The sun., 1919-01-01
RULES FOR SHIPPING
FOOD ARE MODIFIED
Restrictions Lifted to In
crease Speed in Getting
Supplies to Europe.
HOOVER TELLS PROGRESS
First Cargo Reaches Trieste
and Others viii Land
in Few Days.
Special Despatch to The SuN

| WAsHISGroN, Dec. 3l.--Modihcstion
Of the shipping restrictions upon expor-'
tation Of foodstufrs from the United
States TO the allied countries in Europe
and to Russia, Finland and Siberia and
to the colonies OF the Allies in Africa
were announced by the War Trade
Board to-day The changes are the nrst
step toward the shipment Of food mate
rails in quantity TO the European coun
| tries during the rest OF the winter.
The changes to-day put an end 10
| necessity of food exporters Ming supple
mental Information sheets with the
board when making shipments to tha
other side The additional sheets have
| been designed to prevent any part o.
the cargoes from falling into the hands
OF the enemy countries either through
neutral lands or by releasing other food
| in the neutral countries TO the Central
Powers
First Cargo Arrives.
The first cargo of foodstuffs shippei
through cooperation of the War Depart
| ment and the Food Administration hss
arrived n was announced by Herbert
Hoover in a cable message to-day. In
continuing Mr.. Hoover said:
THE first cargo has arrived at Trieste
and other cargoes should arrive At
Cattaro and other points on the Adriatio
Sea in the next three days. These sup
plies are intended for Serbia and the
territory recently amalgamated with
Serbia in Bosnia and Montenegro, where
the distress IL very acute The only
connection is by railroad from the
Adriatic Sea, the Bulgarians having de-
stroyed the railroad from Salonica be-
You'd the possibility Of repair inside OF
four months.
Col. Mcintosh has already arrived
in Trieste. Austria. Col. Atwood and
stan leave Tonight for Ragusa, eu
cute for Belgrade. leaving representa-
tives at Cattaro and other points.
DIR. Vernon Kellogg. Col. Grove and
Hugh Gibson leave Berne tonight by
special train for Warsaw, by way OF
Vienna. to take charge OF relief meas
ures which it - hoped TO develop for
Poland.
"A commission representing the
American. French. British and Italian
Governments. under the Craftsmanship
OF Or. Alonzo Taylor. with the assistance
of Capt. T. #. G. Gregory of the United
States Army IL leaving tonight for
Vienna. in response to representation
as to the dangerous situation wh,cn
has developed in that city.
Only Ten Days supply.
THE representatives of the Viennssa
municipalities now at Berne state that
food supplies for the 3,000, 900 people in
the city Of Vienna will not last for
more than ten days. Owing to the dts
organization of railroads In Austria and
the separating Of Hungary and Czeoht-
Slovakia. Vienna is practically cut OF
from any supplies.
so far tho Boleheviki have Been
kept under control In Vienna. but al
vices indicate that unless foods;uts
can be furnished for the city Il will We
impossible to maintain order. The
Swiss Government is proposing TO TO-
ward at once about a weeks supply To-
the city. but the situation In Switzer-
! land will not permit of their giving
more than a few days relief.
THE American and allied Ministers
10 Rumania have tnlegra phed 20 tHnIr
respective Governments that. after n
Vestigat'ns they are convinced the tooi
supply OF Rurania VIII not las -
more than another thirty days and '1at
immediate steps FOR relief must be taken
II the country is not to be submerged
by Bolshevism.
Methods OF Sel!ef are under cors't-
Grafton. hut present extreme difficulties
The railroads Of Rumania are largely
broken down. There is a great deal O,
port destruction ana there is no eunke-
coal in t',s Black Sea except what ran
he borrowed from -he allied navisS
Further, Ruman!a is entirely wttNcu:
funds TO ply for food