THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



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PRUSSIAN SOLDIERS STRIPPING POLISH HOMES OP FOOD 



"In Poland the conquering armies of the Huns are living from the land at the expense 

 of the native population, the Hague Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding; and famine 

 stalks that land in consequence." 



human race ; this is the havoc that black- 

 ens the map of Europe, and it has been 

 wrought deliberately by a single nation 

 to further its own ends. For the last 

 three and a half years the most powerful 

 weapon in Germany's hands to complete 

 the abject subjugation of her victims has 

 been a food shortage. 



It will take generations for these 

 famine-stricken countries to recover from 

 the losses suffered in this period, to say 

 nothing of the hopelessness of their out- 



look resulting from the almost complete 

 destruction of their property by the Cen- 

 tral Powers. They have been robbed of 

 their homes, live stock, and their agri- 

 cultural implements. Their factories have 

 been pillaged, many destroyed, and the 

 raw materials shipped to Germany. 



In a word, the ravages of war, as 

 waged under German leadership, plus the 

 ravages of famine, which in this case is 

 the direct result of war as waged by the 

 Central Powers, have well-nigh crushed 



