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situated in Eastern Prussia whicli the Russians are invading, but inasmuch as Germany is 

 reported by now to have called out her last line of defence — ^even grey-haired men have been 

 retjuisitioned — it cannot he likely that any extensive harvesting operations will be possible; 

 \\hat are undertaken will probably be due to efforts of the German Government to obtain 

 a supply of sugar wherewith to feed the armies in the field. It may be assumed then that 

 as regards Germany too, the coming sugar campaign if it is worked at all will only suffice 

 to cover local needs and no contribution to the international supply need be looked forward to. 



"Austria's position will be much like that of Germany, save that in the event of the Austrian 

 armed forces being rendered Jiors de combat at an early date by the Russians, the invasion of 

 Austria by the latter may be postponed till Germany has been dealt with and the Austrian 

 beet areas may escape for a few months the ravages of war. But here too it is doubtful 

 whether the irdand demand will leave any surplus. And if there were a surplus it is difficult 

 to see how any of it could be placed on the world's markets save in the event of its being 

 eventually seized by the enemy. 



"There remain Holland, Russia and Italy. Holland has preserved her neutrality so far, 

 and attempts are being made to reap her sugar beet harvests. But the country is like an 

 armed camp as her troops are fully mobilized to repel any invasion, and it is hardly likely 

 that the beet crop there will reach the figures of a normal peace campaign, since labor will 

 be scarce. Here a sur])lus, after satisfying local demands, seems more probable, but whether 

 the Dutch will offer any to the British market or will dispose of the bulk to Germany, time 

 alone will show. The Russian beet crop promises the most for us, inasmuch as, given the 

 necessary labor supply, there will be no impediment to its reaping; indeed the British sugar 

 trade seems to be looking to the Russian supply to make good a part at least of the deficiency 

 which will make itself felt in the coming winter. Finally we have Italy; providing she is 

 not drawn into the war at the eleventh hour — a not impossible contingency — she will not 

 be debarred from obtaining her usual output of sugar, but then it is not an extensive one 

 and very little comes to England in the ordinary course. 



"It is evident then that the United Kingdom will have to depend during the war on the 

 world's cane sugar supply, apart from such quantities as Russia is able to spare and able to 

 ship to England. We venture to emphasize the latter point because it is evident that as 

 long as the Baltic can be raided by a few German warships, it will be closed as a trade route, 

 while the Archangel route will be frozen up before long, and the Black Sea outlet has to run 

 the gauntlet of Constantinople where the Turks, well-known for their pro-German prochvities, 

 are 'sitting on the fence,' and may be so ill-advised as to drop their present neutrality on 

 Germany's behalf. Failing the Black Sea route, Russia might have to fall liack on her 

 SilDcrian line to transport the sugar to England, and this would prove a long and costly 

 proceeding. 



"In 1913, Germany, France, Austria-Hungary and Belgium accounted for 1,376,947 tons 

 of raw and refined sugar imported into the United Kingdom out of a total of 2,136,190 tons."' 



A letter to Messrs. Willett & Gray from Germany, under date of August 28th, on this 

 subject, is very interesting. The writer says: 



"You mention 'the tramp of the armies over the beet fields' and you are quite right in 

 saying, when you consider the fields of France, and principally Belgium. You see that the 

 beet crop in Belgium will be none this year, practically all important Belgium fortresses, 

 except Antwerp, being in our hands. 



"By these means (the tramp of armies), the beet crop in France will hkewise suffer to a 

 certain extent. 



"On the other hand the German crop seems to be an excellent one. There is no fear of 

 an absence of male labor. There are already about 20,000 Belgian prisoners at Brunswick 

 who know well this sort of field work. On the east there are ten thousands and ten thousands 

 of Russian prisoners who will look after the German beet crop as well as after that of potatoes. 

 You would be surprised to see Germany at this present moment, all classes are absorbed into 

 Germans and only defending their existence." 



"When we promised freedom to Cuba, we performing an act, which, as far as I know, is 



kept om- promise and after exstabUshing an entu-ely without parallel in the deaUngs of 



orderly government in Cuba withdrew our stronger with weaker nations." — Theodore 



ai-my and left her as an independent power, Rossevelt in the N. Y. Times. 



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