Show I HUNGER DRAWS THE MAP I t f J is i. i Ml Famine ConditionS Condition 4 mm Food Shortage Amine Point m Serious rood Food Shortage Present Food Supply 4 A ABut But future 5 ert Wt a oples' oples alrAine already rece 3 American aid id t 0 v im Unclassified j i. i ma 1 J RUSSIA 5 t UK AIN S SM Sy Q y M S- S lED q Y 1 s 's EA 4 A A. food tood map of Europe today shows not Dot a single country In which the future fu fn ture does not hold threat of I serious difficulties and only a small part which la is not rapidly approaching the famine point With the exception of the Ukraine only those countries which have maintained marine commerce have sufficient food tood supplies to meet needs until next harvest honest and anden en en m in the Ukraine with stores accumulated accumulated accumulated on the farms there Is famine In the large larie centers of ot population Belgium and northern France as aswell aswell well as Serbia appear on the hunger map distinct tro from the rest of 01 Europe because they stand In a different relation relation relation rela rela- tion from the other nations to the people people peo peo- pie of ot the United States America has for four tour years maintained the small war rations of Belgium and northern France and Is already making special efforts to care for tor their Increased the after war the war needs which with those of ot Serbia must be included In this plan are urgent in the extreme and aDd must have hav Immediate relief The gratitude of ot the Belgian nation for tor the help America has bas extended to her during the war constitutes the strongest appeal for tor us to continue oar or work there The moment the tile German annles withdrew from her soil 1011 and she sheu was u established one once more In her own scat seat of ot government the little nations nation's first thought was to express her gratitude gratitude gratitude tude to the Commission for Relief In Belgium for tor preserving the lives JIves I of ot millions of her citizens Germany on on the tho other hand need not figure In such a map for tor Americans Amen Ameri cans because there Is no present indication Indication Indication Indi Indi- cation that we shall be called on at all to take thought for tor th the food tood needs of ot Germany Germany probably can care for tor her own food problem if it she is la given access to shipping and is enabled to distribute food tood to the cities with den dense a populations which are the trouble trouble trouble trou trou- ble centers England France the Netherlands and Portugal all all nu of ot which have b been en maintained from American supplies have su food tood to meet mett immediate needs but their presents serious serl seri ou ous difficulties T The e same Is true truo of Spain and the northern neutral countries coun coun- tries tries Norway Norway Sweden and Denmark whose ports have been open and who have been able to draw to some degree upon foreign supplies Most of ot Russia Is already in the throes of ot famine and people there are ore beyond the possibility of ot help Before another spring thousands thousands thou thou- thousands sands of them inevitably must die This fills applies as well to Poland roland and practically throughout the Baltic rc reo glons with co conditions most serious In Finland Bohemia Serbia Roumania and Montenegro have bave already reached the thet t famine point and are suffering a heavy toll of ot death Tl The e Armenian population population population tion Is falling each week as hunger takes Its toll and nd In Greece Albania and Roumania so serious are the food shortages that famine is 18 near Although Although Al Al- though starvation is not yet Imminent Italy Switzerland Bulgaria and Turkey Tur Tur- key are In the throes of ot serious geodes In order to fulfill Americas America's pledge In world relief we will have bave to export every ton of food which can be bandied handled ban han died through our ports This means at atthe tho the very least a minimum of ot tons compared with tons prewar pre pro prewar war exports and tons exported exported ex ex- ported last year when we were bound by ties the x f t war to the European I allies Ue 1 If It Ite we e fall taU to lighten ten the tho black spots on the hunger map or If we allow any portions to become darker the very peace for which we fought and bled will be threatened Revolt and anarchy Inevitably follow tollow famine Should this happen we will see seo In lother other parts of Europe a repetition of ot the Russian debacle de do debacle bacle bade and our fight light for tor world peace reace will have been In vain valli |