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Show oo SWISS SEND FOOD TO LUXEMBURG Paris, June 25, 8:25 p. m. The arrival ar-rival of the first consignment from Switzerland of foodstuffs to be supplied sup-plied to Luxemburg until the harvest is reaped, caused the greatest rejolc- I ing today in the grand duchy. The situation there has been des-perate des-perate for some time At the end of March the population had been glveu lr uJ cards limiting consumption to ' seven ounces daily, and later this was reduced to four In the middle of April the mayor of Luxemburg announced an-nounced that that city alone required 6000 barrels of flour and 1000 barrels each of barley, beans and rice to stave off st;iration until the crops were available. The country districts ol the industrial town of Bchternach are in an even worse plight. The Luxemburg government sought roller through the American committee commit-tee for relief in Belgium, which, how ever, was powerless, as it lacked the co-operation of Great Britain and Germany The British government lairued that as Germany had forcibly occupied the grand duchy, she must feed the population. This Germany formally refused to do. whereupon Great Britain declined to permit the passage of food by way of Holland. Prance, however, always sympathetic toward her French-s peaking neighbor and grateful for the generous assistance assist-ance rendered to French refugees from the northern departments by the Luxemburgers. readily consented to Bupplj the people by way of Switzerland, Switzer-land, under proper guarantees. These now have been furnished in the person per-son of Swiss officers, who accompany every train and who are charged with the control and disposition of the flour and with the right to inspect in-spect warehouses. rr |