Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-07
HOOVER WORKS
UPON new FOOD
PROGRAM / SAID
Hopes to Take Care Of Demoralized
Inhabitants Of War Worn
Sections.
IS OF FAR REACHING EFFECT
The Rationing Of All Peoples Under
Consideration BY Various
States.
is OF FAR REACHING EFFECT

Washington, ID. C. Nov. 7.-America
n 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 pop.
ulations in once enemy countries.
This became known tonight through
the publication of a message from Col.
E.. M. House at Paris to President Viii.
son, saying the supreme war council
at Versailles had adopted a resolution
announcing its desire to cooperate with
Austria, Bulgaria n Turkey ia fur
nishing the necessities of life for the
suffering people of those nations.
AT the conclusion of the meeting of
the supreme war council yesterday
said Col. Houses message, II proposed
a resolution in the following sense and
the same was adopted:
:" The supreme war council in SEES
sion 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 populations of
those Countries
OF Far Reaching Effect
This announcement is expected to
have. far reaching effect. in Germany,
where, from all accounts, the food stu.
alton is only a little less serious than in
the countries until recently allied with
Germany in the war. Conditions are
represented as particularly serious in
AustriaHungary, where food riots have
been frequent, and where there had
been intense suffering, not alone from
the want of food but clothing and 9th
err necessities.
Food Administrator Hoover, it was
said tonight, is working out new food
conservation plans to assure supplies
not only to the peoples Of the nations
that have been eliminated from the war
but also the liberated populations of
Belgium and northern France, and ev.
en- Germany when that country has ac-
copied farmistice terms now intsthe
hands of Marshal Foch.
MIR. HoOyer's Plan
tits understood that the plan contem-
plated by Mr.. Hoover but which the
president is not known to have APPROX.
ed provides for a rationing system SINH
lar to that employed in Belgium by the
commission for relief in Belgium which
was worked out on the basis of the re-
quired number of calories necessary for
each Individual.
Ctynarxy;cionI Of fhic ~ .afiorincr - If wa G
said, would be in charge of representa-
tives of all allied and American govern
ments. All available food supplies in the
central powers would first be appor-
toned, including the reserves, if any,
held for armies, it was said.
A survey is now being made by the
food administration to determine the
worlds food supply. Pending its com
pletion the new food conservation plan
for the American public is held up. Of
ficials OF the food administration are
said to believe that investigation will dis
close God supplies which rave hereto
fore not been available owing to dissen,
sion between the Teutonic allies.
With Austria definitely out Of the wal
the opening or the mediterranean and
the India route as well as the so:called
short Australian route will release vast
grain supplies and other foodstuffs in
that part of the world. Austrian mer.
chant ships, 1T was said, may be used
to transport these supplies.
The food program worked out by the
interallied food council, Of which Food
Administrator Hoover, is a member,
calls upon. America to ship o the allies
II. 500, 900 tons OF foodstuffs The coming
year. With the necessity Of assisting
in feeding civilians Of middle lsirope
1t is roughly estimated that a minimum
Of 5000, 900 tons viii have to be aoded
to that figure, though the ending OF the
var necessarily Will make possible
increased production throughout Europe
next year.
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