GERMANY WITHIN
ENEMY CONDITIONS
PRIVATIONS IN GERMANY
(Received This Dav at 10-15. a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 14.
Fresh information regarding the economic situation in Germany indicates that the posiwon is becoming worse. The corn crops have failed and the outlook for oats and barley is bod.
The 1917 harvest is forty per cent below normal years. A certain amount is expected from Roumanian grannr-
Tho failure of the fodder crops is studiously affecting breeding industry and milk supply. The price of bread is beginning to double. The weekly meat ration is reduced to half a pound. Trade and industry are practically at a standstill. The publication of vital statistics is suppressed owing to alarmdn<z figures. The conditions in Austria-Hungry 4 are infinitely worse.
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 October 1917, Page 3
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122GERMANY WITHIN Hokitika Guardian, 16 October 1917, Page 3
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