Germany is still barring the Swiss frontier, and for the last five days the German post arrived at Berne very late or not at all, thus pointing to great activity in military matters beyond the German-Swiss frontier.
As further proof, if proof were needed, of the sufficiency of Germany's food supplies, it is pointed out that she now offers to send to Switzerland large quantities of potatoes.
20. The Times, July 5, 1916:
WAR PROFIT-MONGERS IN RUSSIA
From our Correspondent.
Petrograd, July 2.
The clergy will to-morrow publicly anathematise the "freebooters of the rear," who are amassing huge fortunes at the expense of the public.
21. The Westminster Gazette, Aug. 28, 1916:
GERMAN WAR SCANDALS
700 PER CENT PROFIT FOR EAST PRUSSIAN LANDOWNERS
Zurich, Sunday.