TWO COUSINS A CONTRAST.
King George . V. and the Royal Family lived in the simplest fashion, I even to'the adoption of the ration sysI tern in force for his subjects, while all the fruit from the Royal estates were . sent to military hospitals. A discovery' ! made in Berlin at the end of November reveals a very different state of affairs at the Imperial Palace in Berlin. An inspection was carried out by delegates ' of the 'Workers' and Soldiers' Council. | and the delegates were shown over the j royal residence, what they found there
' beiiig beyond even the craziest anti«i----1 pat ions. One of the delegates writes: llt was almost incredible that, after four years of war. anybody could have .hoarded so much food in the very 'centre orSeriia." There were,tons of meatNand poultry preserved'in ice. i thousands of sacks of white flour, kuni dreds of Thousands of eggs, gigantic receptacles full of fats, coffee, tea. ' chocolate, and preserves, hundreds of large sugar loaves. There was eneugh to teed a large town for a long time.
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Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 24 March 1919, Page 4
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175TWO COUSINS A CONTRAST. Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 24 March 1919, Page 4
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