The Holly chieftain., 1914-10-30

Japanese feet is keeping watch on
the enemy's warships hovering about
Hawaii.
0sisIans a Homeless People.
The population of Belgium steadily
is becoming what a French writer
terms n nation Of exile"
The burden of this tragedy is falling
upon Great Britain. Holland and
France. Between three hundred thou.
sand and four hundred thousand Bel
gians have crossed into Holland and
equal numbers have hocked southwark
into France, while more than one hun
dFed thousand have arrived on English
shores and thousands are continuing
to pour across the English Channel
daily.
While their eventual reparation or
6bsorptton into the populations Of
other countries looms on the horizon
~ one of the greatest problems in
modern European history. the aues-
tion Of today IL the care of the exiles
and the feeding of the millions OF per-
sons remaining in Belgium, whose in
dustries are paralyzed.
London's streets and parks are fun
Of Belgian officers and soldiers, some
Of whom have been wounded. Others
among them became separated from
their commands and joined the exodus
Of refugees. The Belgian legation has
issued instructions to all the able
bodied men to rejoin the army.
The principal Brussels newspaper.
the Independence Beige. has begun
publication In London. Its editor says
that the Belgians fleeing from their
country will never return If 1t remains
under German rule.
Women and Babies starve.
The food situation in Belgium is be-
coming absolutely critical. Already
more than half a million persons are
being assisted by means of bread
lines, according to the American COM
mittee's report, there being more than
three hundred thousand Of these per-
sons in Brussels alone. The supply of
food for these bread stations, 1t is es.
timated, will not last more than q
week longer. 1t is expected that the
number of persons requiring relief
will increase to a million within a
month
The committee has been advised by
Brand Whitlock, American minister to
Belgium, that there are seven million
people facing starvation in Belgium.
and the country imports 60 per cent of
its food. Imports have ceased entire
ly. and the country has been denuded
of its accumulated crops.
Food for 1eIglans.
The American commission for Bel
gian relief has received from the Bel
gian minister in London one-half mil
lion dollars taken from the Belgian re-
lief funds entrusted to the minister.
The commission is now purchasing
food and SUPPLIES with this money.
Seven thousand frozen sheep con.
tributed by the Australian colonies,
now on the way to London, will be
transferred to the American commits.
sion, and Walter Hines Page has
turned over to it $50. 600 received from
Robert De Forest. The Belgian min
lister has notified the commission that
the shipment of SUPPLIES from the
Brooklyn women's war relief commit
tee and also the funds raised in the
United States will be entrusted to the
commission when it arrives.
Italians Land In Albania.
A company of Italian marines have
landed at Tvlona, Albania. The Ital-
ian Forty-seventh infantry, stationed
at Lacoa, is said to be ready to en-
bark for Avlona. 1t is stated that
telephone communication with other
parts of Albania has been severed in
order to prevent the spread Of the
news Of the landing.
Italy and Greece Near War.
Anarchy exists at Avlona, Albania.
according to the newspaper Giornale
d'Italia, owing to the struggle between
the Christians and the Mussulmans.
A famine also adds to the difficulties
OF the situation. The Giornale d'Italia
says that so-called "Epirote battal.
IONS" which 1t says are Greek troops
disguised as irregulars, are gradually
nibbling at the territory around Av.
Iona. totally ignoring the decisions of
the conference Of London concerning
the Albanian frontier. Italy, 1t is said.
considers the inviolability of Avlona
as the leading point in its national pol.
icy and will protect Avlona against
both Austria and Greece.
Seize Turk War Supplies.
Reports from Rucharaat Rnmonio