The sun., 1919-01-24
ANARCHY SRACING
AGAINST CONFEREES
Peace Congress Faces Danger
Of Getting Revenge With
Loss Of Indemnities.
PLANS FOR FOOD RELIEF
Hoover Working on Theory OF
Guaranteeing Board Bill I'm
til Europe Gets Job.
By RAYMOND G. CARROLL.
Special caois DespatcA to The suN and fAs
Public LSd1<r.

special Cdofe Desp1tch 70 iHb oeN ~"~ wv
| Public Ledger.
Copyright. 1913; oil rights rsserred.
PARIS. Jan. 23.-with respect to let
ting Germany buy food for her needs
the Allies and their associates have
made O choice between revenge and
indemnity.
Another way of putting it is that
the European situation has resolved it.
self into a race between anarchy and
the Peace Conference. which may ac-
count for the speeding UP Of the latter,
IN which President Wilson has played
no inconsiderable part. The Achilles
heel Of the present situation Is Boil
shevism.
Your correspondent fnds some Of the
European Powers in the position of a
camera set too near its object. Nat
urally the photograph is blurred. Az
ter trip through devastated northern
France and Belgium, both also stripped
Of the tools of work. even the most
disinterested neutral sees \red. But
that does not alter the fact that only
a working Germany can reimburse the
sufferers for the damage done. The
conclusion OF the Conference is that
bitter retaliation Is hardly worth the
price Of no inoemnities.
Mny Draw on south America.
For that reason It Is a safe prediction
trat Germany will be allowed TO buy and
impor. a monthly ration OF 10000 tons
of fats and 100000 tons Of cereals after
the food needs Of the Allies have been
satisfied. The proposition is now up for
consideration to let German houses
through their connections in South
America draw supplemental food sup
plies from that quarter. What the Al
lies have allowed IL one-third of what
Germany states as her bare necessities
. and asked for.
Next let us consider tho food supplies
OF the Allies and plans for their deliv-
cry American food stocks have been
established at Rotterdam, Tr.est. Cat
taro and Constantinople. protected by
, small detachments OF our army and
navy. These grains and meats are Tor
/ sale. Nothing is given away. Anybody
with real money can buy.
! Where charity entered II has been
Z through the medium of outside funds
) which include private and public dona-
; lions made TO such organizations as the
/ Polish Relief Commission. Armenian Re-
lief Commission and Belgian Relief Com
mission. Thus all these funds, whatever
. their source, reLuTn UlTtCt 70 lIlt
; can purse. including the sum which
= President Wilson gave out Of his private
; Government funds to send food into Ser
bia.
81 am informed that these relief dona-
! lions are sufficient for but fraction OF
( the present needs and the 500. 000,0
asked OF Congress constitutes a Inobiliza-
I ton OF the entire charity demanded upon
strictly business lines all OF II 60
{ Ing ultimately toward sustaining grain
and pork guarantees made to American
farmers by Congress at time when
D wheat was 1925 a bushel and pork s23
hundredweight.
: Some Benefits to BE Obtained.
What do We get in exchange for this
, portion Of our foodstuffs after they have
been paid for with our money. above
the gratitude and satisfaction OF per-
! forming a good deed?
: From Servia We will probably accept
r treasury bills OF her Government. From
Turkey we have her tobacco. which Is
marketable. Making Turkey pay for
Armenian relief would he justice worthy
l. Of Solomon. From Rumania. as soon
as she begins TO export oil again. we
= will take the foreigf money she gets
for It.
From Poland we could take one hun
. dred million marks which the new re-
public has raised by popular suoscrip-
ton but we will not RS the money
/, came from Gerrnany's printing presses
Instead we can accept treasury bills OF
. the pledging nation against the first
= ! earnings from their next harvest. Give
Poland a chance asriculturaly and she
i can feed herself and Central Europe
n as we'll
From Bohemia We could take sugar.
but will not Rather. probably we will
nf the (ZechO-
Slovak republic. likewise the paper OF
. the Juso-Slavs republic. for products
: sent into Daimstia and other sections
), OF that coming nation
Hoover in PROTECTORS Role.
Recapitulated, our Director-General.
Mr.. Hoover assumes the role OF trader
II protection OF tho congressional guaSan-
y tee on the one side and the congressional
appropriation on the other side, His
aim always Is TO deal with responsible
Z governments and municipalities His
d agents will administer and inspect dis
n tribution.
d Just now 10000 tons OF food either
: has arrived or Is en- route TO Mediter-
= ranean ports in American Army cargo
boats. One hundred and seventy-fve
o thousand tons monthly Is going 10 Bel
T GUM and northern France. Italy and
i Great Britain alone have put $4,000
J. tons of foodstufrs into Vienna, despite
the knowledge that the Austrian gold
reserve had shrunken to flve-eighths of
l per cent. OF the national Indebtedness
!. and only amounts to s5o0O0O00
The plan Is to build foundation all
u over Europe. including Russia, for an
early return TO normal conditions. Re-
lief for Russia, assuming the conflicting
e factions unite under President Wilson .
q plans. can be speedily handled by trans
r shipments from bases at Rotterdam and
d Constantinople. The Films now are get
ting food via Rotterdam. Poland will
be served through Danzig.
4 Letting Germany have the food she
s. pays for and the 100000 900 voted by
% Congress are two different PROPOSITIONS