Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-11-07
Those Able to Pay Are Charged
Five Cents and Those Des-
titute of Money Receive
Food Without Cost.
RICH AND POOR IN
LINE FOR SUPPLIES
Aside From Assistance From
America People Have Moth
ing to Eat and No Way of
Getting II.

tsf MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL ttAsGD wisGl
London, Nov. (S:10 p. IN. PRO
visions sent TO Brussels By the Ameri-
can commission for the relief OF Bel
gium already are supplying 100000
meals daily and plans are now com
plete for carrying on a similar work
throughout that part of Belgium oc-
cupjed by the Germans
The Dutch steamer Ban Block will
sail some time tonight loaded with
1000 tons of wheat rice. peas. beans
and flour and IL is expected that the
Dutch steamer Tellus. will leave to-
morrow with LOO tons of wheat.
Both ships will proceed to Rotterdam,
where their cargoes will be taken over
by representatives. Of the American
commission.
Herbert Clark Hoover, chairman Of
the American commission. today re-
ceived the following telegram from
Capt. 4. f. Lucey. the commissions
representative at Rotterdam:
100000 Meals Daily I'm Brussels.
'Langhorne, Wyman and Bell
the American legation to the Neither
lands and Luxemburg; Il. u. Wyman.
member of the relief commission, and
Edward Bell, second secretary of the
American embassy at London) have
returned from Brussels, where 400.-
600 meals day are being issued.
Those people who are able TO pay
are being charged s cents for meal.
The meal costs ! cents, and Bell says
that rich and poor stand in line for
these meals. as II is the only way they
can get food.
Joseph Bologne, Belgian deputy and
member of the Namur town council,
and A. Jourenz. deputy and member
Of the Liege town council. in a signed
statement sent to the commission.
say
Threatened by Famine.
I'VE have rudely suffered. After
the atrocities and horrors of war we
are now threatened by famine. These
German armies, since the beginning
Of the invasion. have lived on our soil
BY requisitioning victuals of all ma
lure. Our production Of grain nor
1.ally Is hardly sufficient for a fifth !
II tho consumption. The maritime |
quite being closed for the import of |
train our country would be famished |
n a short time. Solely for Liege and |
Is environs 1900 tons of grain are
necessary each day. At the moment
Il writing we have hardly grain
nough for a few days
Look to United States.
Without the generous assistance
4 the United States it would mean
or us famine. with its unavoidable
of riots and plundering.
We have suffered enough. At least
It this misfortune be spared us. We
re convinced that you will sympa-
hize with our undeserved miseries.
'ln the province of Liege the city
as first been compelled to pay a war
contribution of 10000. 600 francs
SO. 0.000). while the acquisitions
hich have been made so far exceed
100000 francs. The city of Liege
as a population OF 117,000 inhabi-
lnts and its ordinary annual budget
ardly reached 14.000,oO0 francs" 4
Emile Dignefft ands Paul Staes,
Icmbers of the Liege town council.
statement to the commission, say:
Industrial Disaster.
TO sum up the situation, an indus
ial population Of high efficiency is
At OF work and cannot earn its food
has no reserves any more in food
: savings and rescue is Immediately
Id urgently needed, for fear that
Ltastrophc would be brought about
lief Is only the beginning of all
nds Of relief up to the time when
% population is allowed to organ
3 It's work again.