New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-17
Women and Children in
Dire Distress i'm Bel
GUM and Servia.
AMBASSADOR PAGE
SENDS AN APPEAL
Suffering Declared To Be Be-
yOnd Observation-Disclosures
Also in Need.

Belgium and Servia are the two coun-
tries most in need of help from Amer
;cs :. this ::r;c, according to message
received yesterday by the Committee
of Mercy from Ambassador Page in
London. The cable reads, in part, as
I follows:
"Mrs. Page has ascertaincd that any
quantity OF relief can now be distrib-
uted in Belgium and Servia. The suf-
/ fering in these two countries is simply
| beyond description. There is no con-
ceivable service that could be done to
any human beings that would be more
/ heartily welcomed. or that will do more
good. than food and clothing sent to
/ the women and children of these two
nations.
1--WE are sure also, from less definite
/ reports. that there is equal sunerlng
/ in Austria. but we have not, at present
at least, any definite information about
means of distributing help there or
about the possibility of getting help
admitted to that country. There Will
soon be an unlimited amount OF suffer
ing i'm France. There is, as, OF course.
i YOU kllON, UO SuutiluE i'iN "'HN'S
women and children directly caused by
the war that the English are not them
selves taking care of. They are dong
much likewise for the relief of Bel
GUM, but, so far as ! know, nothing
/ for the relief of Servia. and, of course,
nothing for She relief Of Austria"
Mrs. Lois X. Marshall, wife of Vice
President Marshall, was added yester-
l., % ba har of nTOmlpPnt npO-
pie who are members Of the Committee
Of Mercy.
The Belgian committee yesterday for
warded to DR.. Henry Van Dyke, Amer
lean Minister 10 The Hague. $4,000
for the immediate relief OF Belglans IN
Holland. Contributions of new cloth
ing sent TO Pierre Mali. Belgian Consul
% Madison av., will be forwarded I'M
medistely.
Mrs. j. P. Morgan gave $500 to the
Belgian fund Yesterday. The total re-
ceipts are now S157.9l3 26 Among the
contributors were Ella Mable Clark,
$50; Mrs. W. J. Curtis, 500; ;. d.,
500: Samuel W. Blown, $50; trustee
estate Jacob A. Robertson. 500;
Thomas Golf, $50; Gertrude 5. Thomas
s1CO: Mrs. Stanley Mccormick. $500;
Charles w Crane. 800: Gulterman,
Rosenfeld g. Co.. 500; Fairchild Bros.
e. Foster. $50; William +. Wolf. 500;
Mr.. and Mrs P. II. Jennings. $3.50; Al
fred l.. Simon E. Co., $50; w. ). Ben
son. $50: Mrs. Samuel Keyser, 500;
MissH L. J. Stone, 500; Miss Annie
Stone. 500; Church of st. Mary the
Virgin. $3.50: Mount Pleasant Congre-
eational Church, Washington, $50 AZ;
s. F. W., 500: Miss c. b. Farman,
$3.50; r. L. Bogert. 500, and Mrs
Nicholas Murray Butler. $50.
A letter was received yesterday from
the wife of an American consul IN
France containing a plea for hospital
supplies. The letter reads as follows;
ii wish our American Red Cross
would send as much absorbent cotton
as possible. as we'll as stuff for SHIRTS,
drawers and socks. The stock OF such
things in France is growing low. Our
nation is so generous that all the peo-
pie need is to know what is wanted.
Contributions amounting to $3.50 10
were received by Jacob ii. Schlh at Ine
Red Cross headquarters, l3O East ga
+ ST., yesterday. making the total OF the
/ Furopean War Relief Fund S254,16l %.
/ Among the contributors were; west O
| chester County Red Cross, $500 O8
MIR. and Mrs. Percy II. Jennings, sow;
ST. Peters Protestant Episcopal
Cbrrcb Norristown. $685.: c. W. S.,
S25O. Reformed Church of Harlem,
S1S3 Is: through New York Stats
Zeitung." s161: Fountain Street Bap-
fist Church. Grand Rapids. Mich
S141 so; graduate nurses OF Mount
Sinai Hospital, in memory of Proiesser
William X. Gillette. SIS; st. Thomas
+ Church Mamaroneck, S64 ~.
Additional contributions to the keu
+ Cross from the Merchants Association
/ amounted to s400. the contributors De-
/ inc the Borden Condensed MIX Com
pany. $3.50; Huesman & Co., sou; YER
/ non Brothers & Co., $50, and Charles
/ D. Barry, $50. ,hIio
/ attack upon the Red Cross and an
other war relief agencies, on the
Ground that such relief really heiP P,
to prolong the war. he salu
have ample and suihclent uisVless
among ourselves to occupy all our
time and attention. ,.I ssoo
Mrs. Whitney Warren coilectee sooU
Yesterday for tie fund lor rIeneI
women and children. bringing the Io'ni
receipts up to $l9,765 81. MT ~ O. e..
Uorgan contributed 500; r. n. otur-
az $40. tile workers of jamestown:
s. Y, $i3s, and "A Lover OF France
A garden party for the benefit Of the
American National Red Cross VIII De
held at the country home OF Mr. snu
Mrs. Adolph Lewisohn, in Ardsley' tni UNI,
afternoon, from until d. mere VIII
he an entertainment, tea ana InuSiI;
The reception committee CONSISTS %
NJ Franl Hunter Potter. Mrs. How
ard Carroll, Mrs. Ann Depew ra9IgIne'
Mrs. WalstOn Hill Brown MS Mrs, hI Wrn
w. Taylor. Mrs. Albert 9ha"ii ~
Uo,. Mrs Alfred Rossin, Mrs. 1. d.