New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-28
ROCKEFELLERAID
FINDS WARS ILLS
NEARINGCONTROL
European Countries, Ad-
justed to Conditions, AL
most Self Supporting.
BALKANS AND POLAND
STILL IN GRAVE NEED
Foundation Plans TO Send Com
mittee to Investigate Suf-
fering in Turkey.

While Serbia. Montenegro, Russian
Poland and Galicia still suffer acutely
from disease and privation, the war
ridden countries of Europe in general
have undergone a resdjustment and
have become fairly self-supporting and
adapted TO war conditions. This is the
finding of the Rockefeller Foundation
War Relief Commission, set forth in
its report published Yesterday.
In describing the scope Of the COM
missions work from the beginning of
hostilities 20 the present time. the re-
port acknowledges Indebtedness TO the
officials Of all the belligerent countries.
who have done everything possible TO
further relief activities.
The commission thus far has CEN
tired its efforts upon Belgium. Serbia.
France and Poland Because Of the
extreme emergency, the foundation
first devoted itself to the relief OF the
Belgians. To this country it has sent
five full cargoes Of food. representing
an expenditure Of Sl.000,000; has in
spected the country thoroughly; has
organized in Rotterdam an Office for
the receipt and distribution Of cloth
ing; has organized several thousand
refugee women in Holland into sew
ing camps. and has set aside $4,000 a
year for the payment Of scientific pro-
fessors in Belgian universities, for
whom laboratory facilities have been
provided in England.
Except for the region Of Fumay and
Givet. in France. where extreme suf-
fering was found and slleviated, the
commission has found little to do in
that country. This is due. the report
saws. 10 the wonderful degree of self
reliance displayed BY the French peo-
pie in caring for their own needs and
also TO the large amount Of American
interest which has centred in France.
The foundation has, however. aided
DR.. Alexis Carrel. Of the Rockefeller
Institute FOR Medical Research, who is
in charge Of a military hospital near
the firing line at Compiegne. This
paratus and given technicians 10 assist
him in his meteorological. pathology
cal. chemical and surgical research.
In Serbia, the commission, recogniz-
ing the menace TO the health Of the
people of that country and of the
whole world presented by the horrible
conditions which prevailed, combined
with the Red Cross in an attempt TO
cope with the disease and privation.
An American Sanitary Commission has
been established, under the leadership
Of DR.. Richard Strong, professor Of
tropical diseases in Harvard Medical
School. Toward it's work the Founda-
tion has subscribed $4,000 and the
Red Cross contributions have swelled
this fund TO $4,000.
The international Commission for
Relief in Poland was established
the efforts Of the commits
sion, under the Craftsmanship Of the
American Ambassador in Berlin. The
German government agreed 10 pay
S50O000 a month toward this enter
prise and stopped all acquisitions in
Poland as soon as the relief work was
begun. Efforts to obtain grain from
the neutral nations in Europe were
profitless, but the German government
has recently advised the commission
that, following an inventory of food
supplies, Germany has found herself
able TO assume entire responsibility
for the relief of that part Of Poland
under her control. Since then the re-
lief commission has been directing its
efforts toward the portion of the war
zone contolled by Austria-Southern
Poland and Galicia.
The headquarters Of the Founda-
tons Relief Commission has been es-
tablished in Switzerland, and it is
planned 10 send committee from
there at an early date to investigate
conditions in Turkey. summer condi-
tons, coupled with the self-denial and
economy of European peoples, have
gone far toward ameliorating tempo
rarily the general distress. The re-
port says, however, that there are GER
tain districts where relief is urgently
needed. Conditions of the war are
changing so rapidly, also, that the
believes that constant
will be necessary to pre-
vent widespread suffering among those
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