South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-01
SUPPLIES FOR
SERBS ARRIVE
AT TRIESTE
Hoover Announces Sending of
Missions to Warsaw and
Vienna Representing
Allied Governments.
Associated Press Service


WASHINGTON. Dec. 81. - Ar
rival at Trieste of the first steamer
carrying supplies for the Serbians
and the sending of a special mission
to Warsaw TO orga nize food relief
in Poland and another TO Vienna TO
investigate food conditions there
were announced in a cablegram re-
ceived at the food administration
today from Herbert c. Hoover at
Paris
Conditions in Vienna and also in
Rumania were said to be desperate.
Mr.. Hoover said representatives of
the Viennese municipalities now at
Berne stated that food supplies for
the 100000 people in the Aus
trian capital would not last more
than ten days. The Swiss govern
ment, the cablegram said, proposed
to forward at once a weeks supply
for the city.
AS to Rumania, the cablegram
said the American and allied min
listers there had telegraphed that
they were convinced that the food
supplies would not last more than
another 80 days. and that immedi-
ate steps for relief must be taken
il the country is not to be sub
merged into bolshevism."
Mr.. Hoover's cablegram follows:
The first cargo of foodstufs
shipped through the cooperation of
the war department and food al
ministration has arrived at Trieste.
and other cargoes should arrive at
Cattaro and other points on the
Adriatic sea in the next three days.
These supplies are intended for Ser
bia and the territory recently
amalgamated with Serbia in Bos-
MIA and Montenegro where the dis
tress is very acute. The only con-
nection is by railroad from the
Adriatic sea, the Bulgarians having
destroyed the railroad from Sa-
lonica. Greece, beyond the possibil-
ity of repair inside of four months
"A commission representing the
American, French British and Ital-
ian governments, under the chair
manship Of DIR. Alonzo Taylor, with
the assistance of Capt. T. c. Greg
ory, of the United states army, is
leaving tonight for Vienna in re-
sponse to representations as 10 the
dangerous situation which has de-
VelOped in that city. The repre-
sentatives of the Viennese munici-
palities now at Berne state that
food supplies for the 1000, 600 peo-
pie in the city of Vienna will not
last for more than 10 days. owing
to the disorganization of railroads
in Austria and the separating of
Hungary and CzechO-Slovania, vi
emma is practically cut off from any
supplies.
so far the bolsheviki have been
kept under control in Vienna. but
advices indicate that unless food
stuffs can be furnished for the city
il will be impossible 10 maintain or
der The Swiss government is pro-
posing to forward at once about a
weeks supply for the city, but the
situation in Switzerland Will not
permit of their giving more than
few DAYS relief.
The American and allied minis
ters in Rumania have teIegraphej
/ to their respective governments
that, after investigating, they are
convinced that the food supply Of
I Rumania viii not last for more
than another 50 days. and that i'm
mediate steps for relief must be
taken if the country is not 10 be
submerged by bolshevism. Meth
DDS of relief are under considera-
ton, but present extreme difficult
ties The railroads Of Rumania are
I largely broken down. There is
great deal OF port destruction and
there is no bunker coal in the Black
sea except what can be borrowed
from the allied navies. Further.
Rumania is entirely without funds
20 pay for food"