Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-01-15 | Page 10 | Berlin Official Press Statement

BERLIN OFFICIAL PRESS STATEMENT Berlin. Jan 14 (By Wireless to Sayville). The Russian newspapers Rech, Russky Slowo, and Russky Wjedomosty describe the difficulties the Russians are placed in because of a lack of necessary goods, formerly Imported from Germany, says a statement state-ment Issued from the official press bureau here. "On the other hand, ' the statement continues, "the newspapers speak of the Impossibility on the part of Russians Rus-sians to export cavarle. wood, grain, furs and spirits. The leather industry is declared to be at a standstill because be-cause of the lack of tanning material ma-terial ' The London Standard states that considerable amounts of English consols con-sols have been sold unofficially below the fixed minimum price. "The Italian deputy Belmonte pointed point-ed out at a meeting in Milan that victory for France and England would cause Italy's vassalage In the Mediterranean Medi-terranean and that the present neutrality neu-trality was the cause of Italy's favorable favor-able diplomatic situation "A report from Petrograd says the Russians have withdrawn many Cossack Cos-sack reciments from the front, in view of the possibility of riots in the larger towns. "Christiana reports that the English shot at the Norwegian steamer Hanchen while she was calling at the English port of Blyth, despite the fact that she showed the Norwegian flag. . . rr