The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-25
WOULD FEED ALL
EUROPE THROUGH
CENTRAL AGENCY
Gen. Tasker H. Bliss De-
clares Food Plentiful.
Distribution Lacking.
GERMAN POWER GONE
American Military Repre-
sentative Suggests Cure
For Bolshevists.


ing. and therefore stands in little
need of assistance from the United
states. She has plenty of food,
but the individual nations are, hold
ing fast to it. and consequently it
is not being distributed in. such a
way as to bring the needed relief
This was revealed yesterday by
Gen. Tasker H. Bliss. American mill
itary representative in Europe dur
ing the war and member of the
American peace delegation. who re-
turned home last week.
In talk to newspaper corre-
spondents. Gen. Bliss. reviewing
present-day conditions existing in
the lands which were but recently
war-torn. practically exploded the
theory that if Europe is to survive.
she must be fed by America.
Plenty of Supplies.
There is splenty of food in Esurope
the general asserted. but there is
no way now of getting it where it
is wanted. All nationas are holding
on to what they have, and this is
true also of their coal supplies"
To solve the problem with which
Europe thus is confronted, Gen. Bliss
set forth a plan of his own. As
the appointment of Foch in supreme
command of the allied armies was
a FACTOR in winning the war, he be-
lieved the appointment of a chief
executive to co-ordinate the issues
and demands of food. food trans
portation and food distribution would
solve the present after-the-war prob
lem of the allied countries.
Sees Democracy Triumphant.
Speaking of the coming DEVELOPMENT
Of Europe. Gen. Bliss said:
The conditions in France are very
good and there, as in most other Eu
ropean countries, now, the govern
ments are really run by the people to
greater extent tGan ever before in
the history of the world The people.
as such. have been held down more or
less in former tmes but that situation
is being sensibly changed and demo-
cratlzat1on is making great progress.
Ihe soldier vote, for instance, IN
France. has been overwhelmingly in
favor of the real democracy at home
because of the individual conviction
OF the soldier that he was voting for
a government that could preserve or
der and furnish him and his depend
ents all the rights of freemen."
Gen. Bliss maintains that there Is
not much merit in the notion that
Germany can become a menace again.
either commercially or In the military
sense.
German Menace Gone.
The menace of Germany as a mill
tary power is gone" he said, 'and 1
DO not see how she can be danger
commercially. She was mere shell
when she collapsed and II will be long
before she will be able to nav her
obligations to the allies, and in the
meantime she will be kept down as a
military power by the provisions of
the treaty of peace.
TT is impossible for her to regain
her trade unless by some such plan
as I have suggested, to be worked
out by Mr.. Hoover or any other
capable man. Germany must again
become rich and prosperous or she
cannot pay her debts and it seems
unnecessary to say that it is the duty
of all nations to assist In putting
her on her feet again. The only
way to preserve Germany is to en-
courage her present government. That
government is not sustained by the
old army but by a new personnel
which is. in sympathy with the ruling
Democratic power.''
Mny BE More Wars,
Gen. Bliss has no delusions that
there will be no more wars. He
said:
1T is possible, of course, that
there will be new alliances and il is
almost unnecessary to say that
countries will in the future, as in
the past. settle theiN differences by
military force" l,F