Show J I 1 HUNGER HUNd DRA WS THE MAp J famine Conditions Conditions' a Food Shortage famine Point Pain 1 w Serious Serious' Food rood Shortage e Sufficient Food Su PY 1 x 0 But Bui Fu Future lure ous r t already r American ai t DECEMBER 1 SS S'S V J. J s i- i POLAND 1 UK AIN tT i IM c Nt a TU Y Ir SS r A. A i. i 0 AF CA r A 4 A d food map man of Europe today to sl shows o 3 1 1 not a n single country In which the fu fu- u- u tune tuie docs does not hold threat of serious 7 difficulties and only a n small part which is lis not rapidly approaching the famine I k the uie of the L p point With exception Ukraine only those countries which Jh 4 maintained marine nc COm commerce have hare sufficient food supplies to meet actual 11 needs until next nest harvest hanest and j even cven In the Ukraine with stores arcu n 01 on the farms there Is famine In the large Jorge centers of population Bel Belgium ium and and northern France cc as asti aswell ti well as Serbia Serl ln appear on the hunger map mail If distinct from the rest of ot Europe T because sc r t thc they stand In a n different rein rela- 7 t tion from the other nations to the people peo pcp pIe le of the United States America has X for for four fOUl years cars maintained the small 1 1 war rations of Belgium sand ond northern s al France rance Fra and Is s already malin making special efforts to care for their Increased I n war the th nr ue needs which with those of ot Serbia SerbIn must b be In this ii C r i. i plan are arc urgent IT hr the e and must mU l hay haVe a The gratitude of the nel Belgian an nD nation for jor the help America has hns extended to I I her during the war constitutes the stron strongest est appeal for fOI us liS to continue our I work there The moment the Go German man armies withdrew from her soil and find she I was ns established once more In hI her own o t seat of government the little nations nation's first thought was to express her gratitude gratitude tude to the Commission for Relief Relle In Belgium for tor preserving the lives of or millions of or her citizens Germany on the other hand hano need not figure In such a map for Americans Amen Ameri cans because there Is no present Indication Indication Indi Indi- indication cation that we the e shall be called on at fit allI all to to tate take thought for the food tood needs of Germany Germany probably can care I for tor her own food tood problem It If she Is IsI I given access to shipping and Is enabled I to c distribute Pouf food to the cities with dense populations which are ore the trouble trouble trouble trou trou- I ble centers England France the Netherlands and Portugal all of which have ha been maintained from supplies have sufficient food to meet Immediate needs but their presents serious serious seri seri- ous oas difficulties The same Is true of ot Spain and the northern neutral countries coun coun- tries tries Norway Norway Sweden and Denmark whose N hoso ports have been open and who I have been able to draw to some degree decree e ree upon foreign supplies Most of Russia Russin Is already In the throes of famine find and people there are beyond the possibility of help Before another spring thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands of or them Inevitably must die lc This applies as fiS well to Poland and practically throughout the Baltic re re- I gions glons with conditions most serious In Finland Bohemia Serbia Roumania and Montenegro have already reached the famine point and are arc suffering ButterIng a heavy Toll toU of ot death The Armenian population Population population tion Is falling faIlIng each week as hunger takes Its toll toU an and In Greece Alb Albania and Roumania so serious aro are the food tood shortages that famine Is 15 near Although Al though starvation Is not yet Imminent nt Italy Switzerland Bulgaria and Turkey Turkey Tur Tur- ke key are In the throes of ot serious In order to fulfill Americas America's pledge In world relief We vre will have to export every ton of ot food tood which can cnn be handled han died lcd through our p ports parts This means menns at atthe atthe the tho very least a minimum of tons compared with tons prewar prewar pre pre- war exports and tons tone exported exported ex ex- er- er ported last year when we were bound by the ties of war to the European allies 0 If It we fan fall to lighten tho the black spots spats I on the U hunger bunger map hunger map p or If tt w we allow t y v portions Ito become darker the peace for which we fought and bled Jed 1 will be c threatened Revolt and anarchy Inevitably Inc follow famine happen we will see In other parts of Eu Europe ope a repetition of ot the Russian JeI Je- Je de- de bade bacle and our fight ht for tor world peace peace I I will ha have 0 been In vale vain i I |