ACUTE FOOD PROBLEM

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2979, 17 January 1917, Page 5

ACUTE FOOD PROBLEM

EXTORTION IN GERMANY

New York, January 15. Tho "Now York Tides' , says that, coupled with the admission regarding the practical failure of tho German potato crop, eomo reports of gross mismanagement by the Food Bureau, grafting, 'and extortion, indicating that despite tho food spoils from Rumania, the Gorman Empire is 'facing.the most acute food problem.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. SCAVENGING FOR VICTUALS London, January 15.' Civilians who have arrived in England from Germany stato that the conditions at tho RuMeben , prison camp have improved. The Gerinansi are no longer arrogant and boastful.' Germany's poverty is strikingly rovealed by the changed attitude. ' Children who were formerly insolent now linger outsidethe compound and eagerly snatch particles of food the English throw out. ■—"The Times." ■ HOUSEFRAUS' PETITION (Rcc. January 16, 8.40 p.m.) . Amsterdam, January 15. Eighty' thousand Gorman hbueeifraus hare petitioned the Food Department for a better milk supply, especially for children. —Reuter. e REDUCTION IN RATIONS i (Rec. January 16, 5.5 p.m.) Rome, January To. A reduction in the rations of the Austrians on the Trentino front caused the liveliest dissatisfaction. A Bohemian . regiment mutinied because the bread was uneatable A number of mutineers were shot. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.