Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-11-19 | Page 8 | Portugal Suffers a Shortage of Food

PORTUGAl SUFfERS A A I. I SHORTAGE OK ft fOOD 0 ti C C's s LIS LISBON ON Portugal Nov Port NO 19 Port Port- Portugal I Ugal ugal is morS is-morS moro remote the eat of ot otar var ar than anY other other otherY country in Europe Eu- Eu ope rope but it it rs suU suffering ing a scarcity of food that is as serious ps in inome some ome of the belligerent c countries Provision stores and c depots are the scenes of almost daily riots in protest against the conditions On th night ight of ot October 21 for instance a a mob of 2000 men some of oC them armed with pick axes and other implements stormed the provision store of ot an important English dealer in the Al- Al mada district and plundered the tits place The Republican gu guard rd which I crossed the river to restore order was received by the mob by shots and bombs The guard fired several volleys volleys volleys vol vol- leys and numerous numero s persons on oh both sides were wounded I IThe The scarcity of food is due ue in part to the fact that s successive governments governments governments govern govern- govern govern- ments of Portugal have bound themselves themselves themselves them them- selves to supply Great Britain with certain quantities of ot provisions sent sent- to Gibraltar Under this agreement large numbers of Battle attle and lan anGous ous provisions are sent out ot of the country ev every ry week with the result that hat there has been almost no meat in the markets of Lisbon The egg supply is also less than half hat of what it is in ord ordinary narY times the shortage being partly due to the fact t that at fi u good man many eggs are sent surreptitiously surreptitiously over the border into Spain where they may be sold for double the price fixed officially lIy by the government government govern govern- J I ment In the f food markets here I