The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-24
$65O,OOOIN WHEAT
ON TWO RELIEF SHIPS.
w. X. Vanderbilt Gives $4,000
for American Hospital
in Paris.
APPEAL BY GALSWORTHY

Yesterday was big day in relief work
Two relief ships left for Belgium bearing
cargoes valued a, ss50,coo and w. X.
Vanderbilt gave one OF the largest indi-
vidual gifts to relieve suffering among
wounded soldiers by contributing s?5.o00
toward the expenses OF the American AM
oulance Hospital IN Paris,
At the beginning OF the war Mrs Van
derblt was IN Paris and took an active
part in the organization of the American
hospital, assisting Ambassador HeTric"
and other Americans.
one OF the relief ships. the 81. Ken
tigern, sailed from New York with 100000
bushels Of wheat, and the Ferrona leti
Philadelphia with 100000 bushels, made
up of contributions from She Belgian
Relief Fund the Rockefeller Foundation
and the Commission for Relief IN belgium
John Galsworthy. the English novelist,
sent u stirring appeal to 'he Commission
for Relief In Belgium y,ste rday. In which
ne asks America 70 hcir little brave
starving Belg UNI"
give. America. give" he writes.
"Raise the greatest monument TO Ply
ever built. Let Il bc a star ia The sky
OF all your future. Let II be a golden
memory that you succored and upl;fted
TIE starving Belglaus. Kept the breath IN
their bodies and In :hci; soul, fat'h l'v-
Ing. fam that humanity. the sweet hts
mHnity which alone .ln warm aUd sane
tify our lives. il not a spent and driven
ghost, but still flesh and blood and a COM
rade in the dark. II YOU ever felt YOU
would like to help a fellow now's your
chance. America"
Mr.. Gasworthy attached to his appeal
evidence Of Belgiums needs In the words
OF civil and military authorities In Bel
GUM. Cardinal Mercier at Malines says
a a. l. E.A 49,. .r,.
day and that the children tear bread from
the hands OF German soldiers The Mayor
OF St Nicholas says his 10000 people are
starving and that In the coal district
near Charleroi poor people naddened By
hunger attacked "A German military train
loaded with provisions
Contributions 10 the Belgian Relief
Fund were se.Ii925 yesterday. making Il
total of s725.372..3.
Contributions to the Dollar Christina
Fund for Homeless Belgian. were sl.205.
making a total OF s4si60. II was planned
10 get $4,000 by tomorrow. and those
handling the fund stili hope FOR success
The Red Cross received S3.l4O.s5. making
the fund sII5.OS9at. The Committee 81
Mercy received $3.50 55 making a total Of
SS9.ia2.04 The American jewish Relief
committee received slE.'95.s1, making a
total OF s237,ss1.93
The American Ambulance Hos ita
Fund was increased s25.es5, making q
I total OF s2i9.9lO. Ten automobile ainbu'
iances have been purchased IN the last
two weeks and many more will be bought
this week TO meet the demand for Toe
more ambulances to transfer the wounded!
'T..ss cars carr ..e American osg au'
are driven by Americans. -Four men who
! left last week TO drive ambulances be
tween the field and base hospitals are \
| Piatt Andrew. former Assistant Score
| tary Of the Treasury; Charles Appleton
and Laurence Rumsey. Harvard grad
yates, and Gardner Richardson OF Yale.
The steamship Chicago, which Will sal
: FOR France Monday or TUESDAY. will carry
! 2iOo more comfort kits for soldiers. which
have been prepared by the Lafayette fund
The contri buttons TO this md to date arr
sl567s
\ concert. tho proceeds of which vii
! go 20 relieve the Belgian wounded. vii
I BE- given ~ Cooper Union Hall, Decembe'
4 -. by Schp:t's Woodwnd Instruments
Quintet.