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EUROPEAN AGENTS

ENGLAND: P. S. King & Son, Ltd., 2 Great Smith Street, Westminster, London, S. W. FRANCE: L. Larose, Rue Soufflot, 22, Paris.

GERMANY: Mayer & Müller, 2 Prinz Louis Ferdinandstrasse, Berlin, N. W.

ITALY: Giornale Degli Economisti, via Monte Savello, Palazzo Orsini, Rome.
SPAIN: E. Dossat, 9 Plaza de Santa Ana, Madrid.

G. B. Roorbach, Assistant Professor of Geography, University of Penn-

sylvania.

INTERNATIONAL RATIONING..

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Burwell S. Cutler, Acting Chief of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic

Commerce, United States Department of Commerce.

B. The Food Situation with the Neutrals

INTRODUCTORY...

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Carl P. Hübscher, Secretary of Swiss Legation, Washington, D. C.

THE FOOD SITUATION OF NORWAY..........

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Fridtjof Nansen, D.Sc., D.C.L., Minister Plenipotentiary of Norway on

Special Mission.

SOUTH AMERICA'S AVAILABLE FOOD SUPPLY....

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His Excellency, Senor Don Ignacio Calderon, The Bolivian Minister.

SWEDEN'S FOOD SUPPLY..

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Hon. Axel Robert Nordvall, Delegate of the Royal Swedish Government.

SWITZERLAND AND THE AMERICAN FOOD SUPPLY..

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William E. Rappard, Professor at the University of Geneva, Switzer-

land, formerly of Harvard University; Member of the International

Red Cross Committee; Member of the Swiss Mission to the United

States.

THE CASE FOR HOLLAND.

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A. G. A. Van Eelde, Member of the Netherlands Mission to the United

States.

C. Food for the Allies

INTRODUCTORY...

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The Honorable Roland S. Morris, American Ambassador to Japan.

HOW JAPAN MEETS ITS FOOD PROBLEM..

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His Excellency, Viscount Kikujiro Ishii, Ambassador of Japan on Special

Mission.

FOOD FOR FRANCE AND ITS PUBLIC CONTROL.

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François Monod, "Chef de Cabinet" to the French High Commissioner

in the United States.