The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-05-19
AMERICAN FLOUR is
NOW FEEDING THE
RUMANIAN PEOPLE
1t Is Sold by the Wholesale
to the Government and
Distributed
SUPPLY WELL
The Red Cross Has Taken Up the
Relief Work of Destitute and
Welfare of Orphans
HANDLE SUPPLY WELL

BELGRADE, SERBIA, May 19--
Cali Rumania is eating flour
from America today. The people
realize where the aid has come from
and are exceedingly grateful. With
out American help starvation certain
-ly would have become very general,
These are the words of Lieutenant
Colonel H. Gideon Wells, American
Red Cross Commissioner to Rumania,
who recently arrived at Belgrade
from Bucharest.
Colonel Wells said the great bulk
of the Rumanian food supply, includ-
ing about twenty thousand tons of
flour monthly, is furnished by the
American Food Administration. 1t is
sold in wholesale quantities to- the
government, which attends to all de-
tails of transport and distribution.
Flour trains run continually from the
ports to the interior and have the
right -of-way over all other transport.
The supply is being well-handled and
there is no longer danger of starva-
tion except in isolated areas, particul-
arly in the Dobrudja region, where To-
cal transport is excessively difficult.
Supplementary to the Food Ad-
ministration program the Ameri-
can Red Cross Commission to Ru-
mania has already developed nation
wide food and clothing relief program,
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of the destitute, the welfare of or
phans, the organization of sewing
rooms and the general amelioration of
conditions. This effort has had the
hearty cooperation of the Rumanian
government. From King Ferdinand
and Queen Marie to the last clerk, the
Rumanian people are very grateful
and "to be an American is to be hon
ored."
The Commission to Rumania has Sd
members, about evenly divided be-
tween men and women. Lieutenant
Colonel H. Gideon Wells is commits
sioner and general director. The COM
mission is the creation of the COM
mission to the Balkan States which
now has headquarters at Rome, and
of which Colonel Henry Anderson of
Richmond, Va, is the commissioner
in-chief. The general program of the
Balkan Commission, already effective
ly applied in Serbia, Rumania, Greece,
Albania and Montenegro is one of en-
ergency relief.
The Commission to Serbia operates
southwark from Belgrade and north
ward from Saloniki under direction of
Lieut-Col Thomas w. Farnam of
New Haven, Conn.
The Commission to Greece is we'll
organized, with headquarters at At
hens and supplied food, clothing,
medical relief and other aid in the
part of Macedonia evacuated by the
Bulgarians during the period when
thousands of refugees were returning
to their homes. At this time the med
ical personnel of the commission is
combating typhus in Eastern Mac
donia.
GIVES UP GUARDIANSHIP
Attorney ]. Rolfe Searles Resigns
as Chairman of Republican State
Committee
Attorney ]. Rolfe Searles has re-
signed as chairman of the republican
state committee, and has recommend
ed as member for Caledonia county
Harry H. Carr. Attorney Searles has
served as chairman for eight years,
and for three years previous to this
served as vice chairman and secre-
tary.