Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-05-31
HOW POLAND WAS SAVED FROM STARVATION

sand tons by the Yistula river route.
'On the foregoing basis. and count !
ing only "a working days in month,
the. original program for the relief of
Poland of $4,000 tors monthly would |
still be exceeded by a wide margin.
There are now ten American Off
~ ar~ ~ duty a Danzig for
the American relief administration and
- ..cS Grain corporation,
BESIDES the naval personnel Of about
eight under the U. S. naval port officer,
Captain Hanrahan, and the personnel
of the U. s. warship which is usually
in the harbor.
Under the direct management Of
the three Polish delegates, and the
general supervision of the American
mission there is a clerical force OF 16
| in Danzig and 81 at the docks o;ce at
Newfahwasser. Engaged in the un-
| loading of freight from the ships there
are about $50 freight handlers, whose
work is supervised by 60 checkers.
| Laborers and clerks engaged in work
directly connected with the transfer OF
! the foodstuffs through Danzig are per-
| mitted to purchase q fixed weekly ra.
j ton of flour and fats.
Including the employees just men
toned and the guards at the docks,
railroad men. harbor men, ETC., there
, are between ten and eleven hundred
| men directly dependent for the work
i upon the passage of these supplies
| through Danzig.
i With the understanding that it was
q voluntary act by the Americans, and
largely in the spirit of reward for
the cooperation of the Inhabitants in
the passage of foodstuffs through Dam
!, zig, Major Webb has arranged for the
sale of 500 tons of fats to the city OF
i Danzig for equitable distribuation al
5 cost in Danzig and its suburbs.
), Railroad cars are sealed on the
. docks by the railroads, and one seal is
!. applied on behalf of the Americans and
Poles. The German railroad is then re-
sponSible4 for any Losses in transit II
5 the frontier. where the two seals art
examined. notation made of ony short
, ages, the bill Of ladins is signed by thu
81 American representative, and the car
> Transferred across the froitier to Pol
, ish responsibility.
e ITO relieve the strain on the rail
r roads as far as possible, an agreemen
( has been entered into with the Ger
g lmans whereby the River Vistula. AM
eI all available German ,ugs and barge
G as well as Polish tugs and barges ar
d to be used to transport foodstuffs ar
+ irving at Danzig into Poland. Bull
: grain especially lends itself econom
: icaIly to transportation by this route
81 AS far as possible freight will be load
: ed directly from the enips' holds. int
the harges.
: .By a curious conincidence. at tn
n very hour when the American, Polls
5, and German government representa-
n lives were af1ixins their signatures t
1.-THE Vistula agreement at the Hote
i Danziger-Hof there was taking plae
0 in the square before the hotel a Yer
= + large anti Polish end pro- erma
: demonstration, for the purpose of pro
: testing against the possibility of an
= nexation OF West Prussia by Poland.
o with the maintenance of the pres
It ent rate of speed and smooth progress
: in the work. the 100000 ton program
e1 for the relief of Poland should be com
II pleted considerably in advance of tn
i scheduled ate in July.