New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-11
100000 A DAY
FOR BELGIAN AID
Relief Supplies Carried by
Sixty Ships, Commit
tee Reports.

Linden ". Bates. yice-chsirnan o.
/ the Commission for Relief In Bel
GUM, told the Colony Club yesterday
/ the history Of tho organization. II Is
the first comprehensive view the COM
mission has given Of It's organization
and work.
/ Less than four months ago the work
was started There was nothing 70
build with save immediate and sppal-
ling need. To-day sixty ships. flying
flag respected By the adm lies OF
Great Britain, France and Germany.
carry food 20 the Belgisns. Diplomatic
/ relations have been established with
seven world powers. Expenditures for
food and succor amount to 100000 q
day-a yearly average as high as the
appropriations for the Panama Canal.
And the dole is just enough TO keep
the Belgians alive from day TO day.
The British, French and German
sdmirslties," said Mr.. Bates, "all have
! ConIcrIou uPVu Ino bnlPs VI INC 0oin-
mission rights Of safe conduct over
and under sea and through the water
aisles of tho mine helds TO Rotterdam.
Despite reports 70 tho contrary, not
one pound Of food sent TO Belgium
has been confscated."
/ Food sent or arranged for by the
American branch amounts TO $4,000
tons. OF this $1,000 tons has been
landed in Rotterdam. American con-
tributions alone, declared Bates, would
/ have kept Belgium from starvation for
| Just about one month. Twice, daily,
| food is distributed. Those who can
pay for II do so.
Every day the number Of those who
can pay diminishes," Bates continued.
There are now 100000 absolutely
/ destitute receiving food in the bread
lines. Within few months the line
will be $500 miles long"
Need for Money Shown.
Although the commission Is spend
ing monthly 100000 in addition TO
what is given. it is barely able to keep
PACE with famine, asserted Bates.
Cards were distributed showing that in
several Belgian cities two successive
| distributions had to be omitted. The
commission has twenty-one national or
CARNATIONS. In this country thirty
three stateo are we'll organized.
Every effort has been made TO safe
guard the lives of the Belgian babies,
! Bates declared. Cows have been gath
cred at strategic points and are fed
upon American meal and bran from
American grain ground IN Belgian
mills. Great quantities Of condensed
milk have been stored.
Five tons of bandages and first aid
supplies were turned over to the Red
Cross yesterday by the Salvation Army
I for use in Servia. The gift resulted
from the old linen collecting campaign
Of the Salvation Army. In the emer-
gency workshops 800 otherwise unem-
ployed girls worked to prepare tho
bsndsges. A shipment Of two and one
half tons will be sent to France within
a week The Salvation Army will con-
tinue its campaign until 100 tons Of
hospital supplies have been shipped.
If twenty more sewing machines can be
obtained, forty more girls can be given
employment.
Gladys Hollingsworth. Of the Ameri
can Girls Aid Committee, got word
yesterday from the War Relief Clear
ing House, in Paris. that IN the 300
villages investigated by the authori-
ties $4,000 fugitives were in want.
There are 1,20G more French villages in
France where refugees are gathered.
OF the $4,000 whose plight was re-
ported yesterday. $4,000 need clothing,
$4,000 general assistance, 81, 900 money
and $1,000 food.
II would like TO ask the aid Of Tho
Tribune in an appeal for Shoes" writes
Miss Hollingsworth, as we'll as other
garments. The suffering caused by
lack Of shoes for adults, as we'll as for
children, is very great What Is needed
now Is not so much warm clothing, but
clothing Of lighter weight for the
spring and summer" The committee
has sent outfits for more than 10000
! persons.
Aid for Stricken Poland.
For the benefit Of the Polish Relief
Fund, Ernest Schelling, pianist will