New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-21
metropolitan of Kingdom
Appeals for Speedy Aid
TO Save Nation.
GERMAN WARFARE
CALLED BARBAROUS
s;,c Sing KnitterS Present
Breakfast Jacket TO Nine.
Sembrich.

y.,,onolitan Of the King Of Servia.
-. .nneal OF the Archbishop was re-
..,,d Yesterday from the Servian Le-
80, in London. Il is addressed to
syor generous men OF America in the
.srop OF Christian charity.
sTbc barbarous methods Of warfare
a ,br German allies, the object Of
-s,cb is 10 snnihilate other nsy ions
~ their culture" writes the Arch
%.bon. have inflicted on us, as well
%, the Relgisns. bloody and ipcura-
n. uour0s. Whole crowds of our best
- noblest Serbs, who as non-confbat-
sss, peacefully received the Austrian
- have been killed with a cruelty
~ which even savages would be
ashamed
sNen and women. old men and inno-
,.nt children have been murdered by
,.rriblc torturcs, by arms and by fire.
usnv have been locked up in school
SS;ldjncs and other houses and burnt
live All the churches TO which the
sns.,ians cot access have been desc
.,s,ed. robbed and destroyed The
,,bools and best houses have Jared in
10 same way. Belgrade. the beautiful
,,pitsl Of Servia, its churches, its edu-
.,.iensl and humanitarian institutions
k,vs heen DESTROYED. The university.
tse national library, the museum and
,,isntilc collections, have been ruined
Speedy Help Is Necessary.
Lacking even necessities. the Ser
,isrs are fighting for existence, the
Archbishop declares. Its fight he con-
sSsrs 10 be in the interests of civil
,ation. Still further sacrifices are fore
cen BY the churchman, and he says
reeor must be had or the nation Will
wrsh.
,orcludcs. land for the orphans OF the
allen speedy help is most necessary.
nat is why ! am addressing this let
10 YOU. and ! appeal 20 all the Arch
Eshops. Bishops and clergy Of Gods
hurches and 10 all noble minded men
,p6 women TO hasten with their charity
10 the aid of the Scrvian nation in its
present. great distress.
Sing sing prisoners have presented
70 Nine. Sembrich. president of the
American Polish Relief Committee OF
New York, q breakfast jacket. The
garment is red and white. the national
solors Of Poland. Ii was made by
rri,oners whom Mrs. Ernest Schelling.
!: the relief committee, instructed IN
hitting. The gift was accompanied by
card with this inscription:
To Madame Sembrich from Tom
Browns Knitting Glass
One OF the Sing Sing knitters recent
r sent complete outfit of infants
,pparel to- the headquarters Of the com
rit,ee. asking that, If il could not be
,bipped a, once 20 a Polish baby, TO
ave il rafled and the money spent in
,s6ef work. The committee received.
VIII numerous other gifts, yesterday
plain gold ring Its fund amounts
70 s966900Q
DISPATCHES from Paris yesterday an.
rouneed that Otto II. Kahn, some OF
those pictures viii be included in the
osn exhibition for the benefit Of the
SeeOurs National. had given 10000
irsnes for the relief Of French war
sufferers. Half will 60 TO the wives
and children Of cOmbatants and nall
toward the relief Of artists. Mr.. Kahn
made the gift 10 Project Laurent
through friend in Paris.
s2l,jOO000 in Belgian Relief.
To give some idea of the vastness Of
relief work In Belgium. the Commission
for Relief in Belgium yesterday made
public its latest official report. II
shows that up TO February p more
than S21. 800 600 had been received, and
most Of il spent.
through banks and mercantile insti-
tgiOns in Belgium S13,00000O was re-
'sived From the sale of provisions 70
those able 70 pay for them S6.4S9, 54o
PROVISIONS Expenditures for the
Wholly destitute amounted 70 S3,543,-
20l.
Up 10 the middle Of march more
han sixty ships had carried relief car
goes worth more than S20.000,OOO TO
rotterdam. Now in transit TO the sea-
board are 10000 tons Of provisions.
which will require twenty ships 10
auy. Up 10 March 13 thirty-four
states had organized for Belgian re-
iei work. State gifts aggregated 2o,-
w tons. Hungry Belgians require 20
700 tons Of food month. and the COM
Mission expects 10 diminution IN these
igures so long as industries are par
iyzed.
Bazaar for Russian Relief.
Folk dances viii be a feature Of the
ialaar for the relief Of Russian war
,nsaererS which the an-Amerlcan
Mar Relief Society, Inc, will give at
Ne list Regiment Armory, beginning
April II. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt
40 Nine. Bakhmetef, wife Of the. Rus
van Ambassador, are actively inter
ss'ed in the fetc The committee IN
Saafge Of the dances has sent 10 the
southwest United States and 10 Cana
ean provinces 10 find Russians skilled
their native dances. There viii be
russian musicians and Russian singers.
rams for the subscription campaign
BE- conducted under the auspices of
-e Belgian American Relief and I'm
enjoyment Fund are we'll under way.
toerck 7. Frelinghuysen, secretary,
1 charge Lawyers and other pro-
sssohal men, society and club women
~ churches are responding to his APP
zeal for workers.
ava D. Pratt and G d. Brooks. Of
S War Clearing House for France,
~ iHfnlSh teams All who viii serve
,ohctne committees are asked 70
S 'helr names before the end Of the
20 Cooperating with Mr.. FrclinG-
G3sen are Colonel Alfred Wagstah,
sHman Of the fund; Richard Well
al treasurer; Thomas ". Churchill
"ss I. Ward Champion.
ghas collected in the campaign will
,, uH'ded among the committees en-
800 IN relief work among the un-
goyed in New York. the Belgian
~ Fund and the Committee Of
Urgent requests for hospital
Ynes and clothing have been re
u from France and Belgium. The
''si Committee includes:
ca, Agsr Mn John Jacob Aston George
IN I.1I.td William Henry Bauum Nj. Wiz
Nvis p Beer Gordon Knox Bell Mrs
p, Co., bicsn. D. Leslie Cotton. Mrs. A. Wal
Lsi, ~ Ms John H. DreIcl. Mrs James u.
kr.r ETWond Farley. Mortimer l.. Schir. Mrs
b P.,.u soss, Harry Hardness Flager the Rev
Ia s9esley Grant. Gerald Hun GRAY. N0f-