Germany

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 47, 25 October 1915, Page 5

Germany

THE ECONOMIC PRESSURE. REMARKABLE SCENES IN BERLIN. THE FIGHT FOR FOOD. (Received 1.55 p.m.) i London, October 24. Extraordinary scenes at the meat markets in Berlin are described by the Vorwaerts. At one market, near the central slaughter house, "inferior, but still fit meat is sold, and although open at 7 o'clock in the morning, eight hundred women assembled 'on the previous afternoon and waited 'all night. Only 61bs of meat was sold to each customer. Sometimes the sol'diers push the women aside and insist on being served first. Hundreds of women are daily supplied. Several 'were compelled to wait three nights to procure their meat. At the Andreas Halle the crush was tremendous, the 'police being swept aside and flattened against the walls, and women's hats 'and clothes were torn off. These 'scenes occur weekly. The prices of 'commodities are becoming higher and higher. A roast joint or steak cutlet 'seldom appears on the middle-class table. Beef has doubled in price, and 'eggs are very difficult to obtain. The Ibread, which is of inferior quality, is , insufficient."

THE ECONOMIC PRESSURE. Amsterdam, October 24. Berlin announces that the German Federal Government will assume control af all foodstuffs throughout Germany. London, October 22. The Socialist paper Vorwaerts says it is uo exaggeration to say that thousands in Berlin are struggling daily to obtain a scrap of meat and a morsel of lard. The absence of weapons and much bad language makes the fight no less bitter. Many women declare they have spent three or four consecutive nights in the interminable food lines outside the shops, unable once to obtain food. Amsterdam, October 22. {; i The "Cologne Gazette," in a significant article, rails bitterly at the war usurers, who see in t'he present, economic conditions ~aity of money-making*. ''Tlie 'pa'pe'r declares that .there is , exasperation among' 'the "people, because the task o'f | holding out in a long, .war .is gendered, so difficult, .aiu} describes,,war ,:jisury as ; the. ,unsightly -stain on white shield of honor. ' It contends that although | tile, people are conscious of victory, and display the "utmost self-sacrifice and endurance, the tension produced in the face of these large war profits is so great that a safety valve must be opened. The Gazette..concludes by predicting that if farme-l'S! 'continue, to hold ; back , food the Government will proceed to a general seizure of stocks., ,<.