New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-05
100000 SERBS
IN NEED OF FOOD
Relief Organized for "For-
gotten Poor" of War
Stricken Nation.
PLANS MADE FOR
BELGIAN AID SHIPS
Easter Argosy Contributions Ar
irving Daily Other
Funds Growing.

TuHuS OTOWlHS.
A million Servians are starving. The
war has placed heavy burdens of pow
erty upon Belgium and upon Poland,
and Servia also has suffered heavily.
One-third of the population Of the
country is in want. Their lands have
been turned into battlefelds. To the
distress left by the Balkan wars has
been added the destruction Of the new
conflict.
That is why the Servian Relief Fund
"for the forgotten poor of Serva" has
been organized. Its Offices are at 95
Milk Street, Boston, but it distributes
its supplies through the American Red
Cross, 661 Fifth Avenue. The commit
tee Is made up of clergymen through
out the country. The Right Rev. DR..
Darlington, Bishop OF Harrisburg, is
chairman. The New York members are
Bishop Olmstead and Bishop Burch.
The committee has made arrange
ments to distribute funds through Met
ropolitan Dimitri, supreme head OF the
Servian Church. 1t will help the Ser
VANS and the Montenegrins who cannot
be reached by the Red Cross. Funds
will be disbursed through dignitaries
and committees Of the Servian Church.
Nine. Slavko Grouitch. wife OF the
Servian Under Secretary Of Foreign Az
fairs, will speak on behalf OF the fund
in the white and gold room OF the
Plaza Hotel on Monday night. Nine.
Augette Foret will give a series OF Ser
visn folksongs before the address. The
meeting will be held under the auspices
of the Servian Relief Fund.
Belgium Relief Continues.
The work for the relief Of BelgiaL
sufferers continues, despite conditions
in the English Channel and the North
Sea. Linden W. Bates, vice-chalrman
Of the Commission for Relief in Bel
GUM, announced yesterday that IN or
der to insure safety for the RELIEF ships
all the supplies must come first to the
commission and must be considered the
absolute property Of the commission az
the port OF departure.
This move is at the suggestion OF
Ambassador Page, who has informed
Herbert C. Hoover, chairman OF the
commission in London, that the bellig-
erent governments guarantee the
safety OF only those ships which are
under control Of the commission. no
foodstufs, the ambassador says, can
b. transmitted through any other
agency.
Contributions for the Easter srgosy
for the Belgian youngsters are arriv-
ing daily at the Belgian Relief fund'
at 10 Bridge Street. There are more
than 100000 homeless and hungry
children in the cities of Belgium.
The ship is to sail as soon as suf-
ficlent funds to purchase a cargo have
been obtained. II will 60 as an Easter
gift TO Princess Marie Jose, the nine
y.ar-old daughter OF King Albert and
Queen Elizabeth, for the boys and
girls Of Belgium.
Winston Churchill, First Lord Of
A. Alr,;raI+v has sent the following
message to Richard Harding Davis
for the British American War Relief
Fund: Admiralty highly appreciate
welcome gifts from women OF America
for the fleet"
Among the visitors to the funds
HEADQUARTERS, at 200 Fifth Avenue,
Yesterday were Mr.. Davis, Mr. and
Mrs. F. W. Whitridge, Sir Arthur Her
bert and Lady Herbert Henry j.
Whitehouse, Mrs. Newbold lie Roy
Edgar, Mrs. Ralph Sanger, Mrs.
Charles Dana Gibson, Miss Mary Hoyt
Wiborg, Mrs. Bourke Cochran. Mrs.
Alfred NJ. Coats, Mrs. ". R. Fsrquhar
and Mrs. Arthur Scott Burden.
Wales Aid Fund Grows.
The Prince OF Wales National Re-
lief Fund received additional contribu-
tions OF sl.l36.3O yesterday, among
them one Of 1870 from the Scots Char