Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-14

BflUlSH gOVeIllHlSiit "iiN
 ish people will be prepared, and think rightly prepared, to stfa';i
 still further the resources Whlch
 have been so impoverished by war .1f that opportunity is not tax
 en 1 am inclined to fear that the
 great relief work done by Mt.
 Hoover, of which America is just
 ly proud, will go down to poster
 ity as a task only half done.
 realize that there are many dhfi-
 culties in the way such, for ih,
 stance, as the unison of unofficial
 American financial effort with operations that may be under the
 control of European governments, but 1 have unwavering faith that these are not insuperable."
 Describing the conditions pre- vailing in Central Europe as ha
 observed them in his recent jour- ney, Sir William continued: "Lo.
 comotives from one country darei
 not budge across the frontier of
 another. Coal trains with thar
 cargoes are liable to be seized the
 minute they come within the grasp
 of neighboring army. The only
 real safeguard for supply train
 from one country through anoth-
 CT is the presence of a lone Brit
 ish Tommie who, perched on the
 cahoose and knowing no language
 but his own; placidly escorts the
 few exchanges of food and raw
 materials which have so far en-
 abled several of the countries to
 keep body and soul together.
 "The new Allied states exhibit nervous independence in deal
 ing with their former enemies
 with whom, remember, they st!l1 are technically at war. This con- stitutes one of the principal obsta cles to the restoration of the equl- lbrum of Central Europe. If you had the whole British Cabinet rolled into one superman, he would be powerless to achieve apprecia- ble progress so long as by the de- lay of peace a state of war pr4- vails in Central Europe" After reviewing the enmities which eA- ist in the Balkans and TurkeI Sir William said that industrial and commercial activity virtually had been paralyzed by political difficulties, by decreased produc- ] tion, demoralization of railway traffic shortage of coal, food and
 finance.
 Czecho-Slovakia, Poland, Hun-
 gary and Austria, he declared
 are all confronted with large
 shortages of food. In nearly all
 Central European countries the / production of cereals had been re duced at least one-third by lack oi cattle, fertilizers and fodder
 Even if credits were supplied
 there would remain vicious econ e omic circle to be broken. Short.
 age of coal halted transportation
 and caused industries to slack uf
 or stop. This prevented export o'
 goods and, in consequence, the n, countries had no exchange witt c e which to purchase in foreign mar l. kets the food or raw materials or IT which they rely to maintain ex IS istence. For lack of Polish coal $ people die in Vienna. Jugo-Slavis
 and Rumania which have surplu: !, of foodstuffs for export do. no7 a want to sell it to nearby coun. IS tries which need it but prefer |, 'e sell it for dollars, sterling ol 'e francs so as to establish credits 4- for raw materials with which tt l4 restart their industries.
 n The greater part of the $500, ,e 100000 worth of foodstuffs whici Y had been delivered in European T. relief since the signing of tht :! armistice was supplied by ths
 United States, Sir William said II "Our own part The added, 'was 'ee limited by our empty purse 'i Nevertheless. the British govern II ment was able to allot 12,500,00( le pounds toward relief in Europe e- apart from credits to Allies" "a Sir William said that it mus IS not be thought for a moment tha le nothing remedial was being done 7- The Preparations Sub-Commissiol ,e sitting at Vienna was endeavor 3, ing to deliver coal to Austria an la middle Europe. Other Allied or
 and in supplying food, notabI, ', the American Child Food Organl IL zation, one of "Mr. Hoover's fl le nance legacies to Europe"
 T. also were bringing pressure t. l. The Allied authorities in Par; 'l bear, in order to create a free la intercourse and exchange betwee, )l the sta'rs of Central Europe.