Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1918-12-20
MILLIONS LOOKING
TO j. 6. FOR HELP
WORLD CONSCIENCE" MUST BE
AROUSED IN PEOPLE OF AMER
icA, HOOVER SAYS.
IN APPEAL 70 THE CHURCHES
Conservation Sunday ElcssaGs OF Food
AJministrStor Tells Great Need
of Nuy.d hc.,el.

Upwards of 200 million people are
looking to this country in their misery
and famine for relief and the appear
today of the Food Administration Is
larger thar tie Timer appeal TO the
.war conscieEce' Of the people ol
IAmerica. The new appeal is to the
"world conscience" which must DE
the guiding inspiration of the future
program for food conservation. me
American people, in this most critlcai
period of their history, have the op-
oortunity to demonstrate not only
their ability 10 assist in establishing
peace on earth. Lut also their eonse
Grafton, by s~elf-Genial, to the cause Oh
suffering humanity.
This, in brief, IS the message OF
Herbert Hoover to the people OF TINS
country which was lead in the
| churches on conservation Sunday
Last summer, when the military Sit
nation was acute, the lnter-Aliied 1000
| ,cnference twas assured that VIVA
ever the war-fOod program OF the
A.ies required this country was pre-
pa: ed TO meet, Mr.. Hoover said in his
message. .
THE ending Ct the wal does not re-
lease US from this pledge. The same
population must be fed, and until an
other season has passed they cannot
L. -...l,o- y, -1n rnnccnun Sai1
THE change in tie foreign situation
necessarily alters the details of our
TODD program, because the freeing OF
the seas from the submarine menace
renders accessible the wheat supplies
Of India, Australia and the Argentine.
The total food demand upon the,
United States is not diminished, how
ever. ON the contrary, it Is increased.
In addition 70 TIE supplying OF those
TO whom we are already pledged, We
now have The splendid opportunity
and obligation OF meeting the Leeds
Of those millions Of people In the
hitherto occupied territory who are
facing actual starvation. The people
Of Belgium, Nor.hc".. France, Serbia,
Roumania, MontenCG"o, Poland, Rus
STA and Armenia ,e,y upon America
for immediate aid. We must also
participate in the preservation OF the
newly liberated nations in Austria,
nor can we ignore the effect on the
future world development Of a famine
condition among those other people
when we have recently released from
our enemies. All these considerations
nean that upwards of 900 million pes
pc, in addition 10 ti.CSe We are alEea3y
| pledged to serve, are now looking
to us in their missy and famine. Oic
appeal today is therefore larger than
the former appeal to the war con
science of our people. The new ap
peal is to the world conscience which
must be the guiding inspiration Of our
future program.
THE President of the United States
-as asked re 10 take charge for this
Government of this work; to perfect
and enlarge the arrangements for
.oodstuffs to the populations of Bel
sum and France . being released.
and to organize an determine the
aeed of provisions 10 liberated PEG
pies in Southern Europe to prevent
such a debacle as has taken place in
Russia.
1.-The determining factor for the sue
cess of such an emerged appeal will
be he vivid consciousness in every
Individual in each community Of obi.
CATION that we now wish to- create.
Such an intelligent world conscience
In the American people must be the
main dependence of the stricken
countries of the world until normal
conditions are once more restored.
America by her participation in the
war has accomplished her detectives
of self-defense and of vindicating the
efficiency Of a government in which
the people, and the people, only, are
sovereign. She has established the
foundations of government by the peo-
pie throughout the enemy countries,
and this is the real bulwark Of world
peace. We have yet to build on these
foundations. No government nor ma
ton q stand If its people are starv-
Ing. We must do our part if the world
be not consumed in a fame OF an
archy.
1.-The American people, in this most
critical period of their history, have
the opportunity TO demonstrate not
only their ability to assist in estab.
fishing peace on earth, but also their
conservation. by se%lf-denial, to the
cause Of suffering humanity"
Americas minimum food pledge is
q 10000, 900 tons. Save food. We have
promiSed IN feed ti1n hungry millions