Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-07-11
RELIEF ON EAST
LINE IS PROBLEM
Conditions in War Zone Graph
ically Told in Report of
Committee.
IMMENSE SUMS TO AID

new YORK, July lu.-(Special.)-- he
conditions in the eastern war zone
(Which was first evacuated by the
Russians and afterwards conquered
by the Germans, and which is again
the scene of the fiercely contended
battles between the ARMIES on that
'front.' are graphically told, so far as
the noncombatants are concerned, by
reports to the joint distribution COM
mittee of funds for the Jewish war
sufferers, of which Felix NJ, Warburg
is chairman.
A report received from the Jewish
committee for relief of the victims OF
the war, Petrograd, which organiza-
tion has received the official sanction
of the Russian government, brings
down its records OF expenditures to
the end of February, and shows that
i has expended up to that time $780,
1873 roubles. The relief has been
through 302. separate agencies in the
different towns and villages OF Russia
and southern Siberia.
How Money Went.
The sum of l,446799 roubles was
expended in relief to refugees, before
they were resettled in the provinces,
and l,448,206 roubles have since been
spent to alleviate their condition.
Galician Jews were helped to the
amount of l8S,400 roubles. About
100000 roubles were expended for
medico sanitary assistance to refu-
gees.
The total number of Jewish refu-
gees registered by the committee is
1856, which is about $4,000 more
than were on the register last No
vember. These figures include rec
ords for the north and southwestern
provinces of Wilma, Levonia, Volhynia,
Ekaterinoslav, Poltava, Taurida, Khar-
koff, Minsk, Vilepska, Moghilev, Bess-
arabia, Kiev, Pololia and Tshernigoff.
1t has been necessary to provide
lodgings (heated) and food for these
refugees, as well as shoes and cloth
ing.
problems DifficuIt.
The provinces OF the interior Tor as
the report describes it, ION the rear")
have a total'of 74,O78 refugees. The
provinces mentioned are Kursk, lula,
Kaluga, Nijni-Novgorod and Voronej.
The cost OF the food ration supplied
only amounts to 20 kopeks a head
per day. A typical food ration is the
one supplied by the Jewish committee
of Astrakan, which consists Of one
quarter pound of Kosher meat, one
and one-half pounds OF bread, tea, two
Jumps Of sugar, one-quarter pound OF
potatoes, one-eighth pound cereal. The
housing problem is very serious one,
because, when 1t is possible
to arrange for the refugees to live in
separate lodgings, they are able to
settle down to some kind Of work or
business much quicker. The report
concludes by saying that the prob
lem Of supplying the refugees with
warm clothing and shoes is almost i'm
possible of solution
The other report is from the Hilfs-
comite fur Pollen, which has managed
the relief money from the United
States since the beginning of the ac-
tivities in the territories occupied by
Germany. Its report up to May
shows that it has expended 2,480,59S
marks, distributed between 252 cities
and districts in Poland, in which are
found about 1870 peoples kitchens,
fifty children and school kitchens,
thirty tea and refreshment halls and
other numerous public accommoda-
.ons, besides sanitary accommodations
Tor the benefit of the hungry and
sick. Hospitals have also been as
sisted on account of the spread Of
,pidemics.
The report says that the Jewish