Show Ij LJ Illi l J l I I L J. J l J. J ill t J Ifill Eu rt I 1 j ll SHIPS nED 4 Jl E. E RATION f I G I. I i Condition as I Imposed pos d J JI I by Allies Is Accepted Accept d dI at Brussels Meeting I Provisioning Planned r rBy II By Associated Pr Press ss Friday March T r A delegates to the coiL ference here ero T regarding the taking overby the allies of tIe the German Gerna 1 ora Gi t HeL et a ra he Pr i ision n ng g c cf q f q today definitely definitely accepted accepted the tho conditions imposed by the allies allIe f LONDON March British and German committees committee have opened negotiations negotiations ne- ne in Rotterdam a Germ German n government wireless message received here says concerning the exportation j from Germany of potash timber dyes and other products RATION IS FIXED By AssocIated Press BRUSSELS Thursday March A monthly ration for Germany of tons of foodstuffs was was' fixed today by the allied commission which is is here conferring with a German delegation as to the turning over over of f I German merchant shipping and German GerI Ger Ger- I man owned securities in payment f for r food shipments i I Cy By Associated Press I BERLIN Tuesday March larch Ger Gei many expected tha that t the allies s ill provide food supplies until August la 15 I which is the earliest possible date that flour from this ears ear's harvet I can he be counted upon said secretary of State von Braun today before leaving for Brussels where he will take talie part In negotiations with an ana a allied led commission relative to od shipments and th turning over over of I German shipping for the use of the entente natIOns Herr von Braun said Germany I would ask for tons of gr grain and a monthly importation or of tons of pork and fats in addition to I condensed milk rIce oatmEal anti and other commodities required for invalids infants and hosI boa hos- I pita Is lIe estimated the cost of these I shipments of marks r It Is a matter of f great he said that food should arrive t the earliest possible moment and that the total amount to be provided be known so that the government could adjust rations until the next harv harvest st st. AGREEMENT WANTED Tuesday March 1 11 Delayed Delayed- Undersecretary of State von Braun before leaving heaving Berlin with the GerI Ger Ger- I man commission to participate In the tho conference at Brussels regarding the tha turning over by Germany German of her meI cantlIe cantile fleet and securities in change for food received the corre correspondent corret anti informed him that Ger Germany many was prepared to begin imme diatel the surrender er of her fleet and conclude an agreement cov covI I ering the other conditions In return for a definite agreement specifyIng I the amount of food delIverable dellvera le until the next harvest the price and con con- of payment for It Regarding food conditions In Germany Germany Ger- Ger many Herr von Braun said that that Chemnitz Dresden and other cities of Saxony were vero now on a ration of only two pounds weeklY while Cologne la Chapelle and other western cities s had none what what- ever This was partly due to ran rail road strikes and frost according to t I the minister but there was reason t to fear that when the weather the pits in which potatoes were vere stored I to be opened it would be found that the potatoes were badly damaged t SITUATION SERIOUS Herr von Braun declared that the milk and butter situation was hope hope- less The ration of butter anti and margarine averaged five to forty forty grams throughout Germany and mm milk which was reserved re re- served entirely for tor children and nd in I J |