It is generally recognized that a shortage of motor fuel in Germany would bring the war to an end more quickly even than a shortage in her food supplies. We know that Russia's occupation of Galicia has cut off one of Germany's sources of petrol and it is important. to inquire whether she can make good the deficiency so caused by the use of some substitute. Apparently she can. Germany is in the fortunate position of being able to produce 20,000,000 gallons of benzole per annum from her numerous and extensive coke ovens.
This quantity cannot, of course, be sufficient to meet the demands of the army motor transport, but the amount of fuel available can be increased very considerably by -mixing industrial alcohol with the available benzole. A specially designed engine, running at a low speed, can be made to give good results on alcohol alone. Ths engines used by the German army are almost entirely high-speed engines; nevertheless, these can work rea
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