GERMAN FOOD POSITION

Chronicle (Levin), 9 November 1946, Page 5

GERMAN FOOD POSITION

Received Fridav, 7 p.m. LONDON. Nov. S. - !*It is idle to suppose that Hritain. whieh deponds mi imported food, ean eunt ribute appreciably to t ho real al leviation of dennan difliculties, " savs tho Tiines in a loader. "The events of the ])ust vear have again proved thai Britain 's mvn supplies of inany essen tial eomniodities are huttressed hy only nanow reserves and to mahe anv eon siderahle further euts in British rationeould only lessen_ the overall British eont rihnt ion to the world eeonomie ic coverv without snbstantially aidinn the hongry. What ean l>e done for (hunia nv ninst be done, the 1 iines eontinnes. ''The need to sneeonr her is ineseajKible bnt the bnrden cannot be regarded tis inerely a loeal or ettn regional obligntioii. It is a world obliga tion precisely, beeause the l estoration and peaeefui settleinent of Gcnnanv is a world neeessity. Food must eome froin plaees where it is available and it is ]iriinaril v froni Atneriea that nid ninst lie looked for."

The Times adds that it is importanr that this dennan food erisis slionld not be regarded overnarrowly lieeanse ma! jnitrilion during the eomiti'f winter is likelv to oeenr not only in CJermany luit in niaiiv other Btilhan and Uontral i hiropea n eonntries whieh hithorto es eaped the worst senrges of famine nving to Fnrra supplies. These eoun lrb-. are still nnable 1o finance irnports of necessarv l'oodst ufis from their own i e onrees aiid unless sieps are taken to pn.vide pnrehasitm eredits in order to ti!! ihe gap whieh th" prospeeti\e elns ina d o w n of Fiht.'i will bring aliout. a gravo worsening of eonditions imisl be evpeeted, the eennoi-ie and sneial reper enssioiis of whieh ntav well lie ealamitous«