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Show BRUSSELS RESIDENTS FACraiTII CIIICAOO De 8 Nnety per cen of o rP Uu o of 13n sse a Is depen nt fo Its food upon aid fro e Ln A States ac ord ng to a special able d a pat h recel ed by 1 e On ago Da y Ne a today from Bruaae a. For more than three weeks tho peop e of Bruaae a have oeen eating I al up pi ed by the Ame uin com n salon aa d t o dsia ch w Ui as dated No em bor Brusse a ol lit heart of tl e coun ry rece a partuular tare Tie naua al en o a a e a a soU a d he hea i ust n nu to b u if Ue s u u and the Itu s are i ot to d aa ear To No e ue 1 ue t e repu of he on n as oner anowa, o e a u p r en ot t e foooa ui a n pped o Be e u n has been deal ned to a cap tat a o a n meu a e au ro d gs for t e n o en o e of ti usHCb luae a with a o e o ai ak nee i a a e et) er t a ond o la to co nue depe da upo e her I o on as u ece oj proloi ged u a a auppo ron An a a Tho orreaiMj dent Uo r bed e at ten pt of the peop e to Keep up ppear an ee and I e to d of a vlplt to a suup it cnen. housed n a big bu ding whe e formerly u punoran a of too bailie of V t tcroo as exhibited A mix ure of etetables and a sma 1 amount of nea s boiled for hours ln cauldrons each b ggcr than a barre Then the soup la u an off Into large tin easels loaded o dra s and trans ported to t e ar ou 0 strlbutlng ata tlons said e e pondent The n st of these d al Ibull g ata Ions nas eatab a ed b an organlsa n of ch! dre tl e Little Bes who make It a special mlsc on to re e e need chl dren The eh Mren now ha e th rty si stations and feed 600 babies. Paro a elde bo ra and a aters come to ess 8 atio s to seek pre io s nourishment said the Ne b cab e They 11 e up in fro t of ndows through which girl volunteers pass es se s Two children of G and 7 came for milk a id pi osphatl o for younger chll dren. Their s oes showed toes raw with cold through great holes Economics ly tpeaki lg the status of Brussels cou 1 not el be worse Ninety per cent of the bread wtmilni pojulatlon more than 0 000 persona, depend for da ly ex s ence upon the soap k tchens. And this too desp te the fact that there is bread for sale ln nearly eery bakery that the pastrs ehops are plied high with cakes and currant bread There Is no lack of meat and there is an abundance of fruit. With n restaurants good meals nil y be had Yet on a 1 sides among all classes are found hunger and despair For ex ample, normal y 3 00 men And employ ment Jn the print ng trade Today on ae only five are at work printing the no tices with which the Germans flood the town Worst of all Is h fact hat the number of those reduced to pub ic charity through the exhaust on of their on sup plies will grow teadll larger |