The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-08
PAYING US NOW
IN GRATITUDE
WHEN WAR rs OVER BEL.
GIUM WILL REPAY US I'm
INDUSTRY
CANNOT BUY FOOD
EVEN WITH MONEY
United States, Armed With Bread,
10 Arnerieaniz;ng Bel.
gis;m.
(By Associated presa1

had not come TO pur aid 1t would
nave meant starvation for most of
u.s. said Alfred Nerinex, provisional
hurgomaster Of. Lbuvain, To the Az.
sociated Press today 1--WE are viii.
ing to work. but we can not when t,s
doors are closed to exports. we can
not buy food, even IL we have the
money, when the doors are closed To
imports. 1t is no fanit OF ours il we
starve. Feed us Row and we. will nay
you back in industry when the war is
over
I'VE are paying back now in graf
ttude for the lives America has saw.
ed; gratitude which will endure as
proof that human affection Is stronger
than any treaty alliance.
Here In the midst OF the ruins of
my town ] do not lose heart. I know
we shall rebuild It all II only we can
have food to keep us, alive. The
most powerful army in the world can
not Teutonize Belgium, but America.
armed with bread, is Americanizing
Belgium. Ny worst fear is that there
Will be bread riots IL the relief .stopsy
NJ. Nerinex said the population of
t.ouvain was only 1900 less than be-
Tore the GermanB' occupation. Thost
whose homes we're burned are living
with their neighbors. The sburRomas.
ter said heswas putting The idle 10
work at clearing the streets and re-
pairing lloHees- sa. 4 ~
Foreigners are mot permitted access
20 the military zone west of the Ant
Wyerp- BRUSSELS Mons line, sand In the
spcslle1 zpne OF military Occupation,
~ n1n saatsrn Belgium resttictions
against travel arc severe. II lis fif-
iISsirstj rpr ueIgIaaB TO pass from one
town to another, Thes aaa so...:a::: 4: Il &c
cate with one another only through
The German mails. Is
The representatives OF the sAmeri.
can relief committee have freedom OF
movement. The German officials are
ZealouBiy scrupulous in seeing that
no, relief food is taken by the GER
mans.
+ Hunger is driving more and more
persons who, have been we'll to do to
stifie their pride and ask for bread.
The remote towns where suffering is
most acute, are being reached by the
American commission and no Belgian
who will ask Tor food need 60 hun
cry.
|. The longest bread line seen by the
correspondent was at Liege, where
for three hours In the cathedral
square the people PASSED in line as
big loaves were handed ont. .
Now YORK. jan This weeks
work offthe American commission for
relief In Belgium, as shown In a state.
ment issued tonight includes the des-
patch OF four ships with food valued
NJ approximately SIs66U.tJ9 and rep-
ting q little more than seven
days supply for the BslgiaaS. The
Lynorta. carrying Yirginia's doffa.
tfpnE. Will sail from Norfolk not lat
er than Saturday. It was announced.
Maryland's offerings went to sea to-
day from Baltimore on the John Har.
die. The Harnalyce, the New Eng.
land chip, sailed from Boston today,
and the. Hannah, the Ksnsas ship. len
New York Tuesday.
The cgmmission annoiinced that
tie stearnship Naneric. wih caracs
sity OF 3 $500 tons. would 8e turned
over 10 t5S Stete of 0ii1 = 20 fiii. .iie Nc
uoilmi5sf1n received r5reiiTed word that Ne
d asks had begun : Skinpaisp to all
q .NeofaEla skip" ssS
wireless reports told ef. .tne pres.
erce on the Atlantic coast OF the Ca.
nlino. California; ship. which left
San sPef0. s.niif, December % via the
Panama Canal sst I