Show I P HUNGER DRA WS W'S THE MAP J Famine Condition gI r Food siDi Shortage ri famine Point r te bod Sho Shortage ac I Sufficient Present enl Food Supply Bui ut Mute ra Peoples already t American a aH c H Unclassified 4 5 1913 a T GERMANY POLAND 4 C 4 T co u lACK SEA 0 B C p 4 SPA N r CARlA 41 5 I 1 D 4 a Tt S RICA tc-RICA a I A food map snap of Europe today shows shows' not a a. single country country In which the tho fu future ture does t tot rot Qt hold threat of serious I difficulties and add only a small part which I is not rapidly approaching the famine point With the exception of the I Ukraine only those countries which have maintained marine commerce have sufficient food supplies to meet actual needs until next harvest and even in the Ukraine with stores accumulated mutated on the farms there is famine In the large c centers of population Belgium and northern France as aswell aswell well as Serbia appear on the hunger map distinct from the rest of Europe because they stand in a different relation relation rela rela- tion from the other nations to the people people peo peo- pie of the United States America has for four years maintained the small war rations of Belgium and northern France and is alread already making s ecIal efforts to care for their increased d after aftel the war needs which with those of Serbia must be included In this plan are urgent In the extreme and must have Immediate relief for The the gratitude of the Belgian nation I help America has extended to her during the war constitutes the strongest appeal for I us to continue our ourI I work there The German I armies withdrew from her soil and she r was established once more In her own I seat of government the little nations nation's first thought was to o express her gratitude gratitude grat- grat tude to the commission for relief In Belgium for preserving the lives lies of millions of her citizens Germany on the other hand need not figure In such a map for AmerIcans Americans Ameri Amen cans because there Is no present Indication indication Indi indi- cation that we shall be cal called d on at all to t take ke thought ht for the food needs of Germany Germany probably can care for her own food problem If sho Is given access to shipping shipping- and is enabled to distribute food to the cities with dense populations which are the trouble trouble trouble trou trou- ble centers England Englan France The Netherlands and Portugal all of which have been leen maintained from American supplies I have sufficient food to meet Immediate needs but their future presents serious serious serious seri seri- ous difficulties s. s The same is true of Spain and the northern neutral countries coun coun- tries tries Norway Norway Sweden and Denmark whose ports have been open and and who who have been beed able to draw to some degree upon foreign supplies Most of Russia is already in the throes of famine and people there are beyond the possibility of help Before Before- another spring thousands thousands thou thou- sands of them inevitably must die This applies as well to Poland and I o practically throughout the Baltic re regions regions reo re- re gions goons with conditions most serious In Finland Bohemia Serbia Rumania and Montenegro have already reached the famine point and are suffering a heavy toll of death The Armenian population tion is falling failing each week as hunger takes Its toll and in Greece Albania and Rumania so serious are the food shortages that famine is near Al Although Although Although Al- Al though starvation tion Is not yet imminent Italy Switzerland B Bulgaria and Turkey Turkey Turkey Tur Tur- key are in the throes of at serious g In order to fulfill Americas America's pledge in world relief we will have to export every ton of food which can be handled handled han han- died through our ports This means at the very verv least a minimum of tons compared with tons prewar exports and tons ex exported exported exported ex- ex I ported last year when we wo were bound I by the ties of war to the European allies 1 If we fall taft to lighten the black spots on the hunger map or if we allow any portions to become darker the very peace for which we fought and anil bled I will be threatened Revolt and anarchy inevitably follow famine Should this I happen we will see in other parts of Europe a repetition of the Russian RusIan debacle and our fight ht for world peace I I will have been in vain |