Show U. U S. S MEN FIND FOOD IS PLENTIFUL IN SWITZERLAND Contrast Between Germany and That Country Startling Startling Startling Start Start- ling to Officials lit Dr r o to The Th Telegram ifA i BEn BERNE DERNE E Via Paris Feb 13 13 1 I American who arrived here from rom Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many with Ambassador Gerard are arc congratulating themselves nn on having ln escaped further wrestling with Germanys Germany's Germanys Germany's Ger Ocr many's food problem Butchers Butchers' windows windows windows win win- dows well vell stocked with assorted meats such as iro aro see seen Icen here are arc an unwonted unwonted unwonted un un- un- un wonted sight In Berlin Bertin Meat 1 Is 15 now PO so scarce in the German capital that It Is never hung hunS in windows to attract buyers buyer but Is speedily distributed without v advertising Customers Ieee keep keepin I in close touch with the butcher so fO as asto asto asto to know when the tho next mca meager er supply will be on sale Practically all meat Is sold soM on a card carden en entitling tilling each person to half a pou pound weekly but dishes hes made modo of ut kidneys I lun lungs s and find other scraps can be lC bought boughtin in restaurants without a card jame and poultry are exempt from Crom the card system n and ani l command extraordinary I prices The rho maximum prices for pork and mutton range rane from CO 0 to 70 cents I but a dollar more Is paid at back doors I for Cor despite Germanys Germany's genius for orI organization or or- I much surreptitious dealing prevails Even German officials usually usual usual- ly models of ot the strictest adherence to the law give ho hungry children thea the tho a advantage se of oC a loo loose e interpretation lIon and do not put awkward questions RICH SUFFER LITTLE The rich of ot course comparatively comparatively little They aro are still able to bu buy high priced poultry or fish Turkeys Turkeys Tur Tur- keys kes geese and chickens are still displayed die dis played ph in itt windows and bear labels announcing that they can ho bo purchased at from to a a. a pound Cases have been reported where a fat tat goo goose e brought more than 30 The poorer people e especially In In Berlin are undoubtedly suffering from hunger as their food is confined mainly main maln- I ly to bread potatoes turnips and low mow grade rade marmalades It Is generally as asserted asserted asserted as- as that In the tho country districts tho the food problem is less pressing pressing- than In Inthe Inthe inthe the bl big cities producers pi retaining supplies supplies sup sup- I plies for home consumption In spite however of ot the fact that food Is very ery scarce carco ono seldom sees any one visibly showing marks of or un un- un- un Some elderly persons and some somo anxious mothers look emaciated and anti reduced weight Is quito quite general I IA A common question asked aske when friends meet Is How many pounds have you Olt I lost Physicians are arc writing in the medical Journals that children are now evidently ly undernourished particularly I lacking fats tats yet tho the merry sledding sledding- throngs s In the parks during the last I I month never sug suggested ested lack of food I HEAL HEALTH TH BETTER I Tho The general verdict is that the health of the tho people Is better hetter than before the war when overeating had almost as assumed assumed as- as tho the character of a national be beI besetting besetting be- be I setting sin Short commons are borne home i I cheerfully a and aid the people are aro mostly I disposed to Jest over o the matter where tho the pinch I Is not too keen The DI Dig aug crowds nt ot the varlet variety shows laugh heartily at topical songs song's turning upon tho the shortage of ot food and the prevalent issue of ot substitutes Men Jen in authority however recognize that Germany Is I confronted with a problem of growing difficulty The next four months ar arr are r regarded as especially critical because the tho supply of ot vegetables hl s except f potatoes pOll pota- toes and audi turnips IB is practically exhaust t. t ed Even sauerkraut can not riot b be bought in shops but it Is li only doled out by authorities at Qt t Int intervals r als The Tho Berlin Deril government posted placards last Wt week tek k announcing that half u tL pound of oC sau sauerkraut sauer r- r kraut was as assignable for tho the on the section of the food card calling for general provisions The difficulties s of ot the situation however how how- ever eyer have not altered tho the confidence of t the time authorities and the existing supplies sup plies will wiil suffice until the next crop by careful husbanding |