Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-08-02 | Page 4 | See Only Failure of Polish Relief Work

SEE ONLY FAILURE OF IMF WORK Germany Serves Notice That British Action Precludes All Shipments. WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. Complete fail; ure of the persistent efforts made by the United States to extend aid to the people of Poland now is regarded by of-licials of-licials here as virtually inevitable. Germany, in a note reaching the state department today, served notice t ha t in view of the "'impracticable condirions" imposed by Great Britain on shipment of relief supplies through the allied lines, "further negotiations are devoiJ of purpose." pur-pose." The British foreign office Indicated Indi-cated in a communication several days ago that it had said its last word on the subject in agreeing to permit shipments ship-ments on condition that no native food would be taken by the Teutonic armies occupying Polish territory. There still is a slender- possibility, that the personal appeal sent by President Wilson Wil-son to rulers of the belligerent countries may result in some conclusion on the one side or the other. So far no replies to this appeal have been receive! and there has been no indication that it has made an appreciable impression in any European capital. Officials are particularly pessimistic over tlie future of relief work in the 'var zones because of intimations reaching Washington that harsh rules imposed on Poland soon may be applied also to Belgium. Bel-gium. They see possible evidence of such a purpose in the uncompromising stand taken In the present negotiations, and it would occasion no surprise here if Germany Ger-many withdrew lier undertaking to permit the Belgians to retain their native cropo, and Great Britain retaliated by cancelling the privileges extended American relief societies in sending supplies into Belgium. Such a development, it is feared, would mean great hardship in Belgium, where the population is being fed and clothed by America.