The Washington herald., 1921-02-10
CONSULAR AGENTS
SENDCABLEGRAMS
ON EUROPE NEEDS
President Submits Data
on Foreign Relief Work
of Herbert Hoover.

More cablegrams detailing dis
tressful conditions in Europe with
which American relief organizations
under direction of Herbert Hoover
have been dealing were sent to the
Senate yesterday by President VIII
son in response to a request Of
January 3. The Senate asked the
information in order that the pub
lie may be given to understand just
how badly contributions are needed,
and several Cablegrams were made
public within = few weeks after
the Senate resolution was adopted.
Chief among the messages sub
mitted yesterday was that Of Muir
ray Crane, American Minister at
Prague, who said:
Need in Bohemia.
The need OF food and clothing
for women and children in the
mountainous districts of Western
and Northern Bohemia and in some
southern portions of the Carpathian
Russian district and in industrial
areas where there is great unem-
plOyment is still very great. The
war has made 100000 widows and
orphans. In some parts of Western
Bohemia deaths Outnumber births
two to one, and so per cent of the
children examined at clinics show
malnutFitiOn. The feeding of chill
dren helps the morale of the un-
employed. The miners in the sew
eral districts have agreed to work
Sundays and endeayOr to increase
production from 20 to 80 per cent
il they are given additional food
and clothing. They are Industrious
and anxious.
Il have been in touch with the
American relief organizations since
their beginning and in my opinion
the European Childrens fund Is
carefully handled, with the proper
regard for American interests and
with a view to turning the work
over to local agencies as early as
possible.
CEechs Help Work.
The foods distributed are deliv-
cred from the United States TO Ham
burg. From Hamburg all expense
of transportation is paid by the
CzeChO- -SlOVakian government. The
American contribution totals $4,-
004,0O0 and the czech contribution
SSS7,0O0 cash. The Czechs pay the
salaries of four Americans and fif-
teen Czechs besides 10000 native
workers. In the beginning there
were forty Americans on the rolls.
The number of 500, 900 children
that were fed daily has been reduced
to 25O.00O. America should not with
draw this assistance at this time. "
COnstantinOple said:
Phe present organization Of the
Near East Relief workers in Syria.
excluding the AIeppo district, is
composed of twenty American per-
sonnel and2lS6 native. and maintains
OrphaRages, hospitals, rescue homes
and a ssnitaFiUm containing 3,O7Z
orphans and refugee women. Gen
eral relief is given to 1853 extra
persons. The legitimate call for
charity except as to the orphans
mentioned above, is practically nil
There is a great shortage OF work
in Syria and the people have for
years been educated to expect re,
lief. No figures are obtairabie as
to the exact extent of French relief
measures but the method employed
IS to place needy persons under the
care Of the various French religious
societies.
The French authorities are ca.
pable and have intimated their will.
hngness to assume the American
work in this section. A further re.
port will be sent as soon as the
French statistics are compiled
tSigned) bristol"
Refugees Need Help.
From the American representative
at Sofia the following message wa!
submitted:
Conditions in Bulgaria are gooC
and the government is willing anC
al BILE to handle the situation with,
out help from the outside. How.
even there are 1000 refugee Rus.
sians including 1000 women anC
100 children, mostly destitute, q
pOO Of the number unable to work
and 1000 unable to find employ
ment and dependent upon foreign
charity. The Bulgarian govern
ment cannot assist and little is be-
ing done by foreign charity. Five
hundred tons of supplies are being
furnished by the American Rec
Cross, and its representatives re-
Gently made an investigation anc
should be prepared to report as tc
the future needs of these refugees
There should be an American rep
resentative in the country to su'
prrvise the distribution of supplies
tSiEned) WILSON.