Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-12
PORK AND BEANS
FAv0R|TE FOOD
III WITH bELG|ANS
Captain Lucey Tells Of Races
With Starvation Made by.
Relief Commission; Praise
for Dutch and Germans.

New YORK. Feb 1.-THE Belelar
people gre simply crazy abaul
American pork and beans
Captain J. y Lucey. The first mem.
Der u the commission FOR ralief m
belgium ~ return 10 this country ~.
counted here today the cnupiqsion..
sometime frantic races against DEAN
~ starvation, touched here and there
alth the humor seemingly insepsr.-
DE from great tragedy Prompt ala
from the Dutch and German admin.
situations. b. said. supported the r.
forts ~ the commission ~ feod the
starving.
When He first began our work tho
people dld not know who We were on
what We wanted he snid. 'rrhev
Thought We were trying 10 sell them
something Many Of them never
heard ~ the United states and ala
not know that there existed "a class
% people who would send across the
seas free ship loads Of food for them
To-day they understand
Educated On Boston Diet.
Another thing we have done for
the Belgians. We have educated them
% know pork and beans They are
crazy about them. They also are
learning something about American
canned goods and The use ~ corn
meal
The biz Impression I carry ont 81
helsium is the humanizing effect of
hhidHhips The Dutch simply won't
zen an& body help them feed the Hel-
gan refugees in Holland and have
MtolN organized - commission ~
ihcir own for cooperation with
ours The Hollanders are absolutely
HuFeifieh."
High Praise for Germans.
Captain Lacey praised the Ger
mans for their cooperation with the
commission and declared they had
given valuable assistance As soon
% The Germans understood what We
were trying 10 do. they were very
helpful 20 ~. he said In the past
few weeks they have been Unusually
helpful ON one occasion during the
first two weeks ln December when
we had no food ourselves to deliver
into Belgium, and when the plight Of
tile Helgians was oppressive. I ape
piled TO the Germans for food and
aould probably have gotten il had
not the Netherlands stepped i'm and
loaned The commission 10000 tons
Hurry Gall From Iicge
We got word one night that Liegt
was starving That very night 70 ship
~ me tn We hurried enough food To-
lll net cars into Belgium that same
night with Captain Sunderland Unit
sd states military aitachp nt The
Hague. eseufting H. lie cot as far
as ldeRe and then went forward 90
the German headquarters and was
loaned a special engine by the Ger
nan general IN command and exact
Is twcniy-f0nr hours after tho call
Tor food was received our train Of
dfty ear loads rolled into the Liege
sbtion
Races Ia Heat Starvation.
We have mad many exciting races
sith ota food to beat starvation. IN
1ecsmbtr. when there were bread
lots ln Brussels We got our FIRST Ca
lal boat load to that point Today
NJ commission goes into the most
emote parts of Belgium one Of
hose places Is Chartered We are de-
ivering food almost on the firing line
al Bruges.
'"The principally Of Luxembourg has
egueHied the commission 90 feed IT,
People through American Minister
Fan Dyke. at The Hague We have /
leen requested by the French to send I
oodstufis into remote districts that !
ay to the north of the Arg0nue and |
Sc are getting some food boy now to /
iivet, Mauheuge and Lilo