| Show J ra ra Germany s Food Problem T THAT TIL there thero is a n noticeable food shortage in Germany is indicated in investigations in which have ha been conducted con d ducted by hy A American Prices aro are high lugli I and tho the man luau of average o means obtains food with wiLh the I great greatest cst of or difficulties Hunger and nt starvation on stare thu tho German people in tho face faco with little promise of ot relief before tho the next growing season I Without this thi condition Germany would not kno know tho tim sting of defeat If Ir thero there hall hail been no shortage of a food iii in Germany it is doubtful do if tho the war Avar would have hart been over o yet These These are arc the fruits of defeat and bitter hitter hitter hit hit- ter as they are arc they must be 10 taken as fiS merited punish punish- I meat ment t. t So long a as our allies are aro suffering from same shortage of food foo food we wo wo can do nothing to relieve tho the distress of Germany Germany is the tho victim of the tho problem of her own I making When hen hien sho survival the tho hardships of t tin II pre present nt day situ sho must have a n. greater grenter realization of tl horrors of war Like Liko the man who gambled his earn carn earnings earnings ings and ind went hungry hungry- sho she has no one to blame but ut her her- self f. f 5 Our allies occupy a n different position Thc They have 0 gono gone hungry for years through no fault of their own o Germany is is responsible for their plight And so it jt is that justice demands l that lint Germany taste war through her stomach Merciful inde indeed d would be the punishment which spared Germany what Belgium Bel Rel- gium giant and Franco France have o suffered for years in resolute defense Tho The food situation in Germany is likely to tn interfere with tho the establishment of stable a n. I 1 4 i 1 govern govern- lL i I A b Yo VH 1 U I tion stalks Without this thi-s process however er Germany 3 would l ho 10 e content to slip back bach to the old form of gay gov The existing condition is a 1 part of the evolution evo eve lution which must come to Germany Gormany Fa 21 f When Then those representatives of twenty seven countries countries coun coun- tries all nIl begin to talk at nt once the peace conference should adjourn to the tower of Babel Us j jr Es If rr we are to make the world a n safe safo place to J live liv e r in henpecked husban husbands s should also be represented atthe at atthe atthe the peace conference te to St. St r Leo eo FIn Pla claims it has hns' no gossips Perhaps ii it L. L avoids tho the pitfalls by talking about itself pa fJ pa ri to ta A About out this time the cons conscience ence of the conscientious objector bc begins ins to bother him Ha to Pu ra At least lot let us hope that the fourteen points do not incite any declarations of war ii |
