The Washington herald., 1920-07-11
EUROPEAN AID.
ROUTSFAMINE
Conditions Better in Nations
Stricken by War, Says
Sir Eric Drummond.
$21s,OOO,OOO PROVIDED
American Organizations As!
sure Self elf-Supporting Fu- =
ture for Victims.
$21S,OOO, 900 PROVIDED
BY CARL w. ACKERMAN.
Washington Hersld-PubIic Ledger
Service, Special Cable Bispntch.)

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London. July i0.-Sir Erie Drum
mond. secretary general of the
league OF nations, today made pub
lie a letter which he sent to Lieut.
Gen. Sir David Henderson. director
general OF the League of Red Cross
Societies in Geneva, stating that the
United States during 1919 and the
beginning of 1920 provided approx
mately s21S,0OO.000 worth of sup
plies for the relief of central Eu-
rope. Considering the present de
tachment" of the United States from
European affairs. il is interesting
TO Know that America during the
last year and a half has contrib
uted to such a large degree toward
ameliorating the pitiful conditions
existing in Poland, Austria, Hun
gary. Serbia and Rumania,
Sir Eric in reviewing the relief
work. while stating only the cold
facts, indicated that the United
States and Great Britain had. in
supplying food. clothing and trans
port to these countries. helped them
to great extent during the past
critical months of readjustment.
Report of Secretary General.
Surveying this work. the secre-
tary, general of the league made
the following report:
The cereal. meat. milk and fat re-
quirements of the countries affected
namely. Poland. Austria, Hungary
and Rumania-may now appear tC
be assured. in a greater or less de.
gree until the coming harvest ow.
ing to the establishment of the in
ternational committee for relief
credits. Large quantities OF special
foodstuffs. like condensed milk, CO.
Goa. etc, have also been made avau.
able by the American Children's Re.
lief. the American. Red Cross, the
Save-the Children fund, the Friends
war victims relief committee, the
Vienna relief fund and the Jewish
relief committee.
During 1919 and the beginning OF
1920 America provided 100000. o0C
worth of clothing and textile mix.
ture for Poland. Great Britain pro.
vided 100000 yards of cotton twill
and upward of 100000 pairs of boots
Poland also obtained 1900, ,00C
guilders' worth of clothing from
Holland. LARGE supplies Of clothing
and other necessaries of this nature
OSSAA SAN sum are DClHR
piled to the countries of Eastern
Europe. through voluntary organi.
cations.
THE decisions of the credits con.
ference which took place in Pari:
on the twenty-second OF April, have
now made available, in certain par
ticipating countries, wool and other
raw materials essential to textile
manufacturers. This should mater;-
ally assist the affected countries to
meet their existing lack of cloth
ing.
1T is also understood that
through government and other cred
Its. certain amount of cotton is
being, and is likely to be. provided
Tor Austria and Poland (the textile
mills OF the latter are now running
about so per cent pre-war capacity).
There IS also. IL is hoped more
than a probability of wool and other
raw materials for Poland and other
countries being provided out of pri-
Nate credits arranged by business
organizations.
with reference 20 medical and
other supplies in connection with
thc anti-tSIhuS c7mrGicn. American
surplus disposal board stocks sup
piled II Poland alone amount 10
some ss,ooooOc. besides material
supplied by the American Red Cross
Sccietv.
'Interallied railway missions in
Poland and R-raar!G have been in
strumental n eve rsCeiEg the dis
trihution of $500 ooC sIIocated out
{ the relief credits 70 each OF
these C'lntrie., by Great Britain.
America has supplied $4,000. 900
worth OF transport material t. Po-
land: this included hospital trains.
mobile de'ousing apparatus. Iaun-
dries. besides a fair quantity OF
roSd transport.
'Cnccr the rev international re-
lief credits scht me. Anne riCa is sup
piVinS OD 10 Poland $4,000. 900
worth II railway material: this in
eiddes $500 thirty-ton railroad cars,
forty nine crates and other rail-
way stores; (2) 20 Serbia, Ss5. .ooo OO6
worth OF -ailwey and telegraph ma
tertal to be selected from existing
army stocks in the Z. S. A"
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