THEFTS OF GERMAN CROPS.
FIELDS GUARDED DAY AND NIGHT. _____ Strong measures have become necessary owing to the increase io thefts from the agricultural districts in East and West Germany. It is admitted that, while, prisoners may commit sabotage, greater loss is sustained by thefts by the civil population, who rob fields, orchards, and market gardens for food. Tn Western Germany farmers and market gardeners, mostly old men, have been armed with rifles and bayonets and, divided into sections, aro commanded to watch the fields and gardens at night. They are instructed to fire on maraulers and, according to the Amsterdam commercial paper TTandelfiblad, are notified that if they fail to shoot straight they will be drafted to the front. According to Berlin Forward (Vorwacrts) almost anything can now be lmd in Berlin for money, but prices are fabulous. Peaches are i2s (id each (they cost about 2d in Holland), horse meat is 8-s a lb, melons are 7s each, grapes 4s and Gs a lb, and carrots Is a lb with their leaves.
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Taranaki Daily News, 19 November 1917, Page 3
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173THEFTS OF GERMAN CROPS. Taranaki Daily News, 19 November 1917, Page 3
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