The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-03
APPEAL FOR RELIEF
OF WAR REFUGEES
American Red Cross Asks Con-
tributions for Destitute
Bulgarians.
SOUGHT BY QUEEN ELEANoRA
General Devastation of Country
Causes Pitiful State of
Starvation.
SOUGHT BY QUEEN ELEANoRA
Especial to The rlmos-Diupa.cn.l

Washington. January IA notion
wide appeal was sent out by the Amerl-
can Red Cross to-day. by Charles L
Magee. secretary. requesting donations
Tor the relief OF the thousands of refu-
gees left destitute by the Balkan war.
This appeal Is in answer to the pathetic
cublegram sent on New Years Day by
Queen Eleanora. OF Bulgaria, to Mics
Mabel Boardman, chairman of tho Cen
trail American Red Cross Society, i'm
ploring aid for the Bulgarian refugees.
The Queens cable2ram follows:
Poiias. Sophia. January l.
Miss Mabel Boardman.
RED Cross. 1901 p. Street Wash
tngton, D. G.
I'm view of urgEnt and Increasing
needs of refugees. and OF Woodruff's
statement to mo on his return from
Washington. venture to appeal to you
IN support OF an American COMMITTEES
just formed and qualified to receive
and disburse any aid now at your dis
posaL "ELEANORA."
IT. the prompt response OF the Red
Cross to this. Secretary Magce requests
all tho agents of the society scattered
through America to publish the tele-
sram In their local papers. and re-
quest their local treasurers to receive
donations In addition to Secretary
Masee. tho telegram was signed by
several directors of tho society and wau
as follows:
January 2, 1914.
Queen Eleanoro Of Bulgaria, cabled
TO the American Red Cross yesterday,
asking relief for thousands of refugees
left destitute by the Balkan War
The Queens request. coupled with
that of many Americans there, say
thousands are homeless, shelterless,
starving and freezing In tho unusual
Iy cold weather that has swept Europe.
ARRANGEMENTS have been made to for
ward all contributions through the
american Red Cross to Queen Eleanora
for use under tho direction OF an
American and Bulgarian Joint commit
Tee. VIII you please request your
local papers to publish this statement.
naming your local treasurer to r,ceiva
donations?
Charles j. Magee secretary.
airs. j. V. Cameron. Red Cross Of
nee. Russell Sage Foundation build
Ing. New York
more, Md
> Gardiner NJ. Lane, - State Street,
Boston. Mass.
"orson Smith. II, West Adams
street, Chicago. Ill
yrs mrs. Thurlow McMuIiin, 1900 Cali
iornia Street. San Francisco, Cal"
49, NJ 0ocuTuH mentioned In
inc bulgarian Queens telegram is a
missionary to that country, and re-
Gentry visited America in the interes,
OIL the suffering Bulsarians.
Committee 10 Disbursc Aid.
a committee has been formed in Bull
CARA or Americans and Bulearians
through which any aid rendered Inv tba
american Red Cross will be disbursed
queen laleanora Is ut the lead of this
committee. and the dls,ribution of food.
seed for planting. clothing and other
things which will be very likely MR.
her personal direction
In an interview, Miss Mabel Board
man said to day:
talked to DR.. Woodruff In New
York last October, when he was here.
trying to arouse sympathy for the Bull
garian sufferers. He had visited Err
land also. He said the winters In Bull
Garia were most severe and that large
numbers of the population had no
houses. no work, and In many cases no
clothes"
The object OF tho Red Cross is 70
aid In re-cstublishing industrial con-
ditions.
we plan to have agricultural ex
pcrts help them till the soil, and it is
expected their needs will bo a great
number of seed and other agricultural
necessities.
Due to tho general devastation of
the country there was no harvest this
fall, and this is ono OF the reasons
that there exists to-day such pitiful
state OF starvation. We consider it
very important that every one except
old people and children should be made
to work for their provisions. These
people arc very self-respccting and do
not like the idea OF charity
I'm II recent letter ] received from
a Miss Abbott teacher OF q mission
school in the stricken district, she SAYS
that Americans have thus far this
winter raised $4,000 for tho relief of
the starving people.
General Nelson y. Miles, who recent
ly passed through Bulgaria. has told
me most pitiful tales OF the sufferings
He says in one small village In which
he spent a night. twenty four children
died IN one night"
Ex-senator Lafayette Young, who
still is abroad, has written mo heart
rending stories OF the great suffering
OF the people.
great admiration for tho valiant cour-
age of Queen Eleanora. She Is
German princess. and with the daunt-
less spirit OF her noble race has rison
to the aid OF her stricken adopted
country, and is leading In masterful
way the work OF redemption of thous-
ands of doomed lives.
Queen Eleanora is graduate Red
Cross nurse"