Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-07
American Commission is
Supplying 100000
Meals Daily.
MORE FOODON THE WAY
Two Dutch Steamers Loaded in
London With Additional
Provisions for Hungry.

London, Nov 7.-Provisions sent to
Brussels by the American commission
for the relief of Belgium already are
supplying 100000 meals daily and
plans are now complete for carrying
on a similar work throughout that
part of Belgium occupied by the Ger
mans.
The Dutch steamer Jan Block will
sail some time today loaded with 1000
tons of wheat, rice, peas, beans and
flour, and it is expected that the Dutch
steamer Tellus leave tomorrow with
1000 tons of wheat.
Both ships will proceed to Rotter-
dam, where their cargoes will be taken
over by representatives of the Ameri-
can commission, Herbert Clark Hoo
yer, chairman of the American COM
mission, today received the following
telegram from Capt. T. F. Lucey, the
commissions representative at Rot
terdam
Those Who Can Must Pay.
"Langhorne, Wyman and Bell (Mor-
ris H. Langhorne, secretary of the
American legation to The Netherlands
and Luxembourg; f. B. Wyman, mem
ber of the relief commission, and Ed
ward Bell, second secretary of the
American embassy at London) have
returned from Brussels, where 400,-
O0e- meals per-7da are being issued.
Those people who are able to pay are
being charged Is cents for the meals.
The meal costs 15 cents and Bell says
that rich and poor stand in line for
these meals, as it is the only way
they can get food.
They state that very complete
plans have been entered into by the
central committee for receiving and
distributing supplies throughout all
Belgium. The country has been di-
vided into provinces, each province
handling its own distribution and be-
ing represented by two men on the
central committee. All acquisitions on
this office will come from the central
committee through the American and
Spanish ministers. A subcommittee
in turn will sell food to the communes,
which will resell or distribute free to
those in need.
Composition of subcommittee.
"The subcommittee are formed
generally by members of the town
tion has an official and unquestionable
standing. They are all in accord and
are holding meetings from time to
time at Brussels and compiling data
as to the needs of every district re-
gardless of how remote. The people
are elated at the shipments and the
practical results given.
"Some uneasiness is felt here by
Belgians as the result of quotations
from the American, press to the effect
that supplies would be seized by the
military authorities. They are afraid
that this will stop the shipment of
supplies. l have assured them that
the supplies would come regardless of
these unfounded suppositions.
''Whitlock (Brand Whitlock, Amer
lean minister to Belgium) is personal
ly supervising and compiling the de-
tailed requirements of the various dis
tricts to be forwarded to you"
All Emergencies ForestaIIed.
That all emergencies are being fore
stalled is evident from note issued
by the central committee in Belgium,
in which it is stated that the commits
sion will have a delegate in each prov
inces who will see that the shipment
of food supplies arrives intact and
who must be informed of any infrac-
tion by the German troops of the
guarantee given by Field Marshal
Baron Won Der Goltz, military gov
ernor of the occupied portion OF Bel
GUM.