Connecticut western news., 1921-04-21
FAMINE FUND WORK
 AT HALFWAY MARK
Thomas w. Lamont, Chairman, Tells of Relief Administered and Task to Be Completed.

The American Committee for China Famine Fund, according to a state ment issued by Thomas W. Lamont, chairman, has reached the second stage of its mission of mercy of send ing funds from America to feed the millions of starving famine victims in the far eastern republic. At the low est estimate, the statement says, just as much more is needed to carry "the last 6,0OO,O00" through to the June harvest as has already been sent.
 Mfr. Lamont points out that quick response by America to appeals made by President Harding and his prede- cessor, President Wilson. has resulted ip such prompt distribution of relief that the threatened magnitude of.-the famine has been checked to a marked extent A continuation of the efforts so far made, 1t is declared, will place the famine relief for China among Americas most effective philanthro- pisa.
 The Waiting MllIIsas
 There remain, however, the state ment shows, Hast 5000, ,OO0' to be saved, and these people can be saved only by continuous and voluminous re- lief resulting from American subscrfp- tfons.
 The statement, in part, follows:
 '"Quick response to the appeal of the American Committee for China Fam inc Fund gives us at the halfway point in our work the cheering assur- @w@n that Nhn authorizations %wown ~ar- erous America already have served great humanitarian purpose, inasmuch as relief already administered has held the famine in bounds and made 1t pos sible for America to save a multitude of human beings. -'.
 "Whereas early estimates made it seem that millions must perish, we now are advised that instead of the 1b,oO0,000 who, 1t was originally fear cd. were doomed to death from hunger: relief at present in sight from all sources. American, Chinese and for eign, is sufficient to provide scanty ra- tions until the June harvest for all ex- cept '5OOO,OO0> people. These last 5,OO0,0 ,0O0' are destitute, according to our latest reports from the American Advisory Committee in Peking and are dependent for existence upon new help coming from outside sources, and this means America
 From All the People
 'It is the earnest hope of the Com mittee that the number of contribu- tons made as we'll as the aggregate will be such as to make our humanita- rian gift, in a real sense, gift of the American people as a whole. .-
 "One way to make individual effort and generosity contribute toward say ing China's starving population is for every one responsive Co Chinass need, in effect, to pick pal in China for a day. The thought behind this special appeal in connec- ton with the latter part of our effort will be for American men, women and children to choose, figuratively, Chi nese famine victim as a friend for day and to send what they spend one day on themselves or an American friend to the China Famine Fund ei- ther through local committees, banks or churches or direct to Vernon Nun roe, treasurer, Bible House, New York City.
 "No American is so poor that he cannot save a life at the lowest rate ever quoted, one dollar a month. Life's quotations fiuctuate, sometimes in one nation, sometimes in another, but the lower the quotation the greater the opportunity of humanity, the opportu- nifty of human beings to save human life. China is far away-6000 miles but hunger is hunger, whether around the corner or beyond the Pacific
 "We appeal to America to make eff fective the work already done in checking the China famine disaster by saving until harvest those already saved from death"