The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-01-17
"WoRLp CONSCIENCE" MUST BE
AROUSED IN PEOPLE OF AMER
lcA, HOOVER SAYS.
IN APPEAL TO THE CHURCHES
Conservation Sunday Message of Food
Administrator Tells Great Need
of wsrId Relief.

, UDWdIuS Vi GUU PNSPAN
looking to this country in their misery
and famine for relief and the appeal
today of the Food Administration rs
larger than the former appeal to the
"war conscience Of the people OF
America. The new appeal is to the
world conscience" which must be
the guiding inspiration OF the future
program for food conservation. The
American people, in this most critical
period of their history, have the OPP
portunity to demonstrate not only
their ability to assist in establishing
peace on earth, but also their conse-
Grafton, by self-denial, to the cause OF
suffering humanity.
This, in brief, is the message OF
Herbert Hoover to the people OF this
country which was read In the
churches on conservation Sunday.
Last summer, when the military sit
uation was acute, the Inter.Allied food
conference was assured that what
ever the war-food program of the
Allies required this country was pre-
pared to meet, Mr.. Hoover said in his
message.
1.-THE ending of the war does not re-
lease us from this pledge. The same
population must be fed, and until an
other season has passed they cannot
feed themselves" the message said.
"The change in the foreign situation
necessarily alters the details OF our
food program, because the freeing OF
the seas from the submarine menace
renders accessible the wheat supplies
of India, Australia and the Argentine.
The total food demand upon the
United States is not diminished, how
ever. On the contrary, it is increased
In addition to the supplying of those
to whom we are already pledged, we
now have the splendid opportunity
and obligation Of meeting the needs
of those millions OF people in the
hitherto occupied territory who are
facing actual starvation. The people
of Belgium, Northern France, Serbia,
oieshht tbuS
sia. and Armenia rely upon America
for immediate aid. We must also
participate in the preservation of the
newly liberated nations in Austria.
nor can we ignore the effect on the
future world development Of a famine
condition among those other people
whom we have recently released from
our enemies, All these considerations
mean that upwards of 200 million peo
pie in addition to those we are already
pledged to serve, are now looking
to us in their misery and famine, Our
appeal today is therefore larger than
the former appeal TO the war con-
science Of our people. The new ap-
peal is to the world conscience which
must be the guiding inspiration of our
future program.
1.-THE President Of the United States
has asked me to take charge for this
Government of this work; to perfect
and enlarge the arrangements for
foodstuffs to the populations Of Bel
GUM and France now being released,
and to organize and determine the
need of provisions to liberated peo-
pies In Southern Europe to prevent
such a debacle as has taken place in
Russia.
1.-THE determining factor for the sue
cess of such an enlarged appeal will
be the vivid consciousness in every
individual in each community OF obli-
cation that we now wish to create.
Such an intelligent world conscience
In the American people must be the
main dependence of the stricken
countries of the world until normal
conditions are once, more restored.
America by her participation in the
war has accomplished her detectives
of self-defense and Of vindicating the
efficiency of a government in which
the people, and the people only, are
sovereign. She has established the
foundations of government by the peo-
pie throughout the enemy countries,
and this Is the real bulyark of world
peace. We have yet to build on these
foundations. No government nor ma
ton can stand If its people are starv-
ing. We must do our part If the world
be not consumed In a fame of an.
archy.
"The American people, in this most
critical period of their history, have
the opportunity to demonstrate not
only their ability to assist in estab-
fishing peace ON earth, but also their
conservation, by self-denial, to the
cause of sufferine humanity"