Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-08-09 | Page 8 | Wheat Supply Lost through '' Red Tape ''

WHEAT SUPPLY LOST THROUGH "RED TAPE" Germany Steps in and Buys Rumanian Crop While Allies Aro in Negotiation- Fperlal fable to Tha Tribune. I)NDON. A up. 8. Tbe announcement that the remainder of Rumania's wheat crop i now Kotiifr Into A ustria at the rata of 3 6 mliway carloads a day has c.med meat disappointment here, for it was hoped tlit Lor: and and France would be ahl to con-dude arranKremcr.ts to purchase nil of Rumania's avnilahle supply, thus cutting: off (he possibility of all this foodstuff entering' Germany and Austria. According to a statement sent from Paris bv Colonel Kdmond Thery, attache to the Wenh ministry of war, the plan for purchase by Knc'.and and Prince tell through because the allied countries were unit tile to act quickly enough. "Some time ago." he suites, "proposals wtc niadt in France for the establishment establish-ment of un International commission, to which the alHes would ppvint one de!e-Cln de!e-Cln e:t, h. to prevent the import Into Germany of any products which would enable en-able her to prolong the w.ir. Whll this suggest Inn whs st ill being considered, thvrn came th proposal to buy up the Rumanian wheat harvest. W tried to act on this proposal, but found tho difficulties diffi-culties of rrd tape almost Insurmountable. "For example, when the French government gov-ernment directed Its embassador in Jxm-don Jxm-don to submit tho proposal to the British government. no less than eight days lasted before the embassador could get t lie oppori unit y of sotlng t he competent minister. Necotlntlons with Russia Involved In-volved further delay, and by the time the allies had achieved harmony of purpose it was uln-ady too late the Germans had stepped In and bought up tiie whole of the. croy."