FAMINE THREAT

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 235, 5 October 1942, Page 3

FAMINE THREAT

THROUGHOUT EUROPE Present Relief Inadequate For G.reece United Press Association—Copyright Ree. 31 a.m. NEW YORK, Oct. 4. Discussing Canada's "mercy shipments'' to Greece of 13.000 tons of grain monthly, the New York Times correspondent at Halifax says that the food reaching Greece is by no means adequate. A report from a select committee of Greek economists and humanitarians declared that only a minimum of 35.000 tons of varied foods could prevent not hundreds of thousands of deaths from starvation but possibly millions. The appalling statistics already published show that seven out of eight babies die of malnutrition and that nine out of 10 children under 12 years suffer from rickets. It is clear that the discrepancy between the prospective food shipments and thosp required, translated into terms of human life, means no life at all. It may take more than another winter to bring about a European collapse through famine, but it is certain that Europe is headed in that direction, says the Christian Science Monitor, analysing the European food situation. It explains that the food position in Germanv and all the occupied countries is going from bad to worse.