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Show SHIPLOADS OF FOOD TO HUNMOPE AMERICA SENDING AID TO THE COUNTRIES DEVASTATED BY THE HUN HORDES. Vessels Laden with Foodstuffs Art Proceeding to French and Belgian, Adriatic and Mediterranean Porta io Relieve Buffering. Washington. Ships carrying 200,000 tons of food for tho population of northern France, Belgium and Austria now arc on route to Kuropc. They nro proceeding under scaled orders to Gibraltar Gib-raltar nnd Bristol channel ports, and on arrival will await word from Food Administrator Hoover as to Uiclc final destinations. Thoso going to Gibraltar Gibral-tar uro expected to proceed to Adriatic and Mediterranean ports and the others to Frcuch nnd llelglnn porto.; , One of tho Inst acts ot Mr. Hoover beforo sailing for Kuropo was to appoint ap-point a sjcclnl shipping committee, bended by Theodore Whltmarsh of tho food udmlnlstrotlon, to co-opcruto with tho shipping hoard and the commission" for relief lu Belgium, In facilitating tho shipment of food to the demoralized civilian populations In the countries devastated by war. Neither the number of ships Involved In tho present movement, nor tho pro; portion that would bo diverted at Gibraltar Gi-braltar for relief of southern Europo and hc near east could bo learned nt tho food administration. It was stated that final arrnngements for feeding the peoples freed from tho yoke of German militarism Is -awaiting tho arrival ar-rival of .Mr. Hoover lu Kuropo nnd thu result ot his survey of tho Mtoatlon there. |