The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-28
interpreted
The News
BY JAMES D. WHITE
Associated Press Staff w,n..

Associated Press STAFF VIII
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct =.
A map of world Rlmisery g., 49,
winter probably would Show rOs hi,
as its biggest and blackes%s .aNs
of suffering. 'eAts,
The Chinese, who comr,.
fifth of the human race, bav. .Se I,
fighting a war for eight W. oeea
Their economy and standard . ..N
ing already were low when w y, IN
them. wal ny
Brightest spot or the man r,,,,
be the western hemisphere v "Sss
war has touched little with b"' \.
blignts of hunger, exposure AND AND !, ~
ease. Brightest in this hemisrbs.'4 Wy
is the U. S. A., which apnrosas.
the end of meat rationing witb~'
complaint. We still eat better tS'N
anyone. N'4
In Europe, liberated conr,,.
are getting some first-aid from y
lied armies and from the Init,
Nations Relief and Rehabilitati,.
Administration. UNRRA noss.
more money, chiefly from the I'M,
ed States, which carries the biggsn
share of it's support, determines =,
a pro-rata basis according 10 IA,
tional income.
This country has agreed Ia ,iv.
UNRRA 81, $780, 100000, and 81 ~.
has provided S80o,Ooo,. Congress
is now debating about appropri,t,
ing the balance.
Many Millions Need Relief
UNRRA officials estimate tA,,
about $4,000, 1000 Europeans are on
tthe borderline Of starvation" and
some time ago guessed that theys
would be 230000,000 Chinese WIN
would need relief of some kind
The Chinese have their own IA.
tiona1 relief and rehabilitation adj
ministration. Its chief, DR.. 7. r
Tsiang, holds the rank of a cabne
minister. DR.. Tsiang estimates tia,
China will have to spend about So,
500, 100000 on this work, which
China plans to finance herself ex
cept for $945, 10000 which is BENZ
requested of UNRRA.
The Chinese say this works us
at about two UNRRA dollars ty
every Chinese, whereas UNRRAa
spending 81 for every Italian ami
more than that for every Pole an;
Czechoslovak.
One Of the chief deficiencies i,
Europe is food. The situation is nc
quite the same in Chm a,as ind
Gated by tn efact that the Chimes
except to spend only about slA,
100000 of their UNRRA credit to
food imports.
Americans report from China
however, that a serious famht
threatens the Chimes norttg
threatens the Chinese northWes
next spring due to a drought whlct
has killed winter wheat.
Three out of every four Chinest
families live on farms, so the cCn
try normally produces almos
enough to feed itself.
One big trouble is that there i
no adequate way to distribute tht
food raised. Meanwhile, the litt'
Chinese industry that existed be
fore the war is largely destroye(
or paralyzed, so that there ISM
enough fuel and factory potentla
to keep the people warm this VIII
ter. Millions wear the ragged rem
nants of the clothes they had Whel
war began.
The country's few railways can
not resume normal operations Until
the communist question is unde
control, because the Reds hold n!
sections of them.
The Chinese are allottlng az
much money for clothing as thel
are for food, and more than 'na
much to restore communicative
including river transport. They at
spending half as much on laeai
cines, and more than half as nlu'D
to get mines operating again.
There are estimated to De Z"
100000 Chinese who fled TO "Fs
China to escape the japanese a ~.
who now want to rturn 10 ~,
coastal area. Moving them PACK
a huge problem.
Several important cities, lnclaa'
ing Kweilin, Liuchow, Chahg' !.'
Hengyang, Laohokow and HallA '.r,
are mostiy-in some cases ehlH"'
destroyed.
Initiation has blown prices up !,
more than a thousand times al'-
pre-war level.
These are the things that nlaA a.
China's spot on the world lliis .s-.
map so big and black this ""'
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