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Show SHIPPING HEEDED TO RELIEVE BELGliS Herbert Hoover Declares Shortage of Food Not Due to Lack of Funds. "V I M-'I'i , Nov. 10. Herbert Jloo-or, cliairman of tho coniiiiiltee for , relief in liclmm, in a statcniout to I nie,t dctiici a d;-pati h from I l'ar;s that tin- shortage- ol' ioo'i in t;.lr.ium wa- luo to la. k of fumK ile Ipuintod out that tin- fT.'.Ono.'hiO loano'l bv tho I'nitel Matc o lid-ium atul France for . arrvinc. on lic rcii- f work has not l en cxliaustdl ami that the s.-an-itv of shit'piui; ati.l dclavs ccn.-o- I uen t to sul rnarine net ivit es have ; been responsible for the shortage. "The entire question of 1'cct i n'' t lie 'civilian population in ooeupu"! Belgium I ami northern France lias revived it- sol f into a truest iou of sliipoii , 31 r. ; Hoover saiil. i "Tho ir7o.00d,0'111. loaiiel by the I rui ed States government lo Helcium ' anil Fra me for carry in on this ork has not been exhausted :iml has not . -..rove-1 ii. adequate, am! there is t:o disposition dis-position ot tlie American jjoyernment not to eontinne. The lack of tocl in lielu'iuni has been .1m1 to no other cause than the scarcity of available shipping am the delnvs consequent to the submarine activities. "From the first of February to the first of Oetober there were actually delivered in Rotterdam 40'i.ijOO tons of I foodstuffs, and there were shipped au 'additional L'.VU'OO tons which failed to ! reach its destination either owing to Isiukins or because of inability to com-jplete com-jplete doliverv of goods in transit through tlie war zone. In addition, le-J le-J lavs to steamers in transit have entailed en-tailed a loss in carry i ng capacity of more than 100.0'H) tons. The eomniis-siou eomniis-siou has been powerless to prevent these losses, and oulv the terrible conditions con-ditions of war I'lin be blamed for the shortage. 'Now, however, the situation has be-jcome be-jcome more norma"!, and we will deliver Mn Rotterdam for the quarter ending I Peceniber o approximately oOo.'Hl'J I tons of foodstuffs, which will meet the ! requirements in practically all of the necessary supplies, but does not leave sufficient margin for building bp the depleted stocks, and we are actually nearer supplying the limited ration uow than at any time during the last year. "It must be understood that the American government has at no time refused re-fused anv demands lor necessary funds, and the dispatch under the Faris headline is erroneous iu conveying auy such impression. "There is no doubt that owing to the increased cost of food-stuffs and i carrying charges that the original estimate es-timate 'of ifli'.fiOO.OUil per mouth will i prove inadequate in the winter months, J particularly as it is necessary to provide pro-vide new cloth for manufacturing clothing for the ten million people who ihavu been unable to secure new supplies sup-plies since the war commenced, and the government will be advised of the additional requirements nnd will make provision for the necessary loans t o cover expenditure in America. Application Appli-cation lias been made to the English, Belgian and French governments to furnish the necessary balances required re-quired in Furope to meet strictly Hiiro-!pe:in Hiiro-!pe:in expenditures of the commission." |