Food for Greece
The food situation in Greece has been going from bad to worse, and has now become so acute that hundreds of thousands of people are on the verge of starvation. In Greece, as in Poland and German-occupied France, " it becomes clearer every day," said Mr. Dalton last Tuesday, " that famine is an instrument of German policy." The choice before 'this country is not an easy one. If we allow supplies through to Greece, the effect will be to release food for the Germans ; if we do not, the nation which has been conspicuous among the small countries of Europe by accepting the enemy challenge from the first and fighting with superb gallantry to the last is condemned to the extremities of hunger. The British and American Governments recognised and accepted th risk when they authorised the despatch of a shipload of wheat to be dis= tributed under the supervision of the International Red Cross. But a single shipload—for a starving nation! Mr. P. Lecatsas has pointed out in The Times that there is no evidence that the food which was distributed in Greece by the Red Crescent failed to find its destination. If ever there were a case for making an exception to our general policy, it is that of Greece. Even though there is risk of giving some help to the enemy—it must be accepted. We cannot sit and see Greece starve.
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