FOOD FOR EUROPE

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16425, 20 January 1919, Page 7

FOOD FOR EUROPE

SEAMEN'S UNION INTERVENES. .

(By Cable.—Prm Association.—Copyright.) (Australian Mid N.Z, Guiblo Association.) LONDON, January 17. The Seamen's and Firemen's Union has summoned an international conference in London for February 24th, to~ consider the .holding up of foodstuffs bound for enemy countries.

Mr Havelock Wilson, in an interview, 9 stated ho hoped that Australia, Canada, 1 and New Zealand would be represented, 1 as well as America and the European Al- 1 lied and neutral countries. If the con- ;l ference adopted the British section's resolution, of which copies had been sent ■£ to Mr Lloyd George, President Wilson and M. Clemenceau, the problem of re- jjj victualling enemy countries would not be easy, for it was intended to stop all | ships for enemy ports. The total £ claims for compensation for neutral and Allies' seamen murdered by the Germans amounted to £10,000,000. WHEAT AVAILABLE.

(Received January 19th, 5.5 p.m.) PARIS, January 18. Mr Keith Murdoch says that Mr W. M. Hughes is endeavouring to Bell Aus- I tralian wheat to the inter-Allied Committee charged with the duty of feed-* ing Europe. An authoritative estimate of th«f world's exportable wheat, after local needs have been supplied, exclusive •oc tho next American harvest, im 23,000,000 to 28,000,000 tons, or, including the American harvest, 33,000,000 to 38,000,000 tons. This is above require- , ments if the American and German yields are normal, but theymre expected to be below tho average. (