Show EUROPE FAGES DIRE F FOOD 00 AND FUEL am SHOR AGE inadequate supply of heat expected to cause much suffering ering HOW THE ENEMY STANDS 1 people have less to eat this winter than lost last Is orlief two fodder discoveries disaffection in austria lon london don europe rope Is going to lead the simple life tills this winter find and tor for a long time thereafter there Is not a country that does not now realize tile the real danger of extreme food shortage but food shortage Is not tile only or in roost most cases the worst of the menaces the nations face anol realize as never before the exhaustion of all necessary supplies although food will bo be scarce lit in all countries whether belligerent or neutral it Is doubtful whether that will impose ua as much hardship on people ns as tile shortage of fuel writes judson 0 williver in thy now york sun bun in Eu ropes climate food Is ivel hiel to the body quite ns as much us as it to lu nou flour sharply restricted supplies of food and that of a doubtful quality and poor lety might be endured it if there tharo wert were plenty of fuel it Is when the supply of fuel bab autalee and lit inside side falls below taj ill necessities of physical effort that people begin to suffer europe has neither carbon tor for iam food nor carbon for its fireplaces and in some respects the northern neutrals nis fire are even worse oft off than tile tho belligerents Ratio nations nf of im important port alit food necessaries es have been reduced by some of thein even caipen below the amounts allowed in germany england E Is by far the best supplied country in the matter of 0 food arid the authorities are making desperate efforts to make the population realize that hat rationing will soon bo be compulsory unless food consumption Is lo considerably reduced the food authorities have announced a policy of accumulating reserve to feed the country for three months even it if no imports shall be received during tills this time question of shipping in the case cage of England it Is entirely it a question of shipping nig big stocks of food have been gathered in australia new zealand canada arid elsewhere but there are no ships to bring them here england Is probably better situated in the matter of coal supplies than tiny any other country but roust must divide with its allies france and italy and so far no as possible some of the neutrals hope to be taken cure care of from the english mines tito tho Germau German food situation Is pus liing apparently theau the thorit leseure not nearly so confident about it as they would like the public to believe the years harvest turned out more satisfactory is than seemed probable during the period of droughts and hail storms storing lu midsummer but on tho the other hand reserves were heavily drawn upon before the harvest of 1017 was gathered reserves indeed may fairly he be said to have disappeared tito alio carefully cultivated official understanding der fler standing in germany Is that there will vill be a better food fod supply tills this win C aci than last jhc thc the specific statements justifying tills expectation tire are highly unsatisfactory tito the munich Aled medical leal union lias has declared hat flint there will bo be loss ecsi food except potatoes tills winter lhnn last throughout germany there Is apparently a pretty general belaf that hint tills this la Is true and wide spead demand Is voiced for tin nn in creaso in flip he allowance of potatoes in germany Ger ninny as in england tile the im lied ined late inte result of the harvest was wag a great increase In creaso in tile marketing of potatoes with the consequence that in many places there were not storage facilities to take care of them tito the fear Is expressed that a not inconsiderable portion of tho the potato yield will ho be wasted portly partly because of in the ho agricultural areas and partly from inadequacy of storage facilities tle so from froin ninny many german authorities he c onies the warning that despite a big yield of tubers tile the coming winter ts Is likely to see sec conditions quite as bad regarding them and worse no na to many kotlic r things than last winter ominous suggestion the ominous suggestion Is iannolo by sonic homo of the german food authorities that it will not 10 lo in to bo be too free with potatoes because later inter it will bo be niec necessary to mix more potato flour with ceren cerca lour flour to stretch the supply also no aa there was a short crop of fodder throughout the country potatoes tire likely to be required to feed domestic animals tito tho fear of such tin nn event lias hns caused widespread demand more hogs bo be slaughtered that they may not require to bo be fed with potatoes that tile the people will need the number of hogs bogs in tho the country lias has been increasing his tills year find tho the fact gives elves concern because tho the pig la Is nn nit fictive competitor of a mun filon worker or anybody else in the matter of food requirements german authorities nave have determined that beyond providing a moderate meat ration the transmutation of vegetable into food la Is a dangerously wasteful so there Is nn nit effort to induce farmers and village dwell ere era to restrict the number of hogs hoga ind cattle to the point where it will hill be just possible to raise tho the absolutely necessary ment finont ration the relation of the he general economic breakdown to agriculture Is indicated in both england and germany by aint mutters lie supply of agricultural it machinery inch luery in ili germany Ger ninny there Is 11 most serious shortage of all kinds of tools and machines lie be encso the lio old ones have worn out and there Is neither metal nor manufacturing capacity to provide now new ones in Engla england ild tho the complaint particularly concerns the supply of motor plows the government long ago promised that thousands of these would be furnished n L d in time to put it greatly in creased acreage lit in cereals under cultivation in 1018 now when the fall plowing season to s on it develops that lint want of shipping or other reasons have havo prevented the dell delivery iery of anything like an adequate number of these machines A dresden physician who Is quoted no na on nit nut authority hority ila lias recently discussed tile german food situation its as regards the requirements and supplies of 0 various classes of consumers ho finds that children up to eight years of ago age aro are re receiving celvin a reasonably satisfactory ration but tile tho amount allowed to those from eight to eighteen Is utterly insufficient and that the shortage seriously threatens tile the physical vitality of the neil gelein generation tion some of tile german jurisdictions have recently announced that newly couples will be granted a PRINCESS JEANNE 4 af A if A little princess ancess jell Ten tenene title youngest member of the italian royal family photographed while on it asit visit to wounded