The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-12-09
NATIONWIDE
COMMITTEE TO
SECURE FUNDS
Executive Declares Sit
uation 'Appalling;'
Help to Be Effective
Must Come Quickly.

SEATTLE, Wash, Dec. o.
Hundreds of thousands of farm
ers living in the flve northern
provinces of China, starved to
death because of the famine which
scourged that region during the
early months of 1920. Chu Chao
Hsin, consul general directing
Chinese consulates in the United
States, said today. He has just
returned from China.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 9.-prcsidcnt
Wilson today called on the American
people 10 contribute Of their funds to
relieve the appalling distress" in
China resulting from famine in sew
cral Of the provinces
Thomas w Lamont, OF the banking
houHe OF j. II. Morgan aud company,
was designated M chairman uf the
committee. and Acting Secretary
Davis OF the state department, as
treasurer.
"a canine. alarming In is propur-
tions today holds In its grip several
important provinces In China aald
the presidents appeal.
The crop failure IN complete ana
the preHcnt distress which Is great
In likely. before winter has run It's
course, to become appalling. In fact,
our diplomatic and consular agents
In China inform me that the loss re-
sultinR from death In distressing form
may run into millions OF souls II II
certain that the local government and
established organizations Of relief are
unable to cope with the magnitude OF
ulangter which faces them,
Relief Must be Speedy
"Under the circumstances. relief to
he effective should be granted quick
ly. once more an opportunity IN Of
fered to the American people to show
that prompt and generous response
with which they have invariably met
the call OF their brother nations In
distress. The case OF China | regard
as especially worthy OF the attention
of our citizens, To an unusual degree
the Chinese people look to us
for counsel and for effective friend
ship. Our churches. through theiI re-
ligiOus and medical missionaries. their
srhOolH and colleges and oul milan
thropic foundations have rcnocred
China AN inCa;culablc benefit, whicn
her people recognize with gratitude
and devotion To the United States.
Therefore, not only in the namu OF
humanity but In that Of friendlincss
distress, ! venture tO ask that our
citizens shall even though the task
of giving IA not today light one. re-
spond as they can to this distant but
appealing cry FOR help.
Nationwide Committee Named
I'm order to hn assured of the ord
Crly collection Of such donations large
or small, which may he offered, /
have invited nation wide committee
whose names are attached hereto, to
lend their aid To this matter. I have
dcaignntod Mr. Thomas ~. Lamont
OF New York city. to act as chairman
OF this committee, and MIR. Norman
Davis. under-socrctary of state. to act
as treasurer.
II realize that this call, added to
those for the under-fcd children OF
Eastern Europe and the afflicted pco-
pies of the Near East and to the needa
OF our own country, makes heavy the
demand upon the bounty OF the ma
tion. ! am confident however, that
all these pleas Will be answered In
generous spirit"
The committee appointed by the
president numbers l30 Including 2s
tCOntinuod 0n pRec two.I