Show I No Starvation inI in Belgium Says Hoover I I Rr tar i Pr u to 10 Tha Th Tt NEW V YORK TORE F Feb b b. b 11 1 11 Herbert G G. Hoover chairman of or the th commission sjon for tor relief relict in Belgium In an address at ata ata a 11 dinner given s1 hero tonight In his honor donor declared that the German army had at no time limo eaten tenth one-tenth of oC 1 per cent of or the food rood Imported into Belgium tI lum h by icy the commission and probably probably I ably less than G 5 per cent of 01 the native food products product of ot the tho count country There Thero is no starvation in Belgium up to the present time asserted Mr air Hoover We were threatened with high Infant mortality mortality- for tor a n. time but that Is now normal We Wo have been engaged ena engaged en- en en en- a ed In preventing starvation and anal aIa always 8 had ono one or two months months' supply In n our warehouses Wo We 0 have havo tried to prevent pre hunger before beCore rather r than to dr dry Iry tho the tears tearl of or the children after Whether the work of the commission commission commission commis commis- sion is to be continued Mr Ir Hoover said is now noVo up to Germany Ge He lie Heur ur urged etI that in the event of or other neutrals taking up the tho work there must be no slackening of 01 our en- en en deavors Mr Ir Hoover told of or the esteem in which the Belgians hold this countr country And behind It all nIl on this night he added is the tragedy of or possible tail fall failure Lire u rp Mr Ir Hoover r said he believed be the sixt sixty y workers the commission had In Bel Del glum slum are on the thA way wa- out and ami that he spoke with depre depression sion and d restraint |