14 APRIL 1917, Page 2

We have received from the Secretary of the National Committee

for Relief in Belgium a statement rebutting the assertions made by Mr. Whitaker in the Times and Daily Mail as to the food supply in Belgium and Northern France. We are unable to print the statement, which contains a full report from Mr. Herbert Hoover, the Chairman of the Relief Committee, but hope that all readers who are interested in the subject will not fail to study this con- sidered statement as to the continued existence of great privation in Belgium, which in regard to cereals and fats is now less than thirty days ahead of starvation.