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Show FIGHT I GERMANY r OVER FOOD SUPPLIES People Living in Large Cities Claim Right to Make Their Own Purchases. I THE HAGUE, July 7, via London, 30:40 a. m. Information reaches The Hague . that for several weeks ther has been continuous friction between the authorities of various large cities of Germany and the central purchasing bureau. The municipalities claim the right to buy their own food and household house-hold articles without asking permission of the central bureau. There was an outburst last week iu the Hanover city cotincil, several members mem-bers of which accused the central bureau bu-reau of boycotting the city, which was unable to procure butter, sausage and hams, notwithstanding the fact that some places in tho vicinity wcie sufficiently suffi-ciently supplied. It was argued that it was physically impossible for one bureau bu-reau to control all municipalities. Cologne, Dresden, Chemnitz and other cities already are purchasing supplies independently, having representatives in Holland for that purpose. As potatoes are scarce in Germany, while the supply of rye is sufficient, Adolph von Batocki. head of the food regulation board, has decided it will not be necessary to mix potato meal in war bread. A census of rubber stocks has revealed re-vealed large quantities in the frontier districts, which aro supposed to have been smuggled into the country. The central bureau has seized all this rubber, paying for it at the rate of 5 marks a kilogram. The bureau for the protection of German Ger-man mercantile credits abroad has issued is-sued lists of certified German claims on foreign debtors and admitted foreign claims on German firms for the purpose of facilitating settlements of balances. These lists are free to approved neutral firms. |