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Show iSHIPPING IS PROVIDED I FOR BELGIAN PEOPLE i i Additional 200,000 Tons Secured From Sweden i to Be Used Thus. I j la ;id hlio-i to the fleet of vcs:seds con-I con-I :ro.h-d hv tue nelshiu rehef commission, j ;o- .e-d'.r..; to information re. -rived at the I h .i. o-fi-.e; of t: c nod administration i o - eript v, t rie . ' to ted Slates and ah it : d j - o e 1 1 n i e n i s are p.jejnL; at ihu disposal ! of ;n4. r-c:tiin;i:on jimi.i.m.j tons of s.iin-j s.iin-j pins in- dities .vi mod from the Swedish I i--"v ernrnent :o.' non-war ;:one purposes. Wit'i ::i.s .St'.ippins .-.ipa-ity. p-setlior w:lh j "n;e iinii'C .tddilions lu t-e elfe.-ted hy rede' eomm's-ton, the foiloxxin aii.O'in'si of fthxdst if'"s are !o be pio ided , ui;r :is tne riext twelve months: ', (-,'.'. !,ir,v, t e and corn fff bread, I ' I. us e's ; Pears. J, l' i'"'. '""'0 bush els; ; e. i. en. i hus;;(ls: C'-ned bvef. . ir.o.., ir,irn!j: po'k pr'luets. ir 77. L'oO, -("ii i"'unds: soap, ." . Of.'O pounds; t of- P. , 'j. i .Mi pounds; food for ' he oh ; i- dT.-i. . o o.i. lv' "it. pounds; eornlr.sed ir ijl:, o.'..t-oe.yoii pounds; susar, 4e.0''olo j.oinds. 'i'.as aaiOunl of food.- tosether with the rut: xt' iroduee. uive? an averse ration amount ,ns to about L'nuu ea ,ori es--a hout on-1-ha i f i he consumption of the A meri-i meri-i an people: This pmsram is estimated toeost dur-inc dur-inc "dne txverve nionths, for purchase and t onsporta tion. approximately J JSO.Oe".-t'"-h Tne linanee has been arransed on the basis of advances to be made by loans from trio L"ni :e.l Slates to the Pels' an and French eo ornments in amounts suf-"i. suf-"i. lent to pfly for the material purchased in iiv Knited States. The British and I rem ii sovernments are ad atu infr in Kur-tpe :re sun's neeess.i ry to meet the expenditures made '.here for shipping and for foodstuffs coming from quarters other tn;' u the Kuiievi S!a te. Foods mff.s are dehxered throush the en m mission up to the Beician frontier, wnpre i tie distribution and rat ion ins is takn eh arse of hv Belgian and French I orsani7..itions. wh-.-h were orsanized by I ihe Americans in the eariy stages of the p r. The se'uritv of both imported and na-ti na-ti e food production from German requl-sd, requl-sd, ion is gua ran teed by the Puteh and Spanish sovernments. who- maintain ! psents in (lie occupied area to see that i, io production and distribution are not interfere 1 with bv the ile-man army. The Helsian and French population in pie o.-;-up:ed territory are in desperate need of lotnins. as thev bae now been four vears without the import of any textiles tex-tiles and there is. of course, no loeal production. |