New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-03
BELGIAN FOOD ship
WILL SAIL TODAY
1000 Tons of Provisions
Bought and Loaded in
Record Time.
OTHER VESSELS WILL
FOLLOW MASSAPEQUA
Public TO Continue Subscribing,
Great Rockefeller Gifts In
equal to Needs.

The Rockefeller food ship Massa-
pequa will sail about noontime to-day
/ from Pier 81. Brooklyn, with 1000 tons
I Of grain. bacon and other supplies for
/ the starving Belgians. Longshoremen
worked all day yesterday and all night
/ loading the cargo.
1t was said last night that New York
City's food stocks had been drained al
most 10 the last bag of beans in com
/ pleting the cargo quickly. The call for
/ aid was so imperative that the COM
mittee could not wait TO contract for
/ shipments from the country.
/ To have assembled a cargo of 1000
I tons of foodstutis IN three days is said
10 be a record. IL was. however, done
so quietly that no one had q chance to
squeeze an extra profit out Of the
emergency. Lionel Hagenaers is in
/ charge OF the purchasing of this and
of the other carRocs that are to follow.
Captain L. Nj. Mccarthy is skipper
of the MassapeQua. and will not be ac-
companied by representative Of the
Rockefeller Foundation or of the Bel
gian relief committee, as his boat takes
from fifteen to twenty days for the
/ trip TO Rotterdam. Wickliife Rose, of
! the International Health Commission,
/ and other representatives OF the
/ Rockefeller Foundation are expected
/ 70 sail next week and overtake the
Massapequa.
The provisions will be sent from
Rotterdam to Brussels, Antwerp and
/ other Belgian cities, where they will
be distributed TO local committees I'M
der the direction of the American Lon
don committee, the American Ambas
sador 20 Great Britain and Minister to
Holland. The relief committees have
taken over all the grocery stores in the
Belgian cities and will distribute the
food from them.
Many persons in Belgium have
plenty Of ready money on hand. II Is
said, and these will be required to pay
for their provisions. Those who have
no money will be fed free of charge.
The money paid by the rich will be
used by the committees in further re-
lief work.
Help of Americans Still Needed.
The gifts Of the Rockefeller Founda-
tion will not be sufficient TO satisfy
the needs Of Belgium, il was stated
yesterday by Robert W. de Forest.
chairman Of the executive committee
of the Belgian Relief Fund. The COM
mittee feels that il would be unfortu-
nate If the American people got the
idea that John ID. Rockefeller had as
sumed the responsibility for Belgium
and that no more contributions were
needed from the public in general. Mr..
de Forest gave out the following
statement:
"The munifcent gift Of the Rookie
Teller Foundation, and whatever else
may follow from that source. will not
supply the need. All the money that
America can give will be needed.
There are undoubtedly many COM
mittees organized and organizing in
different parts Of the country for Bel
gian relief. It Is earnestly requested
that these committees forward the
amounts collected by them as prompt
~ as possible, and they will be ap-
piled in the same way, whether re-
ceived by the Belgian Minister at
Washington or by the New York COM
mittee."
All Bodies Work Together.
In regard to the relations between
the Belgian committee and the Rookie
Teller Foundation Mr.. de Forest said:
"The action of the Rockefeller
Foundation was or its own initiative,
but there is complete cooperation be-
tween it and the New York committee.
The shipment of the Rockefeller
Foundation was, indeed, arranged
through Lionel Hagenaers, a member
Of the New York committee"
Complete international cooperation
has been arranged for the relief Of
Belgians in Belgium. The New York
committee is working with Emanuel
Haventh, Belgian Minister, and with
the American committee IN London, /
of which the American Ambassador IN /
London, Mr.. Page; our Minister IN
Belgium, Brand Whitlock, and our
Minister at The Hague. Or. Henry van
DYKE, are members, and of which Her
bert Hoover is chairman.
The form of cooperation arranged /
in consultation with Mr. Havenith. the /
Belgian NJ mister, is that all American
contributions will be placed IN the
hands Of Thomas f. Ryan and Henry /
w de Forest, who will purchase sup /
niles and forward them direct by the
steamer load as soon as. they can
make up a cargo.
The Committee OF Mercy has been /
anDealed to also TO send food 20 Bel !
pium. Ambassador Page, IN London, /
sent the following cable message to F.
Norman Hapgood, chairman Of the or .
ganization committee Of the Commit
tee Of Mercy:
"On October 81 you asked me what /
YOU cOulQ 90 iOI tHc It44tA VI 900 10 q /
Relgian women and children IN Bel .
gium.
"Three millions Of them are now
practically without food. No food can /
be bought anywhere IN Europe.
England forbId5 export OF fvod. All
must come from America. The amount
required is S5,OO0OOO WORTH month .
throughout the winter.
"An appeal for this - made TO all
neutral peoples The international
commission for relief is under practi- .
cal American management here.
"They have organized committees IN b
Holland and Belgium under diplomatic F.
arrangements made by the govern /
nents of the United States, Spain, hol- .
land and Belgium, and have scared /
guarantees of safety from German mill I
farv authorities, and made a perfect }
system for distribution by Belgians in /.
every neighborhood in Belgium.
"This does not call for the sending !
of money 10 England.
"It calls only for food to be sent to /
starving women and children in Bel /.
Gum. and this is the only channel.
~ hone you are in position TO buy I
and shin Immediately a boatload OF F.
food TO the American Consul IN Rot {
terdam under neutrLl flag. lie Is the /
local agent of the commission 10 WhOm /
consignments are shipped.
II hope the Committee OF Mercy VIII /
do our country the honor 10 send I
cargo of food quickly TO the worst /
stricken three million women and chill /
dren in the whole world, who are now /
suffering actual hunger. Cable answer.
page, American Ambassador. =.
Contributions to the Belgian Relief I
Fund showed no falling off yesterday .
az result of the Rockefeller gifts.
The DAVIS receipts were Sll,66l 81. The /