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Show SWEDES SUFFERING FROM LM OF FOOD Flour Ration to Be Reduced; Re-duced; Government to Continue Neutrality, STOCKHOLM, via "Lou-ion, March 31. The state economic commission announces an-nounces that the amount of rye, oats and mixed grains on hand in the kingdom, king-dom, or possible to import, is much less than had been estimated, and that it is, thoreforft, impOFibie to lift the embargo em-bargo against the using for fodder of any of the expropriated grain?, which it had been hoped could be done. The strictest mca.iircf', the commission pays, are needed to insure a supply of bread-stuffs bread-stuffs lasting until the next harvest. The dailv prr rn pita flour ration will be reduced by from -Vi to 2"0 gramme?. Stockholm 's municipal ecrmomic commission com-mission will proh init the inclusion of eluUren under 12 years in esrirna t ire the arr.o-.int of enffoe that may be pur-c pur-c ha-? ed h v f am i ! i e . On e indication of the ffroinp shor'ae-3 nf rrrtain fond prodm-Ts in Ptorkholm i found in the -raibial disappearance of commas! from Ti', market.. A inor.'ii nmst of the 'arL'C sTr-rs had consi-irn ci"ar:if :r-s thai co":ld be pnr''hacod -vrivo-TT a lirad cflrd at. an average of 1 S cnnts a T'OnL The -'irr::?? in many stores urr- rraT exv.auMoi nnd the price ha risen to '2 i cent.'1. j LrNTON. March ?l. 5 a. m. tW : ne;:trajity w:!l he the po-if-v of :h rr" I TrediM; ca 'v.r.rt.. ar - or : tr. a : r.ek -1m r. i ? ; c. : - n to Kerr's. The rc (Continued on Two.) SIDES SUFFER! FROM LACK OF FOOD (Continued from Pae One.) premier, f'arl SwarU, has issued the following fol-lowing statement: I "In conformity with the Trin?iplr.'H laid down by hin majesty in eiiarin mo with the formation or a new ministry minis-try the first duty of the government wiU be to follow faithfully the sound . policy of impartial neutrality which his j majesty ana t lie former m mis try suc-I suc-I cerullv carried out. It is true that ! tho difficulties have lately increased I more and more, but the government regards re-gards such a policy as the surest means of finding a solution to such problems. "In striving to prevent the country from being involved in the world war while, fearlessly maintaining its independence inde-pendence the cabinet hopea to gain tiie support of the riksdag and the .Swedish people. Certain questions concerning the commercial policy of the country which are very important for the feeding feed-ing of our people and the maintenance of our industries will lie the subjects of special consideration for the cabinet. Negotiations to this end will be begun immediately. " The members of tho new cabinet are Admiral 8. A. A. Li nd man, foreign minister; M. Sternberg, minister of justice; jus-tice; Colonel Akerman, minister of war; Captain Hans Kricson, minister of marine; ma-rine; 0. 1. von Sydow, minister of the interior M. Carfeson, minister of finance fi-nance ; M. ITammarstroem, minister of , j instruction ; M. Dahiberg, minister of agriculture; Hakon Ericson and M. 1-alk, ministers without portfolio. |