STARVING PEOPLE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23228, 23 December 1938, Page 11

STARVING PEOPLE

GIFT FROM AMERICA FLOUR FROM WHEAT SURPLUS SUGGESTION TO AUSTRALIA DRIED MILK CONTRIBUTION By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright (Received December 22, 5.5 p.m.) WASHINGTON*. Dee. 21 The State Department announced to-day plana to distribute- the surplus of United States wheat in order to prevent starvation and spread of disease among Spain's civilian population, and also invited other nations to give food or money. The Government is purchasing 3,000,000 bushels of wheat in the next six months and turning it over to the Bed Cross for storage, after which it will be milled into 000,000 barrels of Hour, which will be distributed impartially among the Spanish noncombatants. The announcement has elicited the observation in British and American circles that the nutritional problem in Spain lias been giving concern not only to humanitarian bodies in the British Empire and the United States, but also to departmental experts who have been connected with the Leaguo of Nations' work. A report is being circulated that Australian circles advocate that the Commonwealth should niako a contribution of dried milk for under-nourished women and children of both factions in Spain. It was stressed that the need for essential vitamins was becoming paramount among civilians, and such a contribution would bo of first-rate importance for the relief of suffering, and perhaps moro important than wheat.

MILITARY BASES GERMAN CONSTRUCTION POINTS ON SPANISH COAST THREAT TO THE DOVER ROUTE » Independent Cablo Service BARCELONA, Dec. 21 High military quarters report that five military bases have been constructed by Germany on the Spanish coast in the past few months, thrco of which are on the north coast at Pasajes, El Ferrol and Villagarcia. There are others at Seville and Malaga. It is pointed out that the northern bases are 300 miles from Brest, 400 miles from the south-west coast of England, and less than 700 miles from tho Dover-Calais route. Tho smallest type of German submarine would need to tise only 24 per cent of its cruising range to reach the Dover route and return. SUPPLIES OF FOOD POWERS' CONSULTATION (Received December 22, 6.5 p.m.) British "Wireless LONDON, Dec. 21 The Foreign Under-Secretary, Mr. R. A. Butler, in tho House of Commons, stated that Britain was in consultation with America and France, regarding the despatch of supplies of food to the civil population in Spain.