GERMANY
SERIOUS FOOD RIOTS. POLICE AND MILITARY CALLED 1 OUT. Received March 7, u p.m. Copenhagen, March (3. Serious riots have taken place in the western cities in Germany, owing to the scarcity of potatoes. Crowds besieged the markets in Cologne 'and looted the shops. The police and military used swords and rifle-butts. Hundreds of women and children were injured. "SIGNIFICANT AS VICTORY." ■Received'March 7, 5.5 p.m. Cipcnhagen, March G. Tile Cologne Gazette, reviewing the situation, says that after seven months of war the German labor market lias maintained conditions generally favorable. Roth goods and passenger traffic on the railways almost equalled that of Wl4. The Gazette argues that these modest facts arc significant as news of victory, a3 s'.iowing tliat the country's economic strength is unbroken.
SUPPLIES FROM SCANDINAVIA. Received March 7, C p.m. Copenhagen, March 0. There arc heavy food exnorts from all parts of Scandinavia to Germany. Six thousand cars are awaiting discharge orders. Tile Associated Racon Factors Jiave censured thcii fellow-members for trading with Germany, who offers high price 3.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 230, 8 March 1915, Page 5
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