The Arvada enterprise., 1914-10-29

dollars worth of food bought by the
American committee for the relief of
Belgium
Food for eelgians.
The American commission for Bel
gian relief has received from the Bel
gian minister in London one-half mil
lion dollars taken from the Belgian re-
lief funds entrusted to the minister.
The commission is now purchasing
food and SUPPLIES with this money.
Seven thousand frozen sheep con-
tributed by the Australian colonies,
now on the way to London, will be
transferred to the American commits
sion, and walter Hines Page has
turned over to it $50 900 received from
Robert De Forest. The Belgian min
lister has notified the commission that
the shipment OF SUPPLIES from the
| Brooklyn women's war relief commit
tee and also the funds raised in the
United States will be entrusted to the
commission when 1t arrives
Women and Babies starve.
The food situation in Belgium is be-
coming absolutely critical. Already
more than half a million persons are
being assisted by means of bread lines,
according to the American commit,
tees report, there being more than
three hundred thousand of these per.
sons in Brussels alone. The supply of
food for these bread stations, it is es-
timated, will not last more than a
week longer. 1t Is expected that the
number of persons requiring relief
VIII increase to million within a
month.
The committee has been advised by
Brand Whitlock, American minister to
Belgium, that there are seven million
people facing starvation in Belgium,
and the country imports GO per cent
of its food. Imports have ceased en-.
tirely, and the country has been de.
nuded of its accumulated crops.
eeIgians a Homeless People.
The population of Belgium steadily
is becoming what French writer
terms "a nation of exile"
The burden of this tragedy is falling
upon Great Britain, Holland and
france. Between three hundred thou.
sand and four hundred thousand Bel
gians have crossed into Holland and
equal numbers have ilocked southwark
into France, while more than one hun.
dred thousand have arrived on English
shores and thousands are continuing
to pour across the English Channel
daily.
While their eventual reparation or
absorption into the populations of
other countries looms on the horizon
as one of the greatest problems in
modern European history, the ques
tion of today is the care of the exiles
and the feeding of the millions OF per.
sons remaining in Belgium, whose in.
dustries are paralyzed.
Italians Land in Albania.
A company of Italian marines have
landed at Avlona. Albania. The ltal.
ian Forty-seventh infantry, stationed
at Lacoa, is said to be ready to EN-
bark for Avlona. 1t Is stated that
telephone communication with other
parts of Albania has been severed in
order to prevent the spread OF the
news of the landing
Italy and Greece Near War.
Anarchy exists at Avlona, Albania.
according to the newspaper Giornale
d'ttalia, owing to the struggle between
the Christians and the Mussulmans. A
famine also adds to the difficulties of
the situation. The Giornale dItalia
says that so-called "Epirote battal-
ians." which 1t says are Greek troops
disguised as irresulars, are gradually
nibbling at the territory around Av-
Iona, totally ignoring the decisions of
the conference OF London concerning
the Albanian frontier.
The Boer Revolt Broken.
In South Africa. the rebellion of
Colonel Maritz against the British, has
been virtually broken up. Another lot
of officers and men have been cap
'ured, while others have surrendered
voluntarily to the African authorities.