The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1918-06-14
MORALE or CIVILIAN PoPuLA
TloN MUST De MAINTAINED
lF WAR 10 TO Be WON.
EUROPE NOW SHORT Of FOOD
palry Industry Has Been Hardest hh
Of Any In Countries over
v BY Huns.

UOU Oh OUT bOlu4OAb
civilian populations Of the Allies are
not also ,O be- maintained In strength
and morale with our food. Herbert
Hoover said recently In 8 communica'
lion to F.. 3. Mumtord, Federal Food
Administrator for Missouri. All
europe IA now short OF food. he added,
in telling Of conditions in the war
stricken countries overrun BY Ger
many.
III you could stand In the middle OF
Germany today and survey the land 70
the borders Of Europe you would dis
cover ia whole population Of 400 mil
lion human beings short Of food said
M Hoover. Where Germany has
oyerrun the borders. millions OF people
IN Poland, Finland. Serbia. Armenia
and Russia are actually dying Of star
yation and other millions are suffer
ing from under-nutriion. sul others
~ these millions outside the German
nnes-that Is, the Allies and neutrals
are living on the barest margins
that will support life and strength.
This. the most appalling and dread
mi thing that has come to humanity
,ince the dawn Of civilization, Is 10 me
the outstanding creation Of German
mlutarism. yet the Germans them
selves are not the worst sufferers.
They are extorting at the cannon's
mouth the haryests and cattle OF the
people they have oyerrun, leaving
them in dssolation.
81 am convinced that II the war
were 10 a tomorrow the toll OF &C
tual dead from starvation and its a.
PENDANT diseases within the German
/. lines would double or treble the b.OOVf
900 or 5000, 900 men who have been
, actually killed by Germany and ner
allies in arms. The 100000 people
/ In occupied Belgium and Northern
; france would have died Of starvation
had II not been for the action OF the
nations at war with Germany In the
maintenance for these people OF a pit
able relief. But this Is only one par
Of the whole story Of misery. for the
D sinking Of the worlds shipping Is re-
e yerberating %privation in some direc'
ton into every corner Of the globe.
+ Dairy Industry Hardest Hlt.
d "Of all the food industries OF Europe
there ia none which has been stricken
0 by the war as the dairy produce. The
B human race through scores Of thou
sands OF years has developed a tota
= dependency upon cattle for the rear
e ing Of its young. No greater eatAs
n trophe can happen to q people thai
v the loss Of Its dairy herds. for the tota
I. loss OF dairy produce means the ulti
mate extinction Of q people.
"The German people supported thei
herds BY the import Of feedstuffs fron
4 their ~neighbors. This being cut off b
. war, their produce In meat and mil
VI would have fallen to & low sbb indee
ae had they not supported themselves
70 a considerable degree by stealing th
OF cattle of the populations they hav
a. overrun. / have had Polish and Sc
81 IL. cattle In German pastures poin
ut Cd out to me with pride BY German 0
ncers. l Witnessed for years the stea
ing Of Belgian and French cattle.
Belgium alone the herds diminishs
from 100000 TO 100000 In thru
months Of German occupation.
Condensed MIX Sent Aeross.
~ "one OF the first duties Of the Reli
Commission waB Il undertake the II
port OF milk In order that these ch
loo dren might be saved. We found tn
in the terror under which these peoI
lived the average period Of brea
feeding was fewer than four month
we have, therefore. for nearly 10
/, years been sending them Americ
condensed milk. not In single cal
-. but by o OF thousands Of tot
There has been scarcely a child bc
in the North Of France, and many
ate. belgium, whose continued life has l
70 been dependent during al this per-
for upon American condensed milk Eve
en- American would he thrilled could
nics but see the gratitude which FreE
With mothers daily express over the ,
able ration which enables their G
dren to survive. This stealing Of mel
boring cattle BY Germany win d
the with Russia at her mercy. 50 on v
col. an accelerated pace. Do not let
for deceive ourselves that any short
Of her own cattle Will bring the wal
an end.
IAN this Is an exhibit Of the q
song actar Of forces from which We
struggling 70 purge the world To
this, therefore, we must concern
'auil selves daily with the food situation
the Allied countries. Our oblIgat
an to them are not only as q matte
ne' humanity but as q matter OF (
. 20 maintenance IN our common sirius
ousn II Is worse than folly to put 5000
'nae' Of our boys into Francs II tho civ
population o. the Allies are not
lou' 10 be maintained IN strength and
alsc rale with ou1 food. We are also 4
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