Germany Feels the Pinch.

In the third year of the war Germany's economic position is beginning to resemble strongly its position in the third year of World War I, when belts had to be drawn ever tighter and war weariness began to set in. In contrast to Britain and the United States, production in Germany has not been increased during the war, since unemployment had previously been virtually wiped out. Yet despite the stabilization of production the national income of Greater Germany has risen sharply. In 1940, when Germany was waging war against France, the German army numbered from six to six and a half million men. Already during the first two years of the war Germany could not feed its population from its own soil, and only considerable food imports from various European countries prevented a rapid deterioration of the food situation.