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Show HUNGER DRAWS THE MAP G?1 .amine Conditions fv'Vj 1$ od Shortage irprochfcio- limine PoinpffV PTE Serious Food Shortage tlSf-r fr'id' cV,VV! i SUHdert Prew-nl Food Supplv W. 'V,:k ,V ':. "',.:T But future Serious1 )o&U M.vkCJV A food map of Puropo today shows j ol n s:iis;U country in ulurh ilic fa-iurr fa-iurr ilocs not lioli! ilireni ' si-rior.s !i!icull;es ainl (inly a sinnll pnrt v. iiii !i - I not rsp'dly npprouchlni; ilin famine oint. With the exception of Ihe Pkriiine only those countries whlrli liave mn'.nta'.ned ninrine roir.mpnv I ve suHiclenl food supplies to moot ctual needs until ne:;t liarvcs;. urul ven in the I'kra'ne. with stores necti-iuulsitel necti-iuulsitel on the fun is, there Is fam'ne (u thr lurpc centers of popuhition. fk'lluni and nortlu rn Prunce, us npll as Serbia, nptenr on the hniijer .luap distinct fn in the res! of Kun.pe l'fmv they stnwl in n ili'Terent relii-Tlori relii-Tlori from th.p other nations to the poo jile of the Cuitcil States. Ainerira lias for four years ircrntaincd the siij:ill Trnr rations of Belgium and northei-n SJ'rcnce and Is already ciai;in' special v"rtK to care for their Increased Nrlhe-tvnr needs, whieh. with those Vfcin, must he Included In this T.ur'e!.t In the extreme nr.ii iA Iminedio'e relief. TistUudp of th.'e I'.el-ian natlou ' for the heip An.ei nJ'i.s extended to hrr during the war constitutes the r troimest appeal for us to con lint?.? our wtirk there. The moment the Ger.:'.i. . m'm'es withdrew from her Eoil ami site Vss fstal'.lishcd once n.ore In licr owe j sent of government the little untion first thought wns to express her gratitude grati-tude to the Commission for Itelicf In Belgium for preserving the lives of millions of her citlrers. Germany, on (ho other hnnd, need I noi figure In such n imtp f.T Artrrl-rpns Artrrl-rpns heeiutse there Is no pre-enl itvil-cation itvil-cation that ive siuill he called o;: nl ::!! to ta'ke lhou:ht for the food nei.is of i (! riuaiiy. (lerinnny (.ruhiddy can carej for her own food proldeni If she Is . given access to shipping and lr innhled to distrlhiitr food to the cities with .lensi- copulmluns, .!rh Hre ihe tnm-l.le tnm-l.le ccnteis. pnirlnnil, Prnnrv, the Ne'herlnnds and ''nrlug.il. all of which l ave heen j ma'ntnincd from Ainericiui sup. lies, hnve sntiii.ienl food to meet Immediate needs, tut their fatutre presents serious seri-ous diffl.'ul t ics. The same is true of j Spain and the northern neutral countries coun-tries Norwny. Sweden and Denmark whoso ports hnve heen open and who have hrcn nhlo to draw to nouie degree upon foreign supplies. Most of Russia Is already In the I throes of famine, and 40.0'J0.000 people there are beyond the possibility of help. l'.ofore another spring thousands thou-sands of them Inevitably niiiBt die. T'.'iis r.pplics as well to Polnnd rind praL.?' ally throughout the Liultle re- Klet.s, with conditions moat aerloua in Finiand. P.. .hernia, Serbia, Poumnnla n1 Montenegro have already reached the famine point nnd ure sii.TerlnR n beovy toll of dcntli. The Armenian population popula-tion Is falllliK n c li week ns hunger lutes its toll, nnd In 'leco, Albania and lioumaniu so serious ure the food shortages that famine is near. Although Al-though starvation Is not yet Imminent. Italy, Swlt-eihinil, liul'arln and Turkey Tur-key are In the throes of nerlous stringencies. strin-gencies. In order to fulfill America's pledge In world relief we will hnve to export every ton of food which can he handled han-dled through our pons. This means nt Ihe very least a minimum of 'JO aiO.OOO tons compared with CO"") fKVO tons pr-war pr-war exports nnd 11.820,000 tons exported ex-ported Inst year, when we were bound ; by the ties of war to the Kuropean ; allies. ! If we fall to lighten the black spots i on the hunger map or If we allow nny portions to become darker the very penre for which we fought nnd bled i will he threatened. Itevolt and anarchy Inevitably follow famine. Should this happen we will see In oilier parts o' Europe a reortlMoi! of r) !:-.ss-:iti 1 acle and I tih' for : ' m-: will ha c l.e li .;: v |