New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-01-16
nrope, With Engines Stalled, Needs American Aid
Balkan and Austrian
Situation a World
Menace

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slight food shortage. Good crops
in nearby Lithuania have made up
for the situation, however. Latvia
also needs small amount Of Lith-
uanian grain to help out her food
problem, and all the Baltic states
have great need Of locomotive and
transport material.
Except for internal political un-
rest Czecho- Slovakia is IN a very
good position. She has both natu-
raj resources and previously estab-
hshed manufactures. These have
built up her export trade and have
enabled her to buy imports with
credits thus established abroad. Her
government is strong one and
is functioning smoothly in all
branches. There is, however,
shortage Of foodstuffs that may
cause suffering during the winter.
Hungary and Rumania
1 Hungary is in serious condition.
Prices are continually rising, and
coal is extremely scarce. Many
schools and other public institu-
tons have had to close because of
lack Of fuel In Budapest the street
cars cease to run at 10 p. m. and
| the shops have been oroered to close
at 5 p. m. because of the need of
conserving fuel New groups of
refugees are arriving constantly in
Budapest from the north and east.
Over 4,500 freight cars in the rail-
road yards are already being inhab-
tied by this class, and it is impos-
sible to feed or house any more.
Crops this season were fairly good
but were not up to expectations.
Rumania, although ridden by ty-
plus and suffering from the after
math Of war, was able to export
fair quantities of wheat and maize.
Rumanian oil also is coming into
the market, and although conditions
IN Rumania are very bad the ex-
ports Will place her in a better DO
sition. Cotton and wool manufac-
lures and clothing, iron and steel
and agricultural implements are
needed. Tenders are being asked
from America and the United King
dom for locomotives and rolling
stock, and large order recently
was placed with the Skoda Steel
Works in Czecho-Slovakia for re-
pairs on rolling stock of the gov
eminent railways.
In Asia Minor conditions are very
bad. Plague and starvation have
followed the political and economic
breakdown, and these countries are
IN large measure dependent upon
foreign relief for their existence.
Armenia is without food, and cloth
ing IS scarce. Azerbaijan has oil
deposits which are being worked and
is able to offer oil in payment for
supplies.
Bulgaria Has Good Crops
The state of the country is BY
no means prosperous, but crops
have been good and all requirements
will be met by the normal channels
of trade.
Food requirements Of the King
dom Of the Serbs, Croats and Sio-
venes can be supplied out of home
production, and there is a slight
exportable surplus in grain. Cot
ton and wool manufactures and
clothing, iron and steel and agri-
cultural implements are needed.
But while the state is economically
sound, the condition of the people
is bad. 1t is estimated that 35 per
cent OF the population is suffering
from clearly recognizable tubercu-
losis, while the total thus afflicted
including incipient cases, amounts
to about rs or 80 per cent.
Serbia has increased her terr;torv
and is one of the stronger of the
new nations. She has not, however.
fully recovered from the war. When
the evicted population returned in
4 1918 and 1919 to their country thew
suffered intense privation. There
are cases on official record of those
whose only food year ago was
the plants, leaves and stems of
maize. In some cases sacks sewn
together were used in lieu Of cloth
: ing. Fifty per cent of the manhood
OF this nation died in the war. and
there are 100000 fatherless children.
. 10000 of whom are still in urgent
! need of care and education. Serbia
Is rapidly recovering, despite these
facts, and is building herself up al
; a powerful unit in southeast Europe.
! These facts give the broad eco
nomic outlines of the conditions in
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