The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-17
FRANTIC APPEAL FOR FOOD
BELIEVED TO BE MOVE TO
INFL UENCE PEACE TERMS
IN OF IN DIRE NEE D
There Is Sufficient Food Stuffs in
Germany To Meet Immediate
Wants-Hun Government Will Be
Required Eventually to Pay i'r
Supplies.

kl Washington, Nov. l6.-In the al
most hysterical appeals OF the Ger
man provisional government for sup
plies OF food and for permission to
taddreSS itself directly through Il
'9commiSsion to the American public,
I.oltlcialS here see a purpose TO eXci.e
the sympathies of large element of
the American population more or
less connected by blood ties with
Il Germany, With such sympathieS
',ar".Nsed, the German government, it
~ said, undoubtedly hopes to in
| tluence the approaching peace CON
ference towards lcniency.
Not Likely to Be Beneficial
Such appeals as those which have
been sent by wireless by DR.. Soil,
German foreign secretary to Secrc-
tary Lansing were said to be quite
unnecessary and not likely to have
4 any beneficial results. President VII
son already has promised to do ev-
| Ierythng possible to prevent suffer
/ ing among the civil population OF
the conquered states. The entente
EpoWers have endorsed this attitude,
snot so much from considerations OF
mercy or sympathy with the foe, as
Ffrom genuine conviction that a
starving and desperate people would
3make dangerous neighbOrS; renGer
. any satisfactory peace impossible,
! aud by appeals to the International
ist spirit, endanger the security Of
the eitentc countries themselves
The design OF the conservative e'e-
ments in the entente states is IN
derstood to be to avoid raising any
flew issues that would aggravate
|1hese conditions.
1t is known officially there is suf-
ficient food in Germany to meet I'M
mediate needs. The .upreme war
council is planning to supply food
in the future and before the present |.
stocks are exhausted. assuming the /.
exercise OF wise economy in food |
distribution. Therefore, it is said TO
be quite unnecessary for the Ger
map government to send the pro-
pQled commission to the United .
Seate, TO arrange for the purchase
OF iood. Mr. Hoover and the agel-
cies behind him will attend to that.
Will Not Be Given Away
10 correct what appears to be 4
general public misunderstanding m
the subject, il may authoritatiyc'y
stated none of this food to be senJ
from America to Germany or Aus.
tria will be given away. 1t must "e
paid for by the governments OF those
countries. Possibly that cannot BE-
done i'm German cash for it is be
lieycd the store OF gold in the rcichs
bank has been practically exhausted
through the heavy purchases which
Germany has been obliged to make
from neutral countries, for which
she had to pay in coin. for the mo-
part. That situation may make it
necessary to establish a German
credit, but il this is done it will
be the act OF the supreme war coun-
Gil, as part OF its function in carry
ing out the terms and spirit OF tie
America will not have
TO bear these burdens or assume the
risk alone.
Rapid development OF the new
German government ON democratic
lines, as recorded in the press dis
patches, !, viewed with satisfaction
here The composition OF the new
c cabinet, including a. ii does, saue
and conservatives elements enough
to leayen the WHOLE !, taken as a
guarantee against bcishevik CON
troll, and it is hoped that with the as
5urance OF, not an abundance of
food. but sufficient to avert famine
at least, the new government can he
assured more permanency thar
a,rked the advent of the first reyo-
q xoaary government in Russia.