The sun., 1919-06-17
EUROPE FOOD CRISIS
HALTED BY U. S. AID
Continent Makes Strides to
Economic Regeneration,
Crowell Says.
HOOVER WORK OUTLINED
Eatables More Plentiful in
Turkey That in Any Nation
Across the Ocean.

The most optimistfo note sounded oy
any American Official actually cognissnt
Of the food and economic situation In
Europe and the Near East was contained
in q talk with the press made yesterday
by Frank q. Crowell. nrst vice-president
Of the Food Administration Grain Cor
poration. and Herbert G. Hoovers right
hand man. He said that with American
help starvation has been warded of. food
is growing plentiful throughout Europe
and that the whole war racksd continent
10 in wonderful process Of economic
regeneration
After months spent IN the closest
touch with the food situation, during
| which he observed many hopeful man
| ifestation's of Europe's come back,
Mr.. Crowell says without reservation
| that America need not sit up at night
worrying about Europe. for Europe Is
rapidly getting ready to take care OF
herself, and that this 10 true not only
| In the allied nations but in the countries
of the former enemy; true from Finland
| to the Dardanelles-
Fifteen million tons Of American food
saved Europe from starvation and prob
ably proppsd up civilization from COL
| lapse" said Mr.. Crowell yesterday at the
| Food Administration ofioe ~ Broad
| way. THE worst IL over and conditions
are rapidly and wonderfully improving.
Europe 10 rounding to nicely. and this
means the inevitable collapse Of the Boil
shevist mania. Europe's head 10 clearing
as her stomach fills. The reason IL OBJ
vious. Bolshevism thrives In Russia,
here and there in Germany and in Hun
gary. Now. the people of these regions,
atarved or half starved under Bolshevik
rule, are hearing that food Is becoming
plentiful and reasonably cheap in the
| democratic nations. Whst's the an
swer? Simply the inevitable operation
| of human nature. The Russians and the
Germans and the Hungarians will say,
Very well. If democracy brings food. let
US be democrats; away with the red
hag!' / confidently expect the utter
downfall of Bolshevism by the middle of
1920, when Europe should be well on her
way toward rehabilitation through her
own efforts.
Much Machinery Needed.
| "I don't mean to say that a great
deal of help won't still be required in
the smaller nations and even in some of
| the big ones. The great need over there
10 for machinery, certain raw materials
and perhaps financing; but these aids
can and will be given in full measure
| America curtails her great work Of feed
Ing the world on July l, when tho Amer
lean Relief Commission goes out of busi-
ness and Mr.. Hoover quits hts post after
a wonderful record. But other means
will be found to carry on the noblest
task in the history of humanity.
when the United States let's 60 I look
for the well to do nations OF Europe,
|
Holland. Spain. to- supply many neces-
saries. They will do SO not because of
the League of Nations idea at all, but
because they are seeing already that
their own safety. well being and con-
tentment is based largely on the safety.
we'll being and contentment OF their
neighbors.
II am happy to report on BEHALF of
Mr.. Hoover that the food situation
throughout Europe Is generally good.
Here and there are few bad spots. but
the bad conditions are being corrected
rapidly, On the seas from this country
or in process of being unloaded at Euro
pean ports are sixty full loaded food
vessels, carrying anywhere from 400, 00c
to 100000 tons of -four, fats. meat
sugar. beans. milk and other necessaries.
A month from now. when these cargoes
will have been unloaded. Europe will
begin to reap her green garden truck
This will be a big help in stopping the
gap. Then the 1919 harvests will come
along and the prospects for these har-
vests are fne. That will further I'M
prove matters. In the meantime the
impulse to go back to work, to get the
economic life back to the pre-war stand
ard will be in full operation. Therefore
confidently predict that by the middle
OF 1890 We will see something like the
old Europe.
Take France, for example. Unless
one has been in France recently IT 1.
impossible to Imagine with what energy
and spirit the people are rebuilding
their country. Even in the devastated
regions the delds are being titled thor
oughly, and this 10 true in Belgium
Moreover, even IL the Government is
bi, shy Of cash, as all governments are
, more or less. the people have plenty oil
money and can buy what they want
One must take OF ones hat to France
in peace az in war. What a wonder
full land she is!
II should say that conditions in Great
Britain are very favorable except FOL
the deterrent observed in the peace
| time money allowance to soldiers
There is danger in this sort OF thing
as lots of good enough men are very
slow about getting back on the Job II
l
money to them and they haven't the
, necessity Of getting out and hustling.
= Germany Eats Regularly.
: I'm the case OF Germany, ] notet
that food is growing more l'entiful
> The Rhineland provinces were never III
E any danger of starvation. Eastward. II
1 Germany, the situation was bad for d
, time, but this Ia much better We ar,
now sending a great deal OF food int
Germany which the Germans are pay
ing for with gold coin sent to Rotter
I dam and Brussels. The Grain Corpora
ton Is providing large quantities o
wheat. rye. -four and fats, together with
milk and other necessarles. This Is al
\ having its effect and influence. politl
4 cally as we'll as economically. 1t al
a makes for the collapse OF Bolshevlsm
81 do not know so much about Russia
except that We are sending great quan
titles OF food into that distracted land
10000 tons into and through Petrograo
: In the Balkan States matters are fas
J. lettering, though there Is still want Il
: Serbia and Rumania in spots. POLAND
once In a bad way. shows great Improve
: ment. Americans may be surprised I
d hear that nowhere across the ocean
q food more plentiful and cheaper than 1
o Turkey proper, especially in CONSTANT
? nople
!, 1.-THE Allied Powers are very anxiou
), for Mr., Hoover to retain his post an
II continue the task for which. as they rec
8 ognize, he "a better fitted than any ma
I in the world hut Mr. Hoover I heliav,