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Newspaper
Goomalling Dowerin Mail
Location
Goomalling, Western Australia, Australia
Date
May 04, 1917
Page
1
Mr Brand Whitlock, former American Minister at Brussels, says evidence marks Germanys Belgium actions as among historys foulest. He attributes deportations to Von Hindenburg, notes a reign of terror after disputes with Von Bisaing, and describes systematic, deliberate cruelties toward Belgians.
The potato spread from the Americas through Chili to Columbia and Europe. Spaniards found it near Quito while natives in Peru cultivated it as food. Sir Walter Raleigh introduced it to Ireland in the early seventeenth century and it later reached England. The 1845 blight caused mass starvation among the Irish, devastating families dependent on the crop.
The article argues freightage costs inflate bread price noting 1914 Argentina grain at 1 shilling per ton, now over 8 pounds per ton to England. It questions shipowners profits amid wartime risks, citing a line earning 630,000 pounds extra profit and a vessel sale profit near 35,000 pounds. It points to wheat freight from Canada rising from loss to over 3 pounds per ton.
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