Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-03
j. S. AGAIN FEEDING
MILLIONS Of STARVING
Europe Already Getting Food Pro-
vided by 100000 900 Voted
on Wilson's Plea.

Paris, Feb. 3.--The passage by the
American Congress Of the bill appropria-
ting s %. 600, ,0O0, 900 for relief in Europe
will lift load Of fear from tho hearts
of millions Of people in Europe" declared
Herbert G.. Hoover, Director General of
Relief, in O statement issued last night.
Mr. Hoover outlined the use To which the
money IL 10 be put and the means already
taken for the relief Of various peoples.
"it is little realized in the United
States" the statement adds. "how fully
and completely the daily wireless carried
the progress Of this measure ~ those
peoples now liberated from the German
yoke Immediately after the bill wax
passed the news appeared IN the headlines
nf newspapers in Bucharest, Sofa and
helsingfors, and il was known m Warsaw.
LODI Prague and Fune, where thousands
of persons have been looking anmously
toward the United States for leadership
IN the solution Of their most imminent
danger.
AMERICA SOLE BOPg.
''is must be remembered that the
Presidents declaration Of the prime pur
poses Of the American people 10 re-es'ab-
fishing freedom and f-government have
moved these peoples to direct all their
hopes toward the United States. and to-
day they will see ono more step toward
this end
There II no question a. TO the sacrifice
IT will cali for from the American people
to provide this relief appropriation as Il
comes aow in period when wc have 80
many difficulties and problems of our own
people TO solve in the rehabilitation Of
our normal national life
tssIha tttt1loI fauo1 Il. rcliof r., 4Ln r,o4.t,,
liberated people will not be delayed even
by the period required 10 ship fOodstuffs
from the United Stntes under thie appr0-
pristion, because the War. Navy and
Treasury Departments and the United
States Ford Administration already have
100 ships IN European ports or headed
toward Europe in addition to our re-
established relief ~ Eclp5um and Northern
France, Roumanin and Czecho-t;lovakia
under the old war legislation The new
appre eprintion ny Ccri rress cuatlca us to
extend this work ~ giving credits ~ thoge
countries for which there was M such
legislation
VAST STORES on THE WAY.
I'VE have st sea or dischargirg in the
port # Tns4te 20 600 tors If ford for he
.Iugo-Slavs Sertisns and Czccho-Slovaks
We have 20 COO tors of fo-od either arrived
At or in progress 20 the plsck Sea for
Roumania The Armenian Relief Com
nlttee has Z 0O0 tons On the way 10 Ar
menia and Syria rs gift end We arc pla-
cling 10 600 tons III C0nstsntinople as a
reserve for them We have 80 00O tors
in Poland an thr vay or being trans
shipped from Rotterdam for the Poles
and %, 600 tons in Rotterdam awaiting
reehiprnent 10 the Firms and other liber-
atcd populations IN Russia The Polish
Relief Committee is sending aft 81
:. 900 tons 70 the Poles
Since the arTnlStice the british au-
thorties have distributed about 10000
tons Of food TO the scriiars; the Italian
authorities some 10000 tons to the Aus
TRANS, and the British authorities nave
in progress some y 900 or rs 600 tons of
food 10 the Rournaniana We have
SINCE the aryr.lstIce delivered into PoCter-
dam 900 900 tons If food for the Belgians
and the liberated French with the support
of our Treasury and Belgium and France.
SOLDIERS WILL HELP.
Had this new appropriation been
refused we should have sold out these
parcels Of food 20 those who could Da
real money and would have been com
PEELED to allow the others TO starve In
this same confidence, that we would be
supported by Congress. we nave secured
detail Of more than 250 men from the
American Army and the American Navy
for the work OF the Food Administration
These men are now actively establishing
the administrations necessary TO secure
proper distrii, ution in all Of these ter
ritories Our offices have been open
IN virtually every capital among the
distressed peoples. and with the passage