Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-11-29

fully in order that peace, once made,
shall endure.
But in the matter of feeding the
world there can oe no delay. The
world is now face 10 face with n
monster as remorseless us the Hun.
Famine has already gripped a large
part of Europe and Asia. Hunger
is becoming universal and some
nations will be extremely fortunate
if hunger is not succeeded by star
walton and starvation by pestilence.
Mr.. Lloyd George describes the stu
alton in England as an attempt to
feed hungry giant from u teaspoon.
But there is at least something in
the teaspoon, while Russia presents
the spectacle of IL giant five times
as large, without any teaspoon. The
situation in northern and central
Russia commands the immediate at
tenticn of the civilized nations. Un-
fortunately it will be impossible to
carry full relief to Russia, however
willing the world may be to furnish
assistance.
Another region IN which food is
constituted the battle area in France,
Belgium and Italy. The bad .condi-
tions in France and Belgium are well
known, but the still more desperate
situation in Italy is little appreciated
in America. There would be no hys-
terical demand for the sending of
food to Germany if the terrible con-
ditions in Italy were known here.
Nearly 100000 Austrian priso-
ners of war were captured by the
ictcrious armies of Gen. Diaz. These
prisoners must be fed. Then there
are hundreds of thousands of desti-
tute inhabitants of the zone lately
occupied by the invaders. These in
habitants were robbed of food, fur
niture, implements, clothing, seeds
and everything else movable Their
plight is far more desperate than
that of any German, for they arc the
victims both of the devilish cruelty
of the enemy and of an equally pitt
less famine. II is estimated that the
Italian victory has added about 5000
600 to the population that is now de
pendent upon the allies for bread
This population is rapidly increasing
on account of the influx of Austrian
soldiers who arc driven into Italy by
hunger.
There is no food for this popu-
lation. The Italian people have been
on insufficient rations for many
mcnths. There is little or no beef,
no veal and no pork. Horse meat
costs over ST pound. Eggs cost
about 30 cents each, chickens when
obtainable, are S4 each, coffee 81
pound, and butter, oil and milk arc
unobtainable except occasionally Il
little milk for the sick. Sugar is linn
tied to one pound a month and costs
so cents Il pound. The prices are in
creasing as the scanty food supplies
decrease.
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How is it conceivable that the
allies should divert food to the Gel-
mans when the people of allied
nations are starving. How can the
allies facilitate the shipping of food
from neutrals to the Germans when
This same food could he sent to star
wing peoples who have fought for
The salvation of liberty? 1t would
be a crime against civilization, ill
deed, if the allies rhould be guilty
of such heartless folly.
Cargoes are fastening across the
Atlantic for the relief of the most
so:ely pressed populations. Mr.. Hoo
yer is on the ground. directing the
nli0tment of the food that must be
doled out in rations for the sustc-
nance of entire nations. 1t is not
cnou"h that Mr.. Hoover should see
to it that the peoples Of allied nat:ors
should get this food that the Ger.
mans should be prevented from get
ting their hands upon it. He should
be instructed to gather from neutral
countries all the foo absolutely re-
CURED to keep life in tie peoples Of
allied countries, befcle permitting a
round of this food to go to Germany.
What is victory worth if it results
in the starvation of liberty's defend
ers, while librty's slayers are per-
mitted to feed? The allies control
every pathway on every sea and their
guns dominate the assassin nations at
every point. The enemy has not yet
made peace. 1t is only a breathing
spell between rounds. There has been
no knockout blow. Presumably the
enemy will not come to the center
of the ring for the knockout. But he
is an enemy still, treacherous, dis
honorable, inhuman foe who long ago
forfeited any claim to humane con-
sideration. Now that the whole world
is becoming hungry and it is certain