New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-14

4 r..ssr, c. Hoover neao OF '"e V"'
to- Relief in Belgium started
as'a !. nj, work yesterday on the
q steamer Antonio Lopez SNORT
ls- ~, 5eparture a dispatch from
,+on indicated that his future
A" = the stricken land may con
lie Of Withdrawing the commits
from Belgian soil.
r, e. cs-man submarine campaign an'
me 80 of German authorities
A" ,bs Americans doing relief wOr'
paw - lines have indicated only
'''. ~ that the commission is nc
N The splendid organ'za
''s' - Az Hoover has built up VIII
70, ,, sa TO 20. and Dutch and Spanish
..,ives will be intrusted VIII
"% IT. came to the United States
! W ~ Great fund for the starving
'l,,s s.rers. He will return to be-'
al - ~ vav Of Paris and London onlS
9'n' y ror the work of his heart to
.ssngers- ro orr Hoover
49, that no war into which TINS
i'. .,r can be plunged would absOlye
',1 ..' he duty of continuing to give
ION ~. -..-,-;nc and destitute
r'i = II this country should BE-
;,volved in the European con.
one ,s ,a'v work Of the Commission fol-
rs rs, ' :. Belgium will be continued
his' nr,cb' Mr.. Hoover said.
n' tho two months Nh Hoover
D 49, the Commission for Reiel ~ -
,s.i nm received contributions WINE.
%g. .a more than its entire receipt.
-l'. ~. country during 1915 Aoou'
~. y, I ooo in cash was collected. ! MS
..,gb to buy one meal DAY 10
-. and half weeks for the 80 eO,.
i's .,. 100000 children. Orea'
-. France and the Belgian gov,
IT, ~. have heretofore contribute
-. Of the funds expended O'
= ~ p .sa 81 100000 collected while Nj
vas mere. 100000 came un IN.
~ ~. rom one family, sSOO'OV'
from readers of The Literal
'...s 100000 from the Rocky N0 ~,
81 -S oDd about 100000 from the
s.. ..- Organization of America
- .siling Mr.. Hoover said th'
.,.,on now has sixteen snip.
- With grain en- route to EurOp'
Aa's - more will start this week
~ -. - -,s,p people are dependent fO'
~" ~ I've. on the arrival Of these car,
~. S.s.rs April Is, he said Inc
.,.,ofa few relief ships however
"a -. discourage the commission
n, Vosver declared. Every one OF tH'
IN, leaving the United States bears
81. ,orSuet from the German Govern
rent he said. -
so,ou-1oooo. 600 wards" Mr.. Hoover
.,arued. 50 500, 900 are in the occu'
I'd por.ion Of France and are Zee
envrh money gwen 70 US by France
q the 100000 remaining in Belgium
-rs than 3.5OO,OOO are totally des1
H. These are dependents upon tn'
a,sesnces and good will Of the worio
Help Received in England
Three hundred thousand dollars
-sath. approximately. Is contributed D.
sslrsn refugees 10 England from tnell
arrngs In British industries. OF ~
n Belgian refugees in England. onN
1900. mostly women and children, are
t,suployed J want particularly 20 en-
y,ssize this point. because the Belgian
h't right 70 impress upon the .worle
est they are not hanging back Wltnou'
struggle and permitting themselves
ritsir friends 20 become Dependents
'Bs. the situation is critical. In'
Ints Of foodstuffs increases enormous
!. he rising cost Of transportation
- shortage OF ships and the SHRINK
rg Of native production have aided q
ne snxieties OF the commission. nero
another point which / desire earnest
= % impress upon every father ant
rs.hsr and upon every clergyman ane
Isry physician iu this country; ina
= nat IN order 20 preserve the emil
ls1 Of Belgium r. was necessary some
-5-,as ago 90 increase their allowance
q iooi 70 beyond the 80 per cent nor
ral ration wach is distributed 70 th'
-s'.i.ute.
Already we have 100000 debilitatec
.l.efsn under special feeding m an en-
-ssser 70 rebuild their bodies.
Iasre has been ar alarming IN
's,se ir tuberculosis, rickets an'
A'sr Us that follow surely upon under
.'.riioI. Trey arc receiving the ten
t'sii care from the thousands OF we'll
20 zen ard women Of their own PEG
NO are sottiug an example 70 th'
.els world Of devotion, diligence
tlsscrfce and intelligence. u ~ lef
Anerlca o. say, first, whether tn
ans Of these devoted Belgian an'
s,eh men and women shall be sus
ase IN their work; second. whether
destitute children Of Belgium
~7eJO-shall BE saved from disaster
nirc, whether the credit for grea
sneient humanity that this com
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