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Show GRAIN SITUATION GROWSjSERIOUS Supply in Germany Rapidly Dwindling Under Heavy Drain of War. ASSURING THE PEOPLE Authorities Conducting Vigorous Vigor-ous Campaign to Convince Nation All Is Well. COPENHAGEN, via London, June 9 725 a. m. The rapid dwindling of Gorman grain stocks under the drain imposed by tho supplementary bread allowances, to compensate for missing potatoes, was the cause oT tho recent hastily summoned conference of representatives rep-resentatives of the central powers In Berlin. Officials of the German food department, supported by energetic representations fiom the military and diplomatio authorities, won the grant of an additional proportion for Germany Germa-ny of the grain stocks captured In Rumania. Ru-mania. The German authorities are conducting conduct-ing a vigorous publicity campaign to convince the people that all Is well with the coming harvest and that present pres-ent food difficulties will disappear as soon as the now crop Is available Barely Medium Harvest. A hint of somewhat different possibilities possi-bilities Is given in a paragraph which slipped into a glowing account of crop prospects in tho weekly Woche I This paragraph says: "If nil conditions continue favorable Germany can hope for barely a medium medi-um harvest, owing to the lack of fertilizers, fer-tilizers, particularly nitrates " The fruit harvest, according to experts, ex-perts, will also be only medium. |