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Show GERM ART WOULD SEN -rSOQD-ERVQS TO U.S. SOLF PLAi PERSONAL APPEAL I Permit for .Mission to - Come to America and Lay Problem Before Wilson Is Requested By Associated Press. BKRLIX, Nov. 16 (By Wireless to London). Korcipn Secretary Secre-tary Solf li an sent a message to Secretary of State Lansing, urgently requesting I'resiilent Wilson to rive permission for a Or-msn Or-msn commission to Immediately Uave Germany for the I nlted Utates mo as to personally lay before the American government the conditions existing here and to assure the taking of steps to purchase foodstuffs. . j NOT MUCH CHANCE. , I By Assoc is ted Press. WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 4 W h I e President Wilfou himse.f had hot had I the matter brought to his attention j today, officials regard It aa .entirely , unlikely that a commission of Oer-I Oer-I mans will be permitted to come to the I United States at this time under any circumstances." The latest note of For-" ! elgn Minister Solf, addressed to He re-I re-I tary 1-ansing. asking President Wilson's Wil-son's perm mm on fr a t.erman roni-mission roni-mission to visit the 1 nited Statee to explain the fiod situation, had not been received Mt the state department, but the Associated frees announce- l ment of is com ng w read aiih interest. in-terest. STILL AT WXR. It was point"! out that the I nited State and Oermany are Mill at aar. although the armistice has been signed. , and consequently it Is regarded as In- I conceivsJle that any Oerman delega-j lion- could coine to America. Th American government has no desire to continue to act aa Intermedin , ary for the Berlin officials Attention j was called today to the fact that only yesterday Secretary lunsing asked the' Oerman to atop udr'io"ing the I nited States alone. HOOVER EXPLAINS PROBLEM. - " By Associated Press. M-.W YORK. Nov. I. "Th problem prob-lem of feeding tWrniany is not one of gonial o their rHief. but of relaxing the blockade, o that they may secure; for themselves the here necessities Ih.'iT will give siable government." said Hejl-erl C. Hoover tmxi adminlatrator, , before nailing for Kumpe today -to dis- CUM f,Kd measures for the relief of s'arvmg populations. Tliere has lapen a great deal of un- I necessary furore in this counWy about feeding th Ornians." he said. "We ' ar not wtrrlng eiout the Oermans ) They can take rare of themselves If j glvf-u a chance, but the watertight i blockade hsa sot t be abandoned. ; BLOCKADE ONLY OBSTACLE, e "If there ia an advance relaxation; of the blockade Oermany can get food, fish fmm Norway and Sweden, grain from Argentina, but the blockade will have to be, lifted What is desired now moat is fr Onrmanv to get some sort of etar-Ie hasra so she can pay ilae money sue oaes to Kranc and Bel-r Bel-r m " ILL ATTEND CONFERENCE. TMr. Hoover said he expected to he -i Ixndon on'v a day or tw. lie sill then go to I'ar.s to a 'tend the) ttied conferencea at Versailles His lfrk mav take him Into Bifiiim. but idr notepcttonieet anv of the r" tConunued on pag 2. SOLF PLANS . (Continued from pea. 1.) Oerman food admlnlatrators. - H. ex-pecta ex-pecta to return to America by.Chrfat-maa by.Chrfat-maa to confer with the president before be-fore brttnnlng bis actual administration administra-tion abroad in cooperation with tn. allies. . HERE'S PARIS VERSION. aSy AesMistes Press. PAKttf, Nov. It Arrancemsnts are belna- made for Herbert '. Hoover, the American food admlnlatrator, to proceed pro-ceed to (ierm.my and Austria in con- ; nectlon with the food situation. It la , declared he will so to ( terms ny and!, Austria soon sftcr hta arrival heiw. |