The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-12-06
HOOVER BELIEVES FOOD
ONLY WILL SAVE
EUROPE
DECLARES FAMINE II spnEAD.
ING EvERYwHERE.
Md OF the United States Absolutely
Necessary TO Prevent starvation OF
Many Millions OF Pcopl,-Ir,,cr In
Food Administrator Armstrong
Goes Into Facts aud Details.

Famine b. the mother " anarchy
ana u being necessary 90 prevent the
spread NJ anarchy in Europe that the
FULLEST benefits of tho world was may
De realized, u Is the duty of the poo-
pie 81 the United States to prevent a
famine abroad. said Herbert q. Hoover
just before sailing recently FOR Eu-
rope. The food problem boo Europe.
be declare Goo a communication adj
dressed to W W Armstrong. food ado
ministrator for Unh i4 ou. OF OK
trcmc perrioyitv South Russia. Hun.
gary and Denmark. with total popu.
lation Of only forty million people.
have sufficient food supplies tp last
until the next harvest of CROP. other
countries must have immediate relief
" the people of the United st1tos are
economical, the surplus of from eigh-
teen million tp twenty million toms OF
food in this country will tide the suf.
fcrinE nations over until they arc IN
o. position o. take care uf Themselves.
Disorder Also Mcnacc.
AN continental Europe" De de.
clnres. 'has reduced herds. and ronse.
ouentlv Is short OF meats. aud esneci-
ally Of al fats. These countries have
their last harvcsts. and under order.
IS governments these would furnish
brcadstuffs and vegetables a. carry
them over various periods. from two
months and upwards. depending upon
the ratio ~ Industrial populations
Something like two hundred million
people arr now Ia social disorder In
these eases. with transportation and
financial decentralization. the tend
cncy H. Tor the peasants 60 cease
marketing even their surplus prod.
ucaA. and thus instant difficulties are
projected into the cities. oven when
resources are available IN the coun-
try. The peasant ana villnEcr 81 Eu-
rope always provides FOR himself for
the whole year. IN any event The
problem thus nnrrowH itself 10 the
support Of the cities ana large towns
pending restoration 81 order and the
cHtn bliahmcnt ~ confidence In future
supplies. The cities. therefore. are the
centera 81 anarchistic infection.
Iittlc Allies Needy.
Arrangements have long since been
completed whereby the hiE allies
France. England and ltaiy--wiii be
urovirloned. This takes care ~ i2b.-
600 600 people. our first and deep
est concern now must be FOR the lit
tie allies formerly under the German
yoke In this group there are ~
least siventy-five million people. who
must all be- helped systematically NJ
once. We have already doubled the
stream 81 food flowing toward Bel
GUM. Immediate attention must be
given 10 tho neutral states 81 Europe.
which are now on short rntionA Tho
=, movni ~ biockhdeH viii help this
situation and prevent the growth %
nnnrchlsm This viii provide for
the forty million people. owing 90 the
breakdown OF all transportation and
through sheer anarchy. Northern
Russia. with ia fifty million people, h
Ia had condition. Millions % these
people are beyond help this winter.
There N great problem In the
situation of the enemy people. about
ninety million. This II not a problem
OF going Ia their relief. but one Of
relaxing the watertight blockade
which continues through the armis-
tice. This blockade must be broken
60 the extent ~ giving these people
the hare necessities that will result IN
more stable government. Justice re-
auires that government be establish
cd able 90 make amends for wrong
done. aud Il cannot he accomplished
through the spread 81 anarchy"