The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-29

case. Thousands are hungry and will
starve without help. The city has AL
ready had terrible food riots before
troops arrived. Please beg Red Cross
to help for three weeks until roast
ing ears are ready"
Help Begins 20 Move.
Already the American Red Cross
has carload of corn and one or
beans on the way to Laredo, Texas.
to Consul General Hanna. Free
freight and free duty have been ar
ranged for and the military author
titles guarantee safe conduct. The
Red Cross cannot continue to send
assistance without public contrihu-
tons. In scores of Mexican towns
the same terrible conditions exist
Here we have in our western hemis-
phere people face to face with alb
solute starvation. The President has
issued an urgent appeal and the Red
Cross seconds this appeal with all
the emphasis possible. Thouss nds Of
innocent women and children are In
direct distress. We cannot let them
starve to death. The Red Cross will
place, it's own agents in Mexico and
through the State Department, in 20
operation with the United Staes con-
suls here, such supplies as may be
purchased with the contributions or
given in kind will be distributed
among the suffering noncombatants.
Arrangements will be made for ware
house for receipt of corn, beans. and
-four to be forwarded at New York,
Galveton and Laredo.
Any further information can be
obtained from American Red Cross
headquarters. Washington, ID. c.
To Establish Collection Dcpots.
ia he nteotinn nf the
Red Cross to establish collection de-
pots for relief supplies at Galveston
and at Laredo Tex. The former de-
pot will be the base for shipment of
supplies by rail into the Monterey re-
@ion. LIT is4 "a ID that .. depot Will
also he established at Ell Paso.
Communication with the Monterey
section on the north. is promisttl.
The real difficulty will be to reach
interior places via Vera Cruz Con-
troll of the railroads of this large
al important section Is divided be-
tween the Carranzistas ana Villistas.
Not only is 1t impossible to get ship
ments through to Mexico City from
the coast. but tons of food supplies
have been seized by the military
This has occurred wit,l reference to
attempts to get food into Mexico
City.
The conditions at Mexico City can
not hardly be exaggerated. IT is re-
ported on good authority that the
people have beer reduced to even
eating rats. Not only is there but
little food TO be had. but thousa nds
Of the people have no money with
which to buy IL. Business is practi-
cally at a standstill and many OF the
thousands out OF employment have
vanished
Bread Line Mile Long.
The Viliistas convention was dis
turbed by the rush of an angry mob
into the convention hail crying for
food. The other day there was a
bread line a mile long in Mexico City.
On one occasion when food was dis
tributed the supply proved to be less
than one-tenth Of what was required
and scores of women tainted and
were injured in the mob.
At Tampico the oil companies who
have had their property damaged
again and again by the armed forces,
are now feeding not only large part
OF the people in the city. but also
the people Of outlying districts. Z,
Fear of CaffaRza.s authority ana
the unstable currency conditions keep
the merchants from importing food.
Much that has been imported has
been seized by the Carranzistas. The
Carranzistas are also charged with
selling food abroad.