Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-06-15
GIVES 100000
To WAR VICTIMS
Rockefeller Foundation Sets
Aside Huge Sum.
FOOD FOR THE POPULATION

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Neutral Commission to Be Organized
and Fund Spent In Relieving Suffer-
ers In Poland, Servia, Montenegro
and AIbania-Alles and Teutons to
Aid.
The Rockefeller foundation has an
nounced that it has appropriated ST.
100000 for war relief work in Poland.
Servia. Montenegro and Albania.
This gift is made. according to the
announcement, as an effort to hasten
an agreement between the allies and
the central powers whereby adequate
provision can be made for feeding the
millions of noncombatants of the coun-
tries which it is intended that this do
nation shall aid
In statement which accompanies
the announcement of the gift the
Rockefeller foundation tells of its ef-
forts to relieve the situation in Poland.
After stating that it's original scheme,
whereby it agreed to guaAntee the ad-
ministration expenses of "a neutra, COM
mission for the, distribution of food
Stuffs to the extent of S12O0O0, fell
through because of the impracticabili-
ty of importing the food the founda-
tion says:
A few months ago the German gov
ernment invited one of the members of
the war relief commission of the
Rockefeller foundation, Frederic G.
Walcott, to go to Poland with a repre-
sentative of the commission for relief
in Belgium in order that fresh and ac.
curate information might be obtained
as to conditions of desttution and that
new measures of relief might be devils
ed. The result of this trip was that a
scheme was again drawn up containing
certain arrangements and guarantees
whereby food might be imported into
Germany from abroad. transported to
Poland and distributed among the civil
population under the protection, SUI
pervision and active management of a
neutral commission directed by Her.
bert c. Hoover
Terms of Scheme.
The terms of this scheme may be
summarized as follows:
A neutral commission to be organized
under the direction of Herbert c. Hoover
the head of the commission for relief in
Belgium, and to carry on it's operations
according to the methods now obtaining
in Belgium and northern France.
Germany to contribute 100000 marks a
month for the purchase and importation
of food supplies.
Suitable guarantees to be furnished re-
garding the invioability of food supplies
while in transit through Germany into
Poland, where the distribution is to be
made through the Polish local committees
under the supervision Of the American
representatives.
1mportationS of food by the neutral
commission to be confined to the popula-
tions of Warsaw, Lodz Schenzochow, Viii
ma, kovno. Biala and Ettap from $780,
900 to 100000 persons in and about these
cities): Germany to provide a partial ra-
tion for these populations, as well as to
supply the needs of all other parts of the
occupied territory.
Railroad transportation from Danzig,
the port of Importation, to the German
Polish frontier at half rate and thence
without charge to the points of destina-
tion in Poland.
Ocean transportation of supplies to be
provided by German ships flying a neutral
flag and manned and controlled by neu-
trails.
With this tentative agreement in
his possession Mr. Walcott proceeded
to London and made every effort,
through the good offices of Ambassador
Page and in cooperation with Mr..
Hoover, to commend the plan to the
favorable consideration of the British
government and its allies. AS a result
of these efforts the British government
delivered to the American ambassador
on May II a memorandum setting forth
the terms and conditions upon which
the blockade of German ports would
be relaxed to the extent of permitting
imports of relief supplies through a
German port.
This memorandum stated that the
consent of the British government to
the proposed scheme of relief would be
given only upon certain additional
conditions, among which the most sig
nificant were the following:
The system of relief in Poland to be ap-
piled to the occupied territory as whole.
Any surplus of local food products IN
southern Poland to be employed excu-
sively for the provisioning of northern
Poland.
The constabulary in the occupied terri
tory not to be permitted to requisition
or purchase food imported by the COM
mission.
No food supplies to be exported from
Poland unless in the case of an excess of
potatoes over and above the needs of the
entire occupied territory. as certified by
the neutral commission.
The German and Austro-Hungarian
governments to undertake as part of the
present arrangement to supply and care
for the populations of Servia. Albania and
Montenegro.
The next step to be taken was to
ascertain whether the central powers
would agree to the additional condi-
tions imposed by Great Britain on be-
half of the allied governments. and ne