The Swiss government blames the famine in Germany for propagating the 'Spanish Influenza.' The information is in a letter from the leader of the Committee on Public Information in Switzerland to her spouse. In Switzerland all public meetings have been banned, and despite been well-fed the deaths in the army are alarming.

Source: "'Spanish Influenza' Start in Germany," New York Tribune, New York, NewYork, August 22, 1918. Page 12, Column 7.