Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-06
TOPrOW(Ie Food For
 Vanquisled Nations
America and the Allies Are Planning to Cooperate to Alleviate Suffering of Civ iIians.

Washington, Nov, 5.-America and the allies are planning to cooperate in making available as far as possible food and other supplies necessary for the lives of the demoralized civilian populations in once enemy countries.
 This became known tonight through the publication of message from Colonel B. M. House at Paris to President Wilson saying the supreme war council at Versailles had adopted a resolution announcing it's desire to co-0perate with Austria Bulgaria and
 Turkey in furnishing the necessities Of life for the suffering peoples of
 those nations.
 This announcement is expected to have far reaching effect in Germany, where, from all accounts, the food sit4 uation is only little less serious than it is in the countries until re- Conditions are represented as particu- larly serious in Austria Hungary, where food riots have been frequent and where there has been intense suf- fering, not alone from the wont of food, but clothing and other necessi- 1 ties,
 Food Administrator Hoover it was l thought, is working out new food l conservation plans to assure supplies not only for the peoples of the nations that have been eliminated from the war but also the liberated populations l Of Belgium and northern Franre and even Germany when that country has
 accepted arnnistice terms now in the hands of Marshal Foch.
 It is understood that the plan con templated by Mir. Hoover but which the president is not known to have approved, provides for a rationing
 system similar to that employed in | Belgium by the commission for relief lin Belgium, which was worked out by Mir. Hoover, chairman Of the commis- sion, and his assistants on the basis of the required number of calories necessary for each individual
 | Supervision of this rationing, it, was isaid would be in charge of repre- lsentatives of the allied and American lgovernments. All available food sup plies in the central powers would first be apportioned, including the re- serves, if any, held for the armies, ii twas said.
 A survey is now being made by the flood administration to determine the
 worlds food supply. Pending it's com lpletion. the new food conservation
 plan for the American public is helt
 up. The survey will include investi- SaLlou- or the mterlor -10od supply available in Austria Hungary and tht
 Balkans. Officials of the food admin
 istration are said to believe that in vestigation will disclose food supplie,
 which have heretofore not been avail
 able owing to dissension between tn, Teutonie allies.
 D With Austria definitely out of tn fwar, the opening of the Mediterranea. and the India route as well as the so fcalled short Australian route will re : lease vast grain supplies and othe foodstuffs in that part of the world Austrian merchant ships, it was said : may be used to transport these sup plies.
 The food program worked out b, r the inter-allied food Council, of whicI . Food Administrator Hoover is a mem
 lber, calls upon America to ship to tn fallies 1T, ,500 900 tonss of foodstuffs tn coming year. With the necessity o assisting in feeding Civilians in middl , Europe, it is roughly estimated that Q minimum of 5000, coo tons will have t : be added to that figure though tn 1 ending of the war necessarily wi
 make possible increased productio
 throughout Europe next year.