Evening star., 1914-11-09
REPORT Of WORK DONE
FOR RELIEF IN BELGIUM
American Commission in London
Gives Figures on Distribution
of Foodstuffs.

LONDON November ., pIn.-The
second weeks report of the American
commission for relief in Belgium shows
that the commission in a fortnight has
delivered to Belgium relief stations
2,aSS tons of cereal foodstuffs. Addi-
tional supplies I'm hand are:
In Holland being forwarded. 1880
tons: en- route from England. 3,4I2: en-
route on the Atlantic. 6.l00; loading in
,.,,rious ports. 10000 Also the commits
sion has in course of collection eight
c,,rgoes estimated ut $1,000 tons
Deliveries in November.
Ev November IL the commission will
have delivered into Belgium about H.
uu0 tons of foodstuffs and during the
last half of the month, with the sup
IIics now arranged, will deliver ABOUT
5000 tons. The commission, therefore,
IS about ~. GOO tons short for November.
The requirements from the list OF De
tomber will he about 10000 tons month
" and the commission has assurances
Of 3a.OO0 tons for delivery during De-
,cmber and January.
The CirgOeS on the Atlantic are Indue
tip of gifts from the people of Nova
scotia and the Rockefeller Foundation.
Nmong Cargoes assured are those from
california and Iowa and the city OF "
t,yya \ committee movement has
been inaugurated- to obtain the coop
Grafton of all womens organizations III
America under the title OF the Wori'an ne
section of the American commission Tor
relief in Belgium.
Committee Membership.
Tho executive committee consists OF
Mrs. Lindon ". Bates, Mrs. Edward X.
Hewitt Mrs. August Belmont. Mrs. VIII
liam X Vanderbilt, Mrs H. c. Hoover
Miss Anne Morgan and Miss Mary Par
sons.
The commission has received nnan
,IaI backing on this side Which ehdoies
il tn nav the transportation charges on
toodstuffs from any part or the "0riu
until they reach the hands OF the BEL
.ians so. it is stated, every ounce gwen
hN Americans will reach ITS deseinatioli
without any such shrinkage in the
original value of the gift through
transportation or organization ex-
UcnseS.
Belgian Committees Appeal.
<EW YORK, November Am ap-
peal to the American people Tor 1ood
and money to relieve the distress OF
Bcigiaus who are homeless and starv-
ing as :, result of the war was issued
last night by the Belgian relief COM
mittec in New York, which, in CO.
a
Gation has arranged to send food dl.
rect to Belgium as rapidly as full
cargoes can he collected. Large guam
titles of food must be imported from
america in order to meet the absolute
necessities of the famine-stricken nom
combatauts according to adviceS from
the American committee in London
Progress of Relief Measures.
The foundation is now negotiating to
obtain another large neutral ship to
follow the Massapequa, which sailed
for Rotterdam last Tuesday with
$500. 900 cargo of food. The American
committee in London, of which Am
bassador Page is chairman, has pro-
Vided for distributing stations in Bel
gium under the immediate supervision
of the American conSulS in the afh1cted
district.
The war relief commission to be sent
TO Europe by the Rockefeller Founda-
tion to determine the best means of re-
Heving needy non-com batants in all
the warning countries will sail for
Liverpool next Wednesday on the
steam ship J.apland. From Liverpool
the commission will go to Belgium. The
members of the commission will be
WiCkliffe Rose, chairman. director gen.
eral of the international health COM
mission: Henry James. jr., manager of
the Rockefeller Institute for Medical
Research. and Ernest P. Bicknell, ma
t;onal director of the American Red
cross.