Peking, Nov. 2 The following official telegram from the Foreign Office has been handed to Reuter's Agency in Pe-
London, Nov. 1.
German reports state that British shipping is laid up idle in ports. So little is this the case that new lines are being established, tapping the trade routes hitherto occupied by the Germans.
Comparative prices published by the Berlin Statistical Office show the increased cost of different class ses of provisions-in Berlin during the period July to September, 1914. In particular there has been an increase in the price of cereals, flour, Pulses, potatoes, eggs and butter.
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