Page kept a close eye on its operations, and soon his attention was attracted by the noiseless efficiency of an American engineer of whom he had already caught a few fleeting glimpses in the period of peace.

After he had finished his work with the American Committee, Mr.Herbert C.Hoover began to make his arrangements to leave for the United States.

His private affairs had been disorganized; he had already sent his family home, and his one ambition was to get on the first ship sailing for the United States.

The idea of Belgian relief, or of feeding starving people anywhere, had never occurred to him.

At this moment an American, Mr.Millard K.Shaler, came from Brussels and gave the most harrowing account of conditions in Belgium.