Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-05-24
100000 JEWS IN
EASTER N EUROPE
ARE IN DIRE WANT
Hebrew Relief Association Is
sues Report Showing Dis
tresSing Conditions in Po-
land, Lithuania and CourIand
tAs.ocia,ea Press Correspondence,

Berlin, May l0--Of the normal
total Of about $4,000 Jews in Po-
land Lithunia and Courland. some
I ! 200. 900 still remain, and of this
number about 700, 900 are in urgent
and continuous want bout 455, 900
of these ara in Poland, and $4,000 Of
this number are persons who are
without homes and In particularly
distressfu circumstances.
The number of the needy is in
creasine from month TO month. OPP
portunities 10 earn money are few,
and thousands who are still living on
their savings will. sooner or later,
I find these exhausted and become de-
pendent on charity.
| Those estimates appear in the an
nual report of the German Hebrew
| Relief association, which has taken
upon itself the work Of relieving its
-religionists in the occupied dis
tricts back Of the battle line in Rus
! STA ana Galicia The sum off 100000
marks monthly Is required to allevi-
ate the distress of the most necessi-
|
even this sum, which is all that the
relief association can devote TO the
work for the next few months, can
| do little more than keep them from
actual starvation.
| With this sum 225 cities and VII
lagos in the occupied districts are be-
| ing assisted Ninety relief kitchens
are In operation, with twenty-five tea
halls and numerous other relief In
| situations. About $50 tons Of clothing
! bedding and footwear have been sent
| TO the stricken districts, The grand
lodge of the B'nai Birth In Germany
| has had large share In the RELIEF
work, and more than o half million
marks has thus far been received
from America. Up to date nearly -
$50 ,0hO marks has been paid out by
the Hebrew Relief association for Po-
land and Iithunia. Funds available
have not been sufficient TO afford re-
lief 10 some 10000 Jews in, Couriand,
where the distress. moreover, is not
so great as In the other districts
These activities however, have
formed but part Of the work of the
roller association. Quite as import
ant and even more arduous has been
Its work as an intermediary between
the residents OF the occupied districts
and the outside world. In this de-
partment no denominational distinc-
tions were made, Jews and Catholics
alike being aided. Chief advantage
was taken Of this work by relatives
and friends in America of the Polish
sufferers. The relief association
found It's work increasing so rapidly,
% the news became known In Amer
lea that it was possible to communi-
cate with poland through the ASSOC
citation, that 1t is now compelled to
employ a force of about fifty persons
to expedite letters and funds About
eight million marks has thus far been
received from America for direct
transmission. and the relief associa-
ton handles as many as 100000 let
ters monthly from and to America.
This must all be copied In the assoc
Citations offices. TO make any system
OF secret communication impossible
The various relief funds are dis
tributed with the aid of the military
authorities The American embassies
and consulates have also done their
full share in assisting In carrying the
work on.
A slight alienation Of conditions
may come from the recently secured
permission of emis,ation from the oc-
cupied districts Many families have
already availed themselves Of the per-
mission.i most of them going with
tickets sent from America.
The Hebrew association. despite the
new demands made on II, has main
tanned and even increased its work in
Palestine, II supports two kinder
gartens. a school for girls, CONNER
cial school and other educational in
situations al Jerusalem besides IL
hrary and home for girls. 1t also
maintains boys and a girls school
and a kindergarten at Jaffa, and va
rious institutions in Turkey.