New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-28
AMERICANS READY
JOEELP BELCIANS
osIief Commission in Lon
don Completes Plans
TO Send Food.
rrrD OF PEOPLE
GROWING WORSE
ui,ister van Dyke Says Holland
l. Likely to Suffer Also
This Winter.

In Oct. 27.-The expedition
u~I;rb the American commission
~ .lc;sn relief is arranging TO dis
~ nl'sf oos is shown iu the following
liam. which Herbert {. Hoover,
t';,,nsn Of the commission, received
!. - ssv from Captain 7. F. Lucey, who
pot,erdsm arranging for the ship
n supplies into Belgium;
81 81 Ssve made arrangements 10 ship
80 steamer the first consignment
',Dn,iiss We can unload the
60, from England three hours
a|' e,ri,al bore. All details have
t... ~ .rrsnged with the Dutch govern
~ ~. for allowing food supplies 10
..... he Dutch frontier and ah IA
.a;tis, viii be given us tor ihelr I'M
nftstion. c--. o,ns,ls
80 are actively cooperating win
-'' have received 100 cards
go. y. by the German government IN
ps-'ir ipsiructing all their authoriues
.Hov food 10 be forwarded with
", ,Dv Interference to the American
T,is.er st Brussels for the desu'u'e
WIsrd X. Shalcr, who also IS IN
,.-srdar. sent the following tele-
a., summarizing his investigation
Z, ne situation and showing the ur-
r-ey for relief:
~ yisited The Hague to-day and saw
g,rry van Dyke. the American MIN
~ who last Saturday and SUNDAY
,,,.o,allv visited Antwerp and other
g.. In Belgium. Mr.. van Dyke SAID:
The probIems of food and employ
-rt in Belgium during the winter
m going to Be very severe II is pos
~ that the problem Of food even
lrs in Holland may be difficult
I gather that Antwerp is not much
.--,s8 but even there the problems
Twter supply. food and employment
q, srnfe WaeIhem. Naljues, Dunel
/ I'D Eerre are reduced to ruins and
r-ra receive back more than one
\ ar5 q their original populations.
ils rssunution Of industries IN small
torrs Is impossible. and great por-
lion Of the land under cultivation has
.ssnry Albert Johnson, American
/ Csspl al Client. is visiting here to-
| dr He saws the need of food is
nat. He will heartily cooperate IN
| f distribution. One of the members
\ q the Brussels committee from Brus-
M arrived this morning. He urges
Immediate relief for the suffering pop
rsnon. particularly those in Brussels,
C.srleroi and their neighborhoOds.
Minister van Dykes tour Of investi-
rsiion reveals the fact that, while the
Ds',i people have risen magniiicently
70 he task Of caring for the Belgian
refugees now in Holland, great distress
eItnues
AT Rosendaal and Bergen OPP Zoom
eus are two camps with 10000 Belgian
refugees, mostly women. Many 81
asn have tiny babes or larger chill
tsl. Their condition is pitiful. They
are terrified; they have no money.
there ismuch illness among these rel
tgees but no epidemics.'
Washington, Oct. Ambassador
Page and the Spanish Minister in Lon
don have been assured by the German
Military commander in Belgium that
here will be no German interference
H'E foodstufs and supplies sent TO.
ne relief Of the var-stricken inhabi-
iart.
AMBASSADOR Page said all supplies
.ho7'a be sent IN care of either the
american or Spanish diplomatic officers
n o'don He said money would be
sees asd emnhasized that actual
i~dslufs should be sent.