The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-26

Foodstutfs to Allies During Next II |
Months and Canada Can Add 3,000,- |
600 More.
LONDON, July 26.-During speech
delivered by Mr.. Hoover at the Man
sion House in his honor he made it per-
fectly clear that the problem of food
supply for the Allies had been success
fully handled.
81 am, Mr. Hoover said, the
bearer of a message from the Presi-
dent of the United States. In seeking
his council as to conferences of food
officials now in progress, | received
from him this statement of our point
of view in all our food negotiations,
that the American people are gladly
willing to make any sacrifices in con
sumption and production of foodstuffs
that will maintain the health, COM
fort, and courage of the people of the
allied countries. We are in fact eat
ing at common table with them -
Those present included Mr.. Balfour,
Sir George Cave, Andrew Fisher, high
commissioner for Australia; Nh Mas
sey, prime minister of New Zealand
and Lord Robert Cecil
Mr.. Hoover's speech was received
with enthusiasm, and listened to with
| the utmost interest. 1t had. he said.
been the ambition of the American
people during the past year, that the
| restriction in the quantity of bread
stuffs in Europe should be removed,
and the quality of the loaf improved.
| He believed it would be Il joint con
clusion of his colleagues in European
countries that they could get along
with a less moderate mixture of other
cereals in the loaf, and thus provide
better bread for the entire 220,o00,0 900
people opposed to Germany.
j He had in his possession the needs
of the European allies for meats,
America could furnish this whole vol
ume in pork alone. During the last
II months, America had exported TO-
100000 tons of foodstuffs to the allies
land during the next twelve months, they
could export 100000 tons if neees-
sary, to which amount Canada would
add some 100000
i They could thus say emphatically
that all anxiety as to the great essen
tials of food was now past. .sIr
practical results, Mr. Hoover declared
we have turned the corner Oul
loaf will improve in quality They
could now proceed with orderly anc
definite plans TO the end that neces
sary food should be provided to tn,
allies in such ways and from suel
sources that shipping could be con
served
IF we take a broad view he con
tinues, eve perceive, within the enemy
lines, one outstanding dominant fact
rings about the German socailed vic
! tory. These conquered people, al
ready hungry, are being slowly an,
, surely starved and their loss of live
during the next harvest year will b.
far larger than all the casualties OF
{ the Western front. There is MI
Hoover added, "'no greater illumination
: of the i'll that has been done to civil
,, cation through body of some few
: hundred thousand persons comprisin,
the dominant spirit in Germany thu
the appalling outlook which confront
. these helpless people, who are now un
i der the beneficence of German kul
tur.
! Appologizing for the absence of tn
! prime minister, who had hoped to b
present, Austin Chamberlain ex
! pressed to Mr.. Hoover and the nation
). he represented the heartfelt and dec
appreciation of the help they wer
. rendering. He rendered thanks to
{ nation which had undergone volun
! tarily restriction in land of plenty
in order that they might come to tn
assistance of the allies and enabl
them to continue the struggle in whicl
they We're engaged.