The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-01-13
NEUTRALS ARE
in NEED GOOD
FOOD STUFFS
OIL, COAL AND OTHER NECES
Sites ARE ALSO BADLY NEED
ED SINCE LATE NEW REGULA-
TIONS BECAME OPERATIVE.
Washington Bureau
The Pensacola Journal
BY GEORGE n. MANNING.

Washington. D. G, Jan. 12.-The
neutral countries of Europe are com
mencing to suffer severely for lack OF
food. oil and coal and other neces-
stiles as a result of the plan adopted
by the United States in cooperation
with the allies several months ago
of keeping imports To those countries
down to absolute necessaries of life
in order TO prevent any OF the ma
terials leaking through TO Germany.
Since it was demonstrated beyond
all contradiction six months ago that
millions of tons of foods Of all kinds
and various material used in making
war munitions We're being imported
from the United Sta ces into Holland,
Denmark, Norway and Sweden and
trans shipped in large quantities to
Germany shipments f goods to those
countries have been reduced to the
lowest possible nli2-.-nam.
The shoe is now beginning to pinch.
The latest advices receiveu Dy the
state department in regard to the eff
feet of the cutting off of exports to
the neutrals show that in Holland.
where conditions are perhaps worse
than in the other European neutral
countries. the people are practically ON
war ration.
The serving Of bread in cafes and
all public eating houses has been en-
tirely suspended, and bread is served
TO the homes is of very poor quality
Bread, tea, coffee, sugar and almost
all the other food necessities are OBJ
tainable in Holland only through the
card system. the state department is
informed
The near food famine in Holland is
caused chiefly by the action of the
United Staes in taking over the large
number of the Dutch ships TO carry th4
commerce of the allies. An ultfmatum
was delivered to Holland some months
ago that if she did not lend her ships
to the allies all foods would be cut off
from her. Under pressure from Ger
many. who has an army at Hollands
back door, the Dutch declined at first
to agree to the offer but Il compromise
was finally effected by which Holland
consented 10 the allies using her ships
in exchange for sufficient food i'm
portations to prevent distress
A peculiar turn in the bread situa-
ton in Holland occurred in one Of the
large cities where the government or
tiCials first prohibited public eating
places from serving bread and ADVISED
the pubic to bring their bread to the
restaurants and then prohibited the
carrying Of bread to the cafes.
During the first week in Novem-
her an order concerning consumption
OF bread in cafes was issued III Rot
terdam. follows:
The Bureau Of Communicable re-
garding Food Supplies reminds the
public that. in view of the scarcity Of
grain for bread it is forbidden to serve
bread in cafes or restaurants. It is
absolutely imperative that this pro
hibitton be carried out and the public
can greatly assist towards this end hy
bringing some bread with them in case
such is greatly fancied.
A few DAYS after issuance OF this
order the officials awakened to the fact
that if people carried bread to the
cafes the purpose of the order, that
of saving bread consumption in puJ
IL eating places, would he defeated.
and the order was changed so that
bread could not he eaten in cafes un-
DER any circumstances.