The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-11-06
U. S. WILL FEED
DEFEATED FOES
Allies Cooperating to Sup
ply Austria, Bulgaria
and Turkey.


Washington, Nov america and
the Allies are planning to cooperate
in making available as far as possible
food and other supplies necessary to
save the lives of the demoralized civil
ian populations in once enemy coun-
tries
This became known last night
through the publication of message
from Col. E. NJ. House at Paris to
President Wilson saying the supreme
war council at Versailles had adopted
resolution announcing it's desire to
cooperate with Austria, Bulgaria and
Turkey in furnishing the necessities
Of life for the suffering peoples of
those nations. The message follows:
cat the conclusion of the meeting
Of the supreme war council yesterday
I proposed a resolution in the follow.
ing sense, and the same was adopted;
The supreme war council in session
at Versailles desires to cooperate with
Austria, Turkey and Bulgaria in the
making available as far as possible Of
food and other supplies necessary for
the lives of the civilian population of
those countries 3"
have a far-reaching effect in Ger
many, where, from all accounts, the
food situation is only little less than
serious than it is in the countries until
recently allied with Germany in the
war. Conditions are represented as
particularly serious in Austria-Hun-
gary, where food riots have been fire.
uuent, and where there has been in
tense suffering not alone from the
want of food, but clothing and other
necessities.
Food Administrator Hoover, it was
said last night, is working out new
| food conservation plans to assure sup
plies not only for the peoples of the
nations that have been eliminated
from the war, but also the liberated
| populations of Belgium and northern
France, and even Germany when that
| country has accepted armistice terms
now in the hands of Marshal Foch.
1t is understood that the plan con-
| templated by Mr.. 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
|
Mr.. Hoover, chairman of the COM
mission, and his assistants on the
basis of the required number of cal
J cries necessary for each individual
| Supervision of this rationing, it was
said. would be in charge of represen'
| tatives of the Allies and American
governments. All available food sup
plies in the Central Powers would
first be apportioned, including the
reserves, if any, held for the armies,
lit was said.
A survey is now being made by the
Food Administration to determine the
worlds food supply. Pending its COM
pletioa the new food conservation
plan for the American public is held
up. The survey will include investi-
cation of the interior food supply
available in Austria-Hungary and the
Balkans Officials of the Food Ad,
ministration are said to believe tha
investigation will disclose food supplies
which have heretofore not been avail
able owing to dissension between the
Teutonic allies.
With Austria definitely out of the
war the opening of the Mediterranean
called short Australian route, will re
lease vast grain supplies and othel
foodstuffs in that part of the world
Austrian merchant ships, it was said
, may be used to transport these sup
l plies.
} The food PROGRAM worked out b!
the Inter-AIlied Food Council, o
which Hoover is a member, call
| upon America to ship to the Allie
17,5OO,OOO tons of foodstuffs tn
coming year. With the necessity o
assisting in feeding civilians in middl
Europe it is roughly estimated that
minimum of 100000 tons will hav
to be added to that figure, though tn
ending of the war necessarily wi
: make possible increased productio
d throughout Europe next year.
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