Washington Journal., 1921-04-15
Hoover Fund Not For Germany?
SAID MONEY RAISED IN BIG
DRIVE TO BE ISSUED TO
NEW REPUBLICS FOR POLIT-
ICAL PURPOSES.
Especial to Issues of Today

Washington, d. c., April 4.-The in
formation which follows is we'll authen-
ticated, and is forwarded after a free
discussion with prominent legislators,
who regard it as important as it is sin
lister.
Secretary Hoover is believed to be
tying up the money contributed to the
so-called Hoover drive for the relief of
the starving children in Europe, includ-
ing those of the Central Powers.
The $S,OO0,000 promised to Germany
may never be turned over to Germany.
There is considerable misunderstanding
regarding the increased number of chill
dren fed from the fund subscribed for
that purpose principally by German
Americans. 1t has been reported that
the number of children fed has increased
from 100000 to 100000, seemingly in
dicating that additional funds had been
made available. The truth is, however,
that the Quakers have not been allotted
an additional amount of money, but the
actual increase of the number supplied
with food is due to the decrease in the
price of foodstuffs.
According to the information on
which these statements are based, the
money subscribed to the Hoover drive
is deposited with ]. P. Morgan CD, to
be used as the cash basis for credits for
exports of foodstuffs and machinery to
all the new handmade republics.
AS o 0 as feasible-that is to say, as
Don as Lodge and his followers have
licked the League of Nations into the
shape which it is to assume under some
new fictitious designation-these nations
will issue bonds for these sums, thus re-
leasing the Hoover fund for other poll
teal purposes. These bonds will be
largely taken in the United States, which
will thus become the g%uarantor in fact,
whatever name OF form the new version
of the Versailles treaty with the aid of
French diplomacy may assume. In other
words, Hoover will repeat under differ
ent aspects the trick by which he turned
$4,000, 900 of the relief funds entrusted
to his safekeeping over to Poland to
conduct the wal against Russia.
A prominent Senator with whom the
matter was fully discussed is of the
opinion that it will be impossible to stop
the game before the issuing of the
bonds, and there is only a bare chance
of heading off the Hoover-M Morgan
scheme if strong political pressure is
Immediately brought to bear.
The recent note to Russia is part of
the game. 1t was inspired by Hoover,
who is credited with being the strongest
man in the cabinet on all questions af-
fecting European conditions and who
accepted his seat in the cabinet only
after an unconditional promise that he
would be allowed to have his own way.
France is forming a league against
Russia. She has all the handmade ma
tons, from Poland to Rumania. She is
making efforts to include Turkey, and is
sending out propaganda to the effect
that Armenia and Georgia deserve no
further consideration or protection
against Turkey because they have cast
their lot with the Bolsheviki.
A French-American alignment is in
process of formation, which may sound
paradoxical to those who believe that
! Hoover is wholly influenced by his Eng
lish ~sympathies. Hoover was England's
candidate for the presidency, and what
was known as the Hoover boom was
financed by English interests through
Wall Street. He Is looked upon
as the candidate for the White