Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-06-04 | Page 2 | New Credit for Central Europe is Announced

United States Co-operating in Large Way For Relief and Reconstruction. MILLIONS FOR AID OF DISTRESSED NATIONS Thousands of Tons of Flour in Course of Shipment on Credits Provided. , PARIS. June 3.- Now and suhsta.ii- tial credits for tho relief and recoil"-I recoil"-I fitrncllon of central European conn-! conn-! tries. Including Austria and Hungary, havo been arranged by the Rovern- monts of Great Britain, Denmark, Holland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland, Switzer-land, it wns announced today by the international committee for relief credits. Although the United States is not officially represented on the commltteo, com-mltteo, it 1b co-operating in a larje way, it la stated, by providing1 extensive exten-sive commodity credits for central Europe Eu-rope France, tho committee's statement pointB out, Is ready to ask tho chamber cham-ber of deputies for tho necessary ro- sources in order that Hho may participate partici-pate in tho relief plans. Tho Argentine Argen-tine government, the statement adds, has introduced a bill authorizing an advance of credits amounting to ao,-000,000 ao,-000,000 French francs, while tho Italian Ital-ian government is contemplating a credit of 100,000,000 lire. Belgium, I Canada and Spain hrtvo been approached, ap-proached, but havo not yet sent replies. re-plies. The credits will ' be available for Czocho-Slovakia, Jugo-Slavla, Rumania, Ruma-nia, the Baltic suites, Armenia, Georgia, Geor-gia, Austria and Hungary. .Each country extending credits, it Is ox-plained, ox-plained, is free to select tho country it desires to benefit by its credits. Millions Are Mado Available. The definite amounts of the credits granted, so far as known, are: Don-mark, Don-mark, 12,000,000 kroner; Norway, 17,-000,000 17,-000,000 kroner; Sweden. 10,000,000 kroner; Great Britain, 10,000,000 pounds; Holland. 12,260,000 florinu, and Switzerland, 15,000,000 Swis3 francs. Tho committee already has distributed dis-tributed largo relief supplies. Austria Is now about to recolvo from the United Uni-ted States 200,000 tons of wheat flour, which was paid for out of the British roceiving out of the British credits' consignments of 3.000 tons of frozen mutton and 4.000 tons of bacon. Switzerland's credits. It Is proposed, will provide Immediately for Austria 20,000 cases of condensed milk and supplies of cheese and livestock. Thousands of Tons of Flout. Two hundred thousand tons of flour aro In tho course of ahlpmont to Hungary Hun-gary and 2S.00O tons of Czecho-Slavla. Hungary is also getting 15.000 ton from Armenia. In addition the commltteo com-mltteo Is arranging to provide industrial indus-trial materials which may in turn be utilized for exchange In tho world's markots for further raw materials, thus assisting ly rerestabll3hmcnt of commerce and trade. "