The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-22
Ill FLEET OF MFRCY
An'n sris.,l nope 9h;a re,s of Stranded Belgians Which A..
e C,w IS : anrps Are Hurrying to Save-sbo "v W N1n-

in1"oa every Indication If an .
Ion TO make good" "" i'lleh-
Ai'eflcans Have Already noa
is nuloers have been achieved =
ana my interest to exaroara+I
u-ar1 "hl not eXaggerating 60
frora organization covers RaJo;,,n
- tils capital to the remotec+ a.
aoH inlrty-eight steamers ao@ro
1Iins loo'o0o tons, are-or sho,tI,.
t;nao Ito doubt they will be IL h
ahou+ 100 INES are read-carrvine
VaI,oa A-e'ooo tons Of relief supplies
ana d over eight million dollars
in traaonnsin6 an immense expenditure
49, Transport Very large SIMS ~
money have been received. In pruc
Se!s alone SOC. 900 meals 2 da1- 80
Deils provided. An organization hos
go pullt up in the United states
:op@oie OIL dealing with and forward
~ lnlo Belgium about one million
pouiuS worth Of food every month
"hlie' at h other end, the Rel~ian
otsdliizallon is adequate to secure ifs
proper honest, and careful distrihu-
,loA. such results, achieved in so
n.ie d space OF time, proves thai for
once, anyhow, a committee can act
not Only wisely and eneree1icaIIv h,It
quickly! 4 matter OF monent when
famine is the enemy it fights,
Wen beSun's hall done! In 2 true
sense we may comfort and
ourselves with the old saying. Pre-
urinary difficulties - International
ana diplomatic-have been overcome
Inc lnen and wonlen to work il are
there. The thing which looked i'm
possible a been shown to be Dos
sible.
Hurry The Fleet OF Mercy.
II you glance through the reports
winch the commission receives from
It's representatives in belgium. YOU
come on striking facts simply stated.
IN Brussels, rich and poor stand in a
line waiting for meals at a half-penny
a head-tO those who can pay 50
much. A deputation from Terhaegen
states that Tor three weeks they have
a only potatoes TO eat there. At
Wetteren-an Industrial own Of
about 1900 people-above 1900
are without resources"
At Hamme, flour is hardly to be
obtained, meat n corr will not last
out the month, petrol and coal are
northumberland winter coming IN;
the soldiers families cannot get their
allowances paid; work cannot be re
Sumed at the factories.
At st. Nicholas 10000 people are
without bread and without work.
AT CharlerOi men maddened by hun
! ger attacked a German military traiT
laden with provisions. At Namur
Dinant and Malines the poor have nc
shelter.
At Malines above $4,000 mouths
have to be fed every day, and che
children come to the German soldiers
.~~l 41o- 10 1r1oI frnp, IlaiJr ba JGC-
the soldiers divide the bread with
them"
(Hats off to the German soldiers
who do this!) The Burgomaster OF
Liege sends thanks or behalf of 500.
900 people for the temporary relle.
of "a desperate situation.'
Brussels itself is I'll saddesI place
you can imagine" SHOPS closed
every one out OF work, nothing bu
beggars and distress on all sides.
There is no need to multiply these Saf
examples. They tell Of a whole coun
try PROSTATE, helpless, iackl1ls LII
bareSt neceSSarieS OF life.
The Many Voyages That Must b
Made.
They are enough to fire the lmagl
nation and touch the heart-enousl
70 make us understand at once Tn
imperative need and extreme nlagnl
tude OF the work which the Co1hlnlS
sion for Relief has undertaken Il 3
we'll initiated. And it is no case OF
nassing need-of a brief emerSenc4
The Fleet Of Mercy is on the seas Du
il must make many oyage 70
seven or eight months at least IN
stream Of supplies must be kept oh
IT NAV be for longer; 10 man can tel
And the stream must flow IN a sTea
volume. The commission has 10 thln
in rniIlions-in terms OF mliilons .
5 IONS of foodstuffs, il terms OF nlli1lol,
, If dollars OF money. Five 1nliiloll 40:
lars a month-in cash or IN INT
= figure al which the neeo IS AZ
nroximately assessed. Nc one W
Kinks over the matter will cohs:oe
the estimate ~immoderate. Inc llatloIl
! Of Europe are spending, We are toi.
!, on var fifty million dollars not eyer
! Wontb but every day: II any pou
mants 10 gasp-instead OF helplh5
let him gasp at that! = -
. Rut helping-not 81
. .a1a which the commission mas cl'oae
: ~ ITSELF. and there is little lear ~;
= 10 t Countries which it represents w
y choose any other. forelnost an1o.
D Ciloo force f ClrCulQSldiIoe