The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-04

women whom they did not know and
whose only tic was that Of common clti'
zenship. In nearly every case the loans
were repaid. but It was a splendid and
PATRIOTIC thing TO do.
Belgian Relief Work.
A few weeks later. when the appeal
came for food 10 save Belgium $ starving
Hoover again took the lead. AT meetlnG
of 4 few men in hts office the BclG1aE
Relief Commission was organizer AND
before il adjourned it had placed all or
der for 81, 900. 900 worth Of food. and hao
chartered ships to carry 1t. and Herbert
Hoover signed the order and also sign
cd the ship charters. At the head OF ths
Belgian Relief Commission. he had DIS
pnnscd relief 10 the amount OF sl6.uOo''
0On per month. furnished by the Rrlt'
;sh and French governments. ana MS
hooks had never heen eXamind ~ those
governments. though repeatedly request
cd 10 d. so.
Whom tho food question became acute
in this country. Mr.. Hoover was asked
n come 10 the United states and to ad'
| wise concerning the situation. nc c"n''
and after much study. advised the ap'
monument of a. national food admins
traitor. The positioh was offered MIN
and he accepted on two conditions. hrst
that hc was TO serve without pay. ana
cncond that he should select his owr
siarr also to serve without pay. These
conditions were agreed to, and he mac
gathered around him force OF mef
rcprcsentinR the highest executive taltn'
Of the country, men who gave UP larS'
salaries and lucrative businesses 10 "orf
without compensation in the cause Of
the nation.
: On the Beaten Side.
Tn his Mcclure house address, ana aisc
bIc address at ST. Matthew'S. Ar. For
laid stress upon the fact that but fo'
Tho intervention Of the United state:
Germany would already have won ING
War. When We entered the war. he saio
+ VIC entered practically on the peater
! side: and unless we were Wiling te
make sacrifices, to discipline ourselves
and make ourselves efficient for warfare
Germany would win the war even VII!
America against her. No people coulc
0rht without frod. and to-day America
controlled the only food supplies upoi
, which our allies could depend. in nor
n,.i time; Great Britain imported owe,
A pcr cent Of her food products. lr
sDitc of the fact that EnElishmcn hac
civon IN their nnc estates to ht
Moved: had cut down thcin famous ole
trcos for coffins and trench props. anC
bad scnt over Two million English NO
mon into the fields to labor. England hac
not been able 10 grow much OF the 1000
she needed. We must supply her
France In normal times grew about d'
nor cent of her own food. but In France
every man between the ages Of II anc
50 was In the army. Only the womer
and the children and the old men were
loft 70 till the fields. and they had M
horses cattle or machinery. Therefore
the French wheat crop last year. instead
Of being $50. 100000 bushels. was only
10000, 900 bushels. and We must hell
make up the shortage. Italy. he said
was tho tragedy of food. On the Balm
sizzia plateau the Italians had won {
great victory. Had they been able tt
push five miles farther they would have
cut the Austrian army in two. and prob
ably marched on to Vienna. Boil
food and munitions gave out; food riot!
occurred In Turin. Bressia, Rome am
other italian cities. The Italian
cabinet was overthrow. At 'thi:
critical moment the reinforced Ger
man. and Austrians attacked again. NJ
army can Tight with its men half fed
and with the soldiers knowing that thet'
families back home are starving. 81
the italian soldiers, who had fought *
/ bravely in Z dozen battles either la1t
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