The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-05

TIMELY MOVEMENT FOR RELIEF AMONG TIKI
HEBREWS IN THIS CITY.

TIMELY MOVEMENT FOR REIIEF AMONG THE
HEBREWS IN THIS CITY.
Tho Hebrews OF this city have Organized move
ment TO rase funds and other contributions for the
relief of the sufferers by the appalling famine
va,l,ng In Morocco. A committee for that purpose
has been appointed consisting Of the following gen.
,emen:-Rsv. DR.. GottheiI, No 6sl Madison avenue;
Rev. DR.. Huebsch, No. 79l Lexington avenues Rev.
Dr. Dc Sofa Mendss No 244 West Fifty second street,
aud Rev. Il. P. Mendes No. 244 West Fifty.second
street
Letters from Morocco give most distressing &C
counts OF the misery oil the unfortunate Inhabitants
A correspondent at SAM wrtes:-"rne country Is IN
q deplorable condition, and one cannot walk In any
public place highway without being shocked at the
misery and squalor that seem universal l can imag
mo no narrowing sight than the hundreds OF
living skeletons encountered every day. l arrived
hcre from Mogador about three weeks ago and ind
the distress at Saf quite equal 10 that which have
witnessed tho larger towns. although in MoRador
II seems more extensive, the psuper population there
q SO much greater. The country people are Tying
from their homestcads If from pest and help to
augment the misery In the towns The most
heartrendng accounts OF the extent and So
WORTHY Of the famine are brought by
thsm. Already smallpox and In castles arc
very prevalent People Injected with sma llpox walk
",
aud dclirum are OF every day occurrences. There Is
great Anxiety In regard 10 what the wretched tribes
may do in Their desperation, which Is intensified BY
runor that tho sultan Is dead. An event like tins 10
usually tho signal tor nsurrecon, the rising Of the
Arabs aud outbreaks among the hui Tribes Private
chary Is dong great DEAL and The richer jews are
stnting their bsnsvolence" The British Minister
and Consul are organizing system Tor tho collection
distri bution ol TeeI iunds but the Mohamuedan
authorities are doing nothing
THREE MILLION suYYERERs.
The appeal OF Reiivf Committee states that IL Is
nQtt tulpdl lint M lASS z
affected ny the famine which Is nkey to continue Tor
another ear. Apr,, 1879, beng the earliest period
when The new ops can possibly DO available.
captain Forward, having arrived In England from
the Morocco coast, writcs: The anine on tue COAT
streets tor want OF iood Smallpox IS spreading all
over tue lowp."
A letter from the British Legation, dated June 13,
says:-"Numbers Vi poor Monammedans are already
dying Of starvation, ana as autumn and winter APP
proach lne distress viii be appalling F"
The Keef Committee states That II ~ computed that
q hrndrcowsignt OF rice, costing twelve 10 Jour
Teen sniinRs, viii keep alive 100 people for
twenty iour hours; thus bringing within tue reach
tho smallest donation 10 Afford appreciabio help.
AID 10 unorued irrssp,c Give vi rae, or creed An
other ieller, = sample OF hundreds that might
be- gwen viii suce 10 show the melancholy state Of
affairs II n IRON Mr. Payton. a resident at NIGGA
dor :-"Hunareds OF starving men, womsn and ch'l-
drea, /" he says, care nocKing into Mogador, many
dying OF hunger and sickness on the way Living
skeletons ana sckiy, cmacated forms are seen IN The
streel. The famine will grow worse IRON month Ia
mouth, and disease Its natural consequences, already
RE among the poor Inhabitants"
Tho American Consul at Tangier In last Saturdays
HERALD ssys:-"ihe suffering ~ iuuescrib abe. IL
be extension OF the great famine Ia lncia
the cattle are dying by thousands Cows are driven
into the city and sold Tor dollar. Want oil rams Is
tue cause tho distress and famine Relief soc lctics
are icing formed Ia Gibraltar aud other adjaesns
cities The Jews arc SAID 10 Uc ac,iDg noDiy."
RkLIkp FROM AMkRICA
II s hoped that America will second the Efforts made
In England, France anu spain, besides those IN tbe
afflicted country itself Tue simple Thought that u
dollar will keep alive nity people Tor one day Will
surely induce many "a woman, out OF pity for
the stsrviuR mothers ana dying chursn, 10 send SO
trting subscription. but we are assured thst any
sum, matter now large how small, will be Crate
fully received by the above newly formed COMMITTEE,
win the certainly that u Will be 'athfuy and JUDI
ciousy disposed OIL Row. Dr. Husbsch Jester day re-
ceived " from some one who signed himself "a Sab
bath Breaker" II ali VI that class SHOULD DO kewse
thore would soon be a magnificent luna raised here
the benefit vi the suffering ana dying In Morocco.