Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-03
RELIEF SHIP SAILS
ON TRIP OVER SEA
Rockefeller Foundation Pro-
vides Cargo of Supplies for
the Starving BeIgians.
OTHER VESSELS TO SAIL
ON A SIMILAR MISSION
Thousands of Tons of Foodstuffs Col
lected for the Famine Stricken
Non-Combatants.

NEW YORK, November 3.-The steam
ship Massapequa. chartered and cargoed
by the Rockefeller Foundation sail
ed this afternoon for Rotterdam, Hol
land, with 1000 tons of flour, rice, beans
and bacon for the starving non-com-
batants in Belgium Before the Mas
sapequa is halfway on her fifteen days
voyage the Rockefeller Foundation
agents expect to have two other vessels
laden with food for the Belgians follow
in her wake
Longshoremen worked all day yester-
day and last night loading the cargo in
the hold of the Massapequa, and Capt
E. NJ Mccarthy hoped to get away soon
after noon. The cargo was assembled in
three days, which is said to be IL record
The Massapequa will not carry d
representative of the Rockefeller
Foundation or of the Belgian relief
committee, it takes from fifteen to
twenty days for the trip to Rotterdam
Wickliffe Rose of the International
health commission and other represent
atives of the Rockefeller Foundation
are expected to sail next week and
overtake the Massapequa.
Americans to Supervise.
The provisions carried by the Massa-
pequa will be sent from Rotterdam to
Brussels, Antwerp and other Belgian
cities, where they will be distributed
to local communities under the direc-
ton of the American AMBASSADOR to
Great Britain and the minister to Hol
land. The relief committees have taken
over all the grocery stores in the Bel
gian cities. and will distribute the
food from them.
in 1riI nj en
of ready money on hand. it 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 relief work.
Gratifying to London Commission.
LONDON, November 3-The members
of the American commission for relief
in Belgium expressed great gratifica-
ton oyer the magnificent support
promised by the Rockefeller Founda-
ton. The commission has made ar
engagements to discharge the cargo of
the Massapequa upon the arrival of the
relief ship at Rotterdam and for the
distribution of the foodstuffs in Bel
GUM They will be taken from Rot
terdam on the commissions barges.
which will be protected by all the gov
ernmentS concerned.
The commission today pointed out,
however, that when American Ambas-
| sador Page communicated with the
Rockefeller foundation conditions in
| Belgium had not been fully -
| gated. 1t was formerly believed that
| million dollars "A month would be
| sufficient. Complete investigation
| shows. it is said. that four million or
| five million dollars monthly will be the
| minimum amount required Conse-
| quentiy the commission feels that gen
| eral American support will be neces-
| sary as even the Rockefeller Founda
ton fund would be inadequate. The
| commission is now on an international
| basis The Spanish government has
| instituted a relief fund.
Spain Begins Relief Work.
| The Spanish government has insti-
tuted relief fund in Spain to be adj
| ministered by the London committee
Other governments have sgnitied an
| intention TO concentrate the food re-
lief for Belgium in the neutral commit
| tee.
| The commission today received the
following statement from Brand Whit
| lock. American minister at Brussels:
| THE civil population of Belgium, in
misery, is faced with starvation; in
| normal times Belgium produces only
sixth of the foodstuffs consumed
| w llHlH Two weeks IHeTe Will ne
| food in Belgium. Winter is coming,
and thousands are without homes or
hope.
Therefore. it is now necessary to ex-
land the relief work to the whole of
| Belgium. We have secured from the
German military authorities assure noes
that all fondstuffs taken into Belgium
| by the commission for the civil popuIa-
ton will be respected by the soldiery
and not made the object of military
requisition.
| Not money but food is needed If
means can be found to call the atten-
ton of the American people to the plight
of the poor Belgians 1 am sure they will
send succor and relief. 1t seems to me
to be a work of mercy that will touch
the hearts of those brought to under
stand. 1t will give our people in the
United States an opportunity to serve
nobly in high case"
In accordance with a law passed by
the last Legislature. a Juvenile court for
Hartford county. Md. has been organ