Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-06
CHAIRMAN HURLEY
. SEEKS TO- OBTAIN. I.
|. GERMAN STEAMERS
Quick Action Necessary to
Feed Men, Women ass 50
and Children. ss
DESTITUTION STALKS IN .s5,;.
-WRECKED EUROPE
Allied Leaders Request Twenty
Large Vessels From Present
German Government. s5t.as5.s
SOLDIERS TO AID IN RELIEF
-
Army Will Be Used to Unload Sup
plies, Which Will Be Distributed
With Motor Trucks.
SOLDIERS TO AID IN RELIEF
Army Will Be Used to Unload SUP.
plies, Which Will Be Distributed
With Motor Trucks.
nv ROBERT wELLEs n,1,f,IIEf.. ,If..i

nv ROBERT wELLEs RITCmiE.
PARIS. January 5.--Marshal tInoti1
is now negotiating with the Gersian S
armistice commission with a view to +
securing German shipping co-opera-
,ioh IN solving the staggering tasls St /
inc interallied supreme food council,
to feed l25.j00,000 starving men iMp5,s
men and children throughou, Eutoi,e.
This information came to thessc6r- s.
respondent from Edward n. Hurley. L
fns fnse 4meGisan nm 6sna shipping controlierrsbe
ier with Sir Joseph Maclay, the Bits
ish ism, shipping controller. upon the .EeE-
that may be diverted to the reguire-
ments rs outlined by Herbert = q. 4
sigSver Eyer head head,, OF the new food ehunen
revelations of the appalling IN isery
pncna,i,ins' pnoaaa,,s All over Europe andgoesths II
bhSeefslty bs ,ba n5ted Of fq5thsr as,on
ton to the patent fact that tho q fosSa.s,
powers are. straining every ! tlerya sfn &
in;the form of terrorism. sa id Mr. IA
ley. A. con- ntlnuing: W -
orn,ty, MY IS supplementary clauses of
gotlatlons Iookings to the the aseUos iss;ss- c:es-
man man shipping for the purpose of fesd
Ing Germany. 80 2 Z ESlsssff3ssss E,ss -
Is that Germany turn over fWsfsttssy
passenger ships capable OF carryTfisssi
guaranteeing to supply carEoaaH issTHSf ;ss
an equivalent tonnage to repiacsGtfie
T,sssg MESSENGER ships. This would be. 4SSfe-
food transportation, obviating thsSne--
cessity of ships discharging theirSrar-
Bpest Epes az az RnnGng RaamGburg and returninGto o
CLAIM THAT GERMANY -
MUST CO-OPERATEseNnSy~
Germany must cooperate. Ito this
extent If she' is desirous of benefitinE
she viii 4get pia ho eonsiderni co spi Ttnerwtss
The head of the Shippinga aoa fff
Proceeded Pro TO explain the detaiisGof
wos,d vn,s dsfeatess ha ST., shhipping h problem tho
greater even than the American, effort
TO move troops to Europe. rs
French and italian shipping controllers
nsaSy nags" he said do adS Eranee and ftalyssi-
shipping. and are busy renting s-tfse
remaining ships. Some already EYfs
nse; used between Adria;lc and spanisi
Two and a half million .ions.esof
German shipping are availablet IN. Ger
man ports alone. but even II they are
placed at our disposal a long time
will be necessary to put them ..pto
must divide the major respoiisibilfty
oL furnishing tonnage for the food
some 100000 tons for use in his work
lor Adriatic ports, Rotterdam and A{t,5.
werp' This must be multiplied by: at
least nifty ii the plans OF the food sooail-
ell are to be carried out
ITS pretty big contrac to-. added
!.nt Mr, Hurley. ,n smiling, but guess WGse
WILL USE ARMY TO ~
UNLOAD FOOD sUPrLIEs
The American shipping chief said
the army would be relied upoh3to pn-
load na.io the american food shipst, at tho
ieVe the army would be ablassto uTl
derIake the distribution inland, as Mr.
! power had limited when he spoke OF
necessity OF carrying trucks aboard
Snip TO distribute the supplies in the
Balkans and Asia Minor.
Upon General Bliss's recommends
ton the correspondents wenti4tosrths
chiet transport officer for the Paris
district to inquire whether the army
food council in, the food distribueion
at inc scattered ports in the Mediisr-
ra. rranean. Adriatic and Baltic. @'TAs or
over the lnck of motor facilities and
as to the army's abiI-E
nf ny ITO, TO m undsrtake the tremendous task
ITO rely on army trucks in the BAL
hams: Auslrla and other devastated
Eomntries ,o,.iniI WOULD mean not only trans,5
also also establishment of repair sRopss,Y
sides supply. -f',s.f,S4 II IS
WORKING LONG HOURS
TO COMPLETES PIX &.
1T Is not known how General Harg
oord, In command Of the source of.
supply. is fixed. but ! assure you nay,
men are working eighteen hours d q liz. Z
ana stlll are not accomplishing ali
tnat Is necessary. The creates haudi-
cap Is the lack of supply OF parts.
Even some OF Mr.. Hodver's esrr,s ned
out of commission because he is NOT
able to procure brake Innings 7sssfs IS
IT Is true that ammunition 5tralnss
ana sanitary trains have been released
by the armistice. but these carsssaro
not lifted for the work Of food tran anss-
portation- Moreover. now with the gax.
tended lines of the American nr,nyl5uf
occupation. all the quartermastaf.s
trucks are needed" 81. lfs.sss
NO UNDERSTANDING IN ",
REGARD no RAW MATERiALS
No understanding has been reached
az yet among tho allies concernins, the
supply OF raw materials to Geriuary
and Austria. The arrangemenk,s,eJps -
viding that the United States shall 4feed Z.
the central powers carries with ftsSno +
general understanding relating to rkpy
although 1t gis ltkoIy Ger o
many VIII be required to furnEah c6at
TO Europe In exchange for TODD. SISfft :
n full ,survsytis made OF conditipgt3 IN &
The FORMER central empires so spy Ea (.
to- determsne what sgfppt5rs
nre reantrsd for this reBufept tloN 4 X
their industrteE. ~ -. ~ Sss. Ss3 s3
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