GERMAN FARMERS
TROUBLE WITH IMPORTED HORSES
{British Official Wireless.)
RUGBY, October 3,
The thoroughness with which th« German occupation authorities are exploiting the territories the German armies have overrun and impoverishing their; resources, even down to carrying off their beasts of burden for service in the Reich, is brought to light by stories, telegraphed to the United States from Berlin describing the difficulties of German farmers and soldiers in making French, Polish, Belgian, and Dutch horses respond to orders in German.
The Nazi society for *the prevention of cruelty to animals—an organisation which is explained by a fact which received publicity in the first years of the Nazi regime, that the suffering of the dumb part of creation does excite Hitler's pity—is reported to have advised drivers to spare the whip and use. patience.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 84, 5 October 1940, Page 12
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134GERMAN FARMERS Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 84, 5 October 1940, Page 12
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