soldiers recently returned from the italian battlefront tile alio princess Is one of the most popular members of 0 tile the kings filially especially with the public she Is 13 idolized by tile soldiery double food for ill the first six weeks of their married eifel elsewhere provision lins hns been made to double tile tho food fillow allowances ances of nursing it and nd expectant mothers the effort to find fodder for animals lins hns started the professors on many investigations and inquiries doctor degen director oi of tho ilia seed testing in Budi budapest ripest claims to have discovered two valuable articles of ila iio writes tile the marl willi known ns as regards the lie part above ground ns as n fodder equal in value to straw recent experiments lieve however shown that hint the ho tubers growing on ilia roots underground tire are far more valuable they come very near to the lio horse chestnut in tile lie amount ot of raw protein raw fat find starch contents without ui tit bittO bitterness mess if they tire use used tor for tile the manufacture of spirits the wash either cither wet or dried can also lie used for fodder tito tho pond tit Incus also contains a anlu alu able underground organ the horizontal roots containing n great quantity of Fi tarch form it good concentrated fodder if used in distilleries the ansh is s not so 80 vol valuable liable as acif that from tile ilia bearish Bea sen rush nut but in n time of need it la Is a raw material that can bo be used tor for various purposes milk allik famine confronts nit all Bal europe rope tho the situation has long been bad tin and rows brows steadily worse fiacre there la Is constant and increasing conflict between the various state anti anil municipal CIPal authorities dealing with tho the food question throughout germany in tills regard tho the german fler iran situation tion Is much more inore complicated and difficult to handle bundle than tile english the state and municipal govern anent i in germany gern inny tire very lealou of heir ahelf authority tn hi their respective jurisdictions ris and tle the bcd federi ral il authorities dare riot not or connot impose universal regulations upon thela hem in saxony nr range ments have been wade ninde to relin burso bursa farmers who would import from other states cows and not heilers heifers tr in cult anif making such purchases will receive n premium of 20 per cent ot of the brieg paid not to exceed boo unities marks tills arrangement tins has caused violent complaint because tile prices of butter buffer anti milk tire already feni fearfully high and ilia coll ain that the farmers anro making In profits from producing ardin Fraulo furt comps ilia report that nt fit pres present crIt milk deliveries in tint city ni nouri to eliout one sixth those lhost of penco pence times scarcely suf flea to take curo care of oc the privileged ell ens 9 bomers to invalids nursing find expectant mothers tind go BO forth A larro share of ahat Is actually obtained lg 13 produced by tile the authorities from their municipal flair lem and farms faring it tins leen been n wry very expensive method yet tile the situation Is so find that the town ling lin decided it to 0 o extend it abill further german speaking austria ling has long been jealous of the comparatively fn an vor food situation in IlUng fitY and recently tile disaffection hits has beco ulf acute it 1 Is charged that lint alumary lg Is feeding tier herself elf bountifully anol leaving tile rest of tile tho empire to eliutt if it can for whatever hungary Ilung nry to la willing to send into tile lie german sp enking regions outrageous prices tire charged n mid riot tile subject lias ailts been discussed with w till frankness lit in the legI five bodies of both states it was said that recently inard from hungary find bad been sold bold in fit austria nt fit nearly eight times tile tho price it would have cost in hungary tile tho same gaine yen gen eral situation prevails ns na to friny oth or cr hungarian food supplies tho hungarians Hung arians complain with equal canal irrin rancor cor that lint they tire nrc charged excessive prices for nil all manufactured produced in austria tito tho two ROV gov have been trying to agree nereo upon a general policy of leveling down tile the prices of both hut but nt at this point they are confronted by tile tho some same difficulty which lins ling been on so flo ninny many times in fit germany no system of ft price control will stretch inadequate plate supplies to the point ot of nde adequacy in ili holland tile states control to Is being extended to almost till food supplies there are indications that tile the rationing system Is going to be established before v winter inter shall have for advanced tile the use of fat and margarine by bakers bakera and confectionery confectioners ers find by liot cotela els restaurants ind and clubs in ili pro paring food ha has s b been con prohibited the government has gun guaranteed granteed prices for or wheat rye oats barley etc As to crops crop not available for food the he arena that may bo be planted have been strictly limited in some cases casci to not more than 40 or BO 50 per cent of the plantings of normal years A premium lias has been offered for increased areas of land annd under tile llie plow tito government Is going to requisition the oil entire tire crop of sugar beets tho the factories will convert ill theiu mi into sugar arid and this will be turned over to tile tho government at it a fixed price for distribution tho the price detA of tile the public will not be 0 o increased although denmark Is in proportion to area and population orie ono of the llie greatest agricultural producing find exporting countries in tho the world it in now novy confronted with wath shortage of tit til most everything tito the count rys nutter production has decreased alarmingly and there Is it demand for rationing I 1 rig the government Is undertaking to subsidize tile production of oc butter so ns as to reduce prices that Is to tit apply to butter practically tho value rulo rule that t wits applied to bread in angland Eti gland tito the Eri english glish government Is 18 subsidizing brend bread to tile extent of nebout i a year thus liua milking malting it possible to sell tile ho I 1 Engl inglish lili lotif loaf of junr VM bread r for or four and one half cents rn in norway the government and the local food authorities tire are Av working to perfect n rationing system in ili time to save tile tho country front from disaster suster di tills this winter at a big scheme schema for storing reserves of food lias hns been worked out and some 25 warehouses uses in various parts of tho ilia city tire being stocked under n low law last may the government lias has estabI established shed a monopoly of the import of wheat harley barley oats rye belina belin 4 pons peas and lentils find and grains and meal ineal used for human food except rice arid potatoes |