1918: German Prisoners Are Overfed, Britons Say<br />International Herald Tribune By<br />THE INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE<br />JAN. 31, 2018<br />LONDON — There is a loud outcry throughout England against the generous rations<br />that are given to the German war prisoners in internment camps in Great Britain.<br />The allowance of the German is nearly double, and he gets his supply daily without effort<br />and without worry." — The New York Herald, European Edition, Jan. 31, 1918<br />A correspondent, writing to the "Daily Express," says: — "For breakfast the fortunate people in the camp<br />have a big plateful of porridge, tea, bread, margarine, and part of their weekly ration of 7oz.<br />Letters innumerable are written to the newspapers complaining against the allowances of food to the Germans,<br />and the Government is almost ordered by public sentiment to reduce their fare.<br />"The meat supply, we are told, is only sufficient to allow each British citizen a pound a week; but in practice even this amount cannot be had.<br />of vegetables (potatoes and cabbage, cauliflower or other greenstuff in season), bread, and rice, tapioca, or semolina, when cheese is not available.
