Berlin, July 10.
Public anxiety caused' by soaring food prices and a shortage in food has been intensified by the reappearance to-day in the River Rhine near Kaub, of "hunger stones," traditional precursors of which have been submerged for many decades.. The re-appearance of the "hunger stones" is due to the drought which is responsible for the evel of the Rhine dropping considerably during the last week.
The price of margarine recently has ofp enormously, while pure chases Bt potatoes, the staple food of the north German working class, thas been limited to. two Ib. daily. The German harvest this year is ex pected to be 29 per cent. below that of 1933 and this, added to the reappearance of the "hunger stones"
causing wide comment.
Hundreds of tons of potatoes, the duty on which was reduced yester~ Gay by two-thirds, are being rushed into Germany from Holland and Belgium, but the public anticipates; the coming winter gloomily.
Apart from the restriction of imports into Germany, the country's Tack of foreign exchange reserves makes it most difficult to purchase foodstuffs abroad.
Dr, Schmidt, Minister of Economies, has been endowed with dicta torial powers to deal with the food situation, It is widely predicted that food will be rationed within the near future, as was done during the Great War, but the authorities positively deny that such drastic measures will be taken.
Meanwhile, the shops of numerous green-grocers here have been closed by the authorities for profiteering. beginning of the Roehm revolt, his own hasty flight to Munich and his faction at Wiessee, Herr Hitler said:
"Punishment for these crimes was stern and severe, Nineteen higher [Storm Troop leaders, 31 minor leaders, as well as three leaders of dang [the Black Guards were shot for com. plicity in the plot. Thirteen Storm Troop leaders and civilians lost their ives for resisting arrest. Three more committed suicide. Five party members, not belonging to the Storm Troops, were shot for taking part in juke conspiracy. Finally three more members of the Black Guards were shot for shamefully mishandling pri-
After a stirring speech by Gen. Herman Wilhelm Goering, Premier lof Prussia and Reich Minister of Aviation, who is also speaker of the Reichstag, praising the Fuehrers iron resolution and assuring him of the unswerving loyalty to the party's prineiptes, the Reichstag adopted the {following resolution: "The Reichstag, approves of the declaration of the JGovernment and thanks the Chan-feeller for his energetic and resolute rescue of the fatherland from civil [war and chaos."
With the singing of the Horst Wessel song, the session was ad-{journed—Trans Ocean Kuo Min. Berlin, July 13.
'The Foreign Press Association here is up in arms against the recent ac-Jeusations of Dr. Joseph Goebbels, [Minister of Propaganda, who des jeribed as "lying. misrepresentation' fand as the "worst kind of gunman journalism" the manner in which the foreign press had reported events in [connection with the recent "purge" of lby Dr. Goebbels had already been [given by world public opinion.
The resolution asserts that foreign lcortespondents in Germany have always endeavoured to do justice to tke truth and that one of the prere-Jquisite conditions of this consists in the provision of correct, dependable Jand rapid information.—Reuter.
"Death List" to be Secret Berlin, July 14.
'The secret of Chancellor Hitler's "death list" will never be revealed. 'The announcement of this sinister fact was accompanied by a government' spokesman's pronouncement that it was considered that Chancellor [Hitler's speech last night, definitely Jelosed discussion of the shooting of Sune 30 and subsequent days.
Tt is suggested that the 77 mention-fed by the Chancellor goes very wide of the mark. Reuter investigations produced estimates of 188 from a [Reichswehr officer, over 100 from a police officer and' between 200 and 300 froma foreign diplomat.
It is the general concensus of opinion that the figure is 200, for it is known that many private shootings occurred after the July 1 official conclusion of the purging process.—Reuter.
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