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Show 4 .-H- f T . rftb -WILSON PROMISES TO HELP ANARCHY MUST BE DOWNED IF HUNS GET FOOD SUPPLY By Aaaociatad Praaa. WASHINGTON. Nov. -13. President Wilson has sent a reassuring re-assuring message to the people of Germany in reply to the appeal from Chancellor Ebert. He promises to aid Germany In the matter of food supplies and in relieving distressing want. The replv was sent todav bv Secretary Lansing through Minister Min-ister Sulzer of" Switzerland, wlio delivered yesterday Ebert's request for intervention bv the president to mitigate the "fearful conditions" threatened through enforcement 'of the armistice terms. It savs steps are to be taken at once to organize relief v.ork in 4he-aiue systematicjjiannerin w hich it was carried out in Belgium, but that tna presiaeni opiiitb w assured that public order will be maintained In Germany and that a.n equitable distribution of food can be clesrly guaranteed. Hecretarv Ianaint'a note to the ftwlss minister, dated Wovenrtxr II, follows: "I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of today, transmitting to the presideot the test of a cable inquiring whether this government gov-ernment Is ready to send foodstuffs into Oermsny without delay if publte order Is maintained In Germany and an equitable distribution of food is guaranteed. "1 should be grateful if you would tramm-iit the following reply to the Germ a n government : NOTE TO GERMANY. "At a Joint session of the two houses of congress on November 1 1, the president of the tTnlted mates in nounced thst the representatives of the associated governments In the supreme war council at Versailles have, by unanimous resolution, as-I as-I sured the people of the central enf-I enf-I pi res that everything thst is possible In the circumstances will be done to supply them with food and relieve the distressing want that Is In so msny places threatening their very Uvea; and .that ateps are to be taken Immediately Im-mediately to organize these efforts at relief in the same systematic manner that they were organised In the case of Belgium. "Furthermore, the president expressed ex-pressed the opinion that hy the tine of the Idle tonnage of the central empires em-pires It ought presently to be possible to lift the fear of utter misery from their oppressed populations and set their mind and energies free for the , great and hazardous taxkit of political construction which now face them o every hand. "Accordingly, the president now "dl-rects "dl-rects me to ntste that he is ready to connlder favorahly the supply of foodstuffs food-stuffs to Germany and to take up the matter immediately with the allied governments, provided he can he assured as-sured that public order is4 being and will continue to be maintained in fr-many, fr-many, and that an equitable distribution distribu-tion of food can be clearly guaranteed. guaran-teed. "Accept, sir. the renewed aasur-ances aasur-ances of my htrhewt consideration. .Wirned.. "KOBKRT I,ANKING." This majre sent In response to the following meiisage from Minister Minis-ter .Sulzer: 8UL2ERS MESSAGE. "By direction of my government T have the honor to transmit the fol--: lowing cable: i "The German Rovernment urgently requests the president of the United 8 tit ten to Inform the German chancel-I chancel-I lor. Kbert, by wireless whether he may be assured that the government of the I'nited States Is ready to send food tuff without delay if public order or-der ia maintained in Germany and an equitable distribution of food is guaranteed. guar-anteed. "Accept; air. the renewed asuranre , of my highest consideration." |