Germany
POOR HARVEST PROSPECTS'. POPULATION SUFFERINC BEVERELY. Press Association—Copyright. Published in "The Times." (Received 10..5 a.m.) London, August 3. The latest evidence indicates that the German harvest will not last till the spring. The population are now suffering severely while awaiting the harvest. Thousands of poor in the large cities are subsisting on potatoes and sugar. There is greatest scarcity of soap and leather and some necessities, but it is believed they will bo able to hold out economically for many months resisting the blockade pressure and only a military defeat can effect reduction.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 5, 4 August 1916, Page 5
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94Germany Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 5, 4 August 1916, Page 5
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