THE PRUSSIAN HOG
GARGANTUAN MKALS AT VERSAILLES. The two chief things exercising the minds of tho Overman delegates at Versailles were—the palisade, round the iwrk, and tho price of their six gargantuan meals a day. Willi rejrard lo tho palisade, the Germans were politely told (hat it was erccleil for thi'ir protection, and the fad gradually dawned on tliem. As to' tho nrice of food, one of Iho journalists writes in his paper that tho Germans wore- charged 10(1 francs a day. As a matter of fact the price was iIS frnncs, and the difference between fIS and 100 was due to the enormous consumption of extras by these excellent trenchermen. The Trench newspapers reproduce a Versailles message sent to the Berlin "Tiijjeblatt" bv Paul Bloch, who can ?re a butcher's shon from his window. ]jn dilates with delight on the "Hvo pies," he says, animals exterminated in Germany. Ho also draws a delightful picture of the bakers' shops. <
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Dominion, 14 August 1919, Page 6
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159THE PRUSSIAN HOG Dominion, 14 August 1919, Page 6
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