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Show FRANCE FACES ; swill Officials at Paris Trying in Vain to Obtain Supply From U. S. - - PARTS. Julv 18. CBv the Associated ' prea.) American officials attempting to 2olve the food question are confronted with a -sugar shortage in France that ia 6a id to call either for A tneri'-anK to sacrifice sac-rifice some of their sweet drinks or for t French to give up their sweet pas-ZvUa. pas-ZvUa. The American officials, it ia understood, are decidedly in favor of adowing Americans Ameri-cans to cniillmio the ue of sugar for .., their sweet drinks. The French 'authorit ten, however, are . anxious to obtain sugar from the United "Slates, hut. exportation from the American Ameri-can market now la prohibited to protect ...American consumers. French food official, it Is explained, j,'vero given an option hist fall on as large a proportion of t he Cuban sugar :. crop as they wished. The French, however, how-ever, took only about 31 per cent of the - .crop, although American officials warned ' them of an impending world sugar short- age. Now that the French face a serious sugar deficit they are seeking an Arrmri- ran supply, where prices are lower than elsewhere. Four million children In Europe are being be-ing fed under the auspices of the Amerl-; Amerl-; can relief administration. Tills work will probably be continued through private i'harity, under A merican direction, even after the conclusion of Hie work of the American food administration in Eu- .rope. 'V. Fuough supplies are now available to continue operations for several months, and experts who came to Europe with "i Herbert Hoover, chairman of the inter- allied supreme food council, believe they ... will be able to obtain funds sufficient ' -from private sources to keep up the feed-:". feed-:". lag of children as long as the necessity exists. One million children are being fed in Poland alone, Finland, the Baltic prov-" prov-" inces. Russia, Serbia, Rumania and Cro-;;"atla Cro-;;"atla being the other fields where there Is necessity for this work. The Americans have the children sub-Joe sub-Joe ted to an examination and feed only : those who are undernourished until the ' doctors pronounce them strong enough to ."thrive on a diet which can be afforded by . the home supply. |