes and broad, and fair quality fish and sausage-meat, but tho bread is of bad quality. Die scarcity in somo districts amounts almost te »v tararot!, particularly in Hamburg, whore tho iwople are very woalc. . Many Germans am arriving in Holland, Denmark, and Sweden with children suffering from wasting discasos, duo te the want of proper food. Some members of German liogations in neutral countries admit that the Austrians and Germans are unablo to last moro than threo months. Starvation is within sight. There is the same strain of growing despondency in intercepted letters. Bread is said to be fairly plentiful. The wheat and ryo crops are estimated at one and a half million tons better than in 1915, barley and oats throe and a half million tons better. The Entente must not look for the enemy's immediate exhaustion, as them is .enough food for many weeks. Tbo peoplo are irritated, hut do not yet show signs of revolution. Railwav travelling is being limited to osential husiness N.Z. Cable Assn.