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CHAOS IN GERMANY
THE ECONOMIC DEBACLE GROWING
Billions of Maris and Shortage of Feed
3UJNDÖN. Saturday.
The "Daily. Chronicle's" Berlin cor-
respondent, says there is little doubt j
that - Germany faces a serious crisis. <
Money in millions is seen about Berlin,
yet its very abundance .is the cause of'
what is rapidly becoming a tragedy I
of ..dearth or famine. Queues of house- ;
wives waiting for food are street"
scenes which outclass the worst war
rationiiig days. There are signs of
thri-atoned uprisings, which are I»eing
referred to in such ominous phrases as
civil war. There is a shortage of "but-
ter, fais, sugar, potatoes, and «sss, and
it is growiug woree-daily. The'Gov-
ernment is circularising the, provincial
a uthorities ordering special police mea-
sures to ensure ¿he safe transport cf
goods'to eily and town markets.
The farmers" aro alarmed at the eco-
nomic chaos in the cities, and arc hesi-
tating to forward produce. Most of
the taxes are nov/ costing more to col-
lect than thc-y realise. Trains are. de-
layed-while .chirks count huge bundles
of marks teaaïrc'd by travellers. The
correspondent says the most amusing
sights witnessed lately are p'ecple go-
ing to restaurants carrying bundles of
notes'.wrapped* in newspapers to pay
their biiis. Thorp is a perfect orgy cf
profiteering. .Twice this week a load-
ing hotel increased ihn charges for its
rooms, au J tho prices xor loodstuffs
were chained two or three times daily,
thc hcicis. basing tile firicc-s cn the
pounu or toHar; but tills is just as
senseless as cverylhinjr eise
-LiliKLiN,, Saturday.
In view oí th 2 continued depreciation
of the mark, the Reichstag holds cn
extraordinary s-.-ssicn on August .7.
The police have discovered a gang
of counterfeiters at Augusburg. Tn ty
had circulated.spurious notes aaount
ing to l'JO million mares.
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