The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-03-21
AMERICAN ARMY TO
BE BROUGHT HOME
IN GERMAN SHIPS
German Gold and Potash to Come to
America for Our Pork, Lard and
Wheat, Which, 1t Is Hoped,
!, Will Put An End to
BOlSheyiSm.


! This is one of the results of the
&agreement reached at Brussels with
Germany by which the allies will sell
Der food forthwith.
It is a business deal, pure and SIM
pie, without sentiment.
"The conversation was devoid of
Emotional statements" said Herbert
Hoover, who headed the American
delegation, except that the German
commissioners mentioned incidentally
that as their infant mortality had
tripled within the last few months.
they asked that condensed milk be in
cluded in the early shipments. That
tells the story of Germany today"
Are the Germans really starving?"
Mr.. Hoover was asked.
Every German gets some food he
hanswered. thanks to the efficient sys-
TEN of distribution. But our inves-
tigators have learned that large por-
tions of the population are suffering
from mal-nutrition, which causes 9TH
er diseases and death. Starvation is
gradual process"
German request to borrow money
m the entente to pay for the food
l3as fatty refused. The allied dele
gates replied that neither legislation
NOR public sentiment in the ententa
cdpntries permitted such loan
This means that Germany will get
food on cash basis only. Nothing
will be "chalked up"
Lots of Gold.
Though lacking food, Germany has
= of gold stored away, her avail
public funds being larger than
half OF the American fund when
war started.
Within two days Germany will de-
Bsit $35,O00,O00 worth Of gold in a
belgian bank at Brussels, then $685.
000,0e0 within ten days, against a
credit that will be used to pay the va
rious allies for food delivered to the
AGermans.
The first shipment will include TO-
10 tons Of fats, which Germany
Eeds most, and later shipments will
ybntain 10000 tons of pork, $4,000
: tons of beans, the same amount of
rice; and, $4,000 tons of breadstuffs
monthly. :.
America will supply -four, Britain
rice and beans, and France nuts for
oils which the Germans turn into
margerine. Some supplies already
~are available at Copenhagen and Rot
tesaam. notably $4,000 tons Of bread
stuffs. The remainder will come from
Evarious, points.
Coal, Lumber and Potash.
Ultimately, Germany will replace
the gold deposits with: /
= f Shipping leased to the allies.
8, 2. Raw materials such as lumber,
potash and coal.
8. Manufactures needed by the al
lies, such as dyes.
Dumping" however, will not be al
lowed. The GS-mans will be unable
to stifle French competitors whose
plants were deliberately destroyed by
the Germans in the war. France
kueeds coal, England needs lumber and
United States needs potash. In re-
I'm for these things the Germans
Will get food.
Next to gold and raw materials,
Germany will pay through the sale Of
her holdings in foreign securities and
through credits which she may estab
Hsh in neutral countries to whom the
allies owe money. The Scandinavian
countries owe Germany money for
coal, while France owes the Scandi-
navian nations for paper pulp.
Ultimately Germany will get back
the gold pledged in the Belgian bank.
She will begin to get food within
few days as soon as the gold has
been carted into Belgium, which
transaction is a piece of poetic JUS
tice besides being practical business.
! The German banking delegates OBJ
:Ject to the shipping of gold, but the
allied negotiators overcame the Ger
man fears about the effect on the
value of German money abroad by in
sisting that food was needed more
urgently by Germany than gold.
To Deliver All Large Ships.
The German ships will be delivered
under the supervision of the joint nav
al armistice board. German sailors