Show TO BE SMUGGLING OF FOOD FROM UNITED STATES THROUGH HOL 1 LAND TO GERMANY REVEALED appeals for supplies will bo disregarded unless ironclad assurances I 1 are given that will in no way profit ft ashington evidence that large quantities ot tats and other large imports from the united state we be 4 ing smuggled into germany on a much larger scale than has been even intimated before was brought to light here on september SO As a result it was stated authoritatively that the ban on exports to holland and other northern neutral would be drawn even tighter than in the past the attitude ot the united states ft III be that she cannot afford to ime her supplies find their way into germany to bolster up the strength of the soldiers who shortly will be face to face with american troops on the western front the ot holland and other neutrals that they cannot exist without american exports will be disregarded entirely unless ironclad assurances are given that germany will not profit in any way thereby situation serious it was admitted here that the situation Is fraught with serious possibilities bili ties and may result in a marked change in the relations between this country and the netherlands holland maintains that she cannot exist without certain exports from germany and that these exports cannot be gotten dunles she gives in return a large percentage of the fats raised in her own country making it vitally necessary that the deficit be supplied by imports from the united states not only Is it extremely unlikely that further supplies of foodstuffs and fats will be allowed to reach holland but the ban will not be lifted on cattle feed by this step holland will be forced to slaughter a large percentage of her herds and supplies of tats to germany necessarily will fall off |