Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-25
EUROPE: NEEDS
 10 POOL FOOD SUPPLY, ZEE BLISS
Such Arrangement Should h. clude Germany, He
 Declares
BOLSHEVISM
 MAY BE DEPENDED
As Practised by Russians, it Puts That Country at War With the World, Declares
 Expert

Washington, Dec. 24.-Europe's most urgent need today is the pooling of it's food supply and the establishment of proper distrlbu- ticn facilities under a director general, in the opinion of Gener- al Tasker H. Bliss, a member of the American peace delegation. who reached Washington today from Paris.
 Such an arrangement, Gener- al Bliss said, would remove dis content, strengthen morale and aid over their formative period the new governments which have been created as result of the war.
 Germany should be included in the economic coalition, General Bliss said. With Germany ex- cluded, he declared, there would be an element of discontent which would inevitably react on the oth- CT countries.
 General Bliss saw no possibili- ty of including Russia in the dis tribution plan, but he said if the present so-called government of that country "would play fair with the rest of the world, for 30 days and during that time the general distribution of necessities could be worked to include Russia" he be- lieved that the present situation in that country would be com- pletely changed.
 There is no reason for famine threatening any portion of Europe, General Bliss said, despite the de- struction and losses of production during the war. He estimated food production this year in Flu rope to be between 80 and 83 per cent of normal Interruption of distribution and hoarding of ex- press supplies explains the present economic situation, in his opinion.
 The general likened the various nations to individual units of a family which, separated by quar- rel, are holding all the "jolnt stock" of food and transportation utilities formerly owned in com mon. The result, he said, is that one unit has coal, another oil and another wheat in excess, but each is lacking in one or more essen- tials.
 The morale of the older govern ments in Europe is good without exception, General Bliss said, but the more recently established na- ticns are still far from stable as a result of economic ills, describ- ed as utterly unnecessary. France, Great Britain and Italy should lend their whole support to the coalition idea, if only for the good which will devolve to themselves, he argued.
 General Bliss suggested that such a man as Herbert Hoover should be named director general of supplies for Europe and that there should be appointed with this official another to be director general of transportation. Into the common pool, under the plan would be placed not only all stores of cereals and grains, but coal. petroleum, metals and railroad equipment.
 Distribution Bad.
 "There is food in plenty right up to the gates of Budapest and Vien- ma and starvation within both cities" General Bliss said.
 "The present government of Germany" weak as it is, "rep- resents the only hope of the world for early reconstruction of that country, in the opinion of the peace commissioner.
 eff the government falls" he said, "there can arise only one of two cxtrcmes-either an absolute ly reactionary government or what would amount to rule by Soviet"
 He had seen no official re- ports which indicated a revival of the junker domination of Ger many, nor which bore out the fears expressed abroad that Ger many would again become a me- mace to world peace.
 Europe as whole is so tired of war; he said, "that incidents which ordinarily might lead to hostilities will be long overlooked. France is so near to Germany that a condition which to us might appear as trivial to her takes on the aspect of a threatened in vasion."
 On the other hand, General Bliss said, there had as yet been TO decline in militarism in Europe since the war, as far as any eff feet on combatant forces go. Ev- cry nation is over armed, he said. largely because of the unstable situations of their governments and the fear of bolshevism. If the latter was removed and the general distribution of supplies General Bliss thought that the common sense of the -~~~~~~~-~-~c~ r-~-~>-~>