Show food map of europe as of today FOOD NO BUT NO OR starvation OF starvation FAMINE a cupply z NORMAL FOOD 4 RUSSIAN OCCUPIED f I 1 I 1 L I 1 TH 1 N gifts FRI DENIM athir L N 0 1 P NCE P biti AL MA SPA 4 1 0 7 11 ne cc inq the te starvation areas of europe can be seen at a glance above aboa this map will now darken irom from month to month as I 1 in main co countries the last remaining food stocks reach exhaustion new york special all eu ope is on an short rations only tiny portugal Por tuga bill commands a normal tood food supply before the first of the next harvests can be reaped ive months mint elapse in some countries remaining food stocks will have have been exhausted long before ie fore when conditions of slow starvation which already exist will become actual famine moreover in several european countries I 1 the harvest covers only a few months consumption the above map has been drawn to 10 bring the threatened areas into lief ellef As may be seen at a glance the british isles germany italy and the balkans although all on rations are not in danger but the lit little it e western democracies always do dependent pendent on overseas supplies and now cut oil by the he blockade re e already on a semi starvation basis darkest immediate spots in the pi picture are belgium and poland amne t ile niter latter because of war devastation and partitioning here actual famine already prevails ralls people tire are dying of sheer hunger but ut spain france holland nor way and finland Pin land are not far behind the above map will now darken quickly from month to month the terrible food emergency in europe so long forecast by food experts Is now but a stop step away spain may be able to get some help from the argentine in the case of the other countries however their main hope seems to be the united states like the argentine the united states not only holds large surplus carryovers of foodstuffs of which it would be glad to get rid but each one of these starving countries holds in this country frozen dollar balances am ample ale to pay tor for the food they need belgium alone lias has several hundred million dol lars ars in ili assets here it Is then primarily a question whether it can be arranged to pass this food through the blockade if at the european end it can be taken in control by I 1 a tight neutral agency which will supervise its distribution td non nonbelligerent bell belligerent erent civilian populations only and a guarantee that it will not fall into other hands |