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Show FOOD SCARCE IN BRUSSELS " f " ! London. Sept 1. 4 30 a. m A Bel glan business man who has just arrived ar-rived in London said that food was already very scarce in Brussels. "Only about one person in a hundred hun-dred can afford eggs and milk," he said "People who are rich enough to have milk twice weekly are con sidered very lucky. The Germans have directed the suburb of St. Gillies to supply to the military 400 bottles of wine daily Brussels proper has to contribute daily 70.000 pounds of breod, while the suburb of Auder ghem supplies 40.000 pounds of meat " oo |