The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-05-05
FAMINE F,j.,l) WORK
At HALFWAY MARK
Thomas W. Lamont. Chairman,
Tells Of Relief Administered
and Task to Be Completed.

Tho American Committee for China
Famine Fund, according to state
ment Issued by Thomas w. Lamont
chairman, has reached the secon(
stage OF Its mission of mercy Of send
Ing funds from America to feed til,
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 "thc
! last 5,OOO.0OO' through to the June
harvest as has already been sent.
, Mr.. Lamont points out that quick
] response by America to appeals made
! by President Harding and his prcde-
cessor, President Wilson, has resulted
: In 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, it is declared, will place
, the famine relief for China among
Americas most effective philanthro-
pies.
Tho Waiting Millions
There remain, however the state
ment shows, "iast 10000 to be
| saved, and these people can he saved
only by continuous and voluminOus re-
lief resulting from American subscrip-
tiOns.
The statement, in part, follows:
Quick response to the appeal Of the
American Committee for China Fam
lne Fund gives us at the halfway
point in our work the cheering assur-
ance that the subscriptions from gen
erous America already have served q
great humanitarian purpose, inasmucli
rs relief already administered has held
the famine In bounds and made 1t pos
sible for America to save multitude
of human beings.
"WhereaS early estimates made II
seem that millions must perish, we
now are advised that instead of the
15,OOO,OOO who. it was originally fear
ed, were doomed to death from hunger
relief at present in sight from all
sources, American. Chinese and for
cign. is sufficient to provide scanty ra'-
tons until the June harvest for all exsA
NcpL c,VVV,Vv' l"'t'It- leSt IdSl
5,OOOOOO are destitute, according u
our latest reports from the America
Advisory Committee IN Peking and n
dependent for existence upon M
help coming from outs side sources, a
this means America.
From All the People
1T Is the earnest hope Of the Cor
mittee that the number of cOntrirul
tions made rs we'll as the aggregate
will be such as to make our humanita-
rian gift, in real sense a gift Of the
American people as a whole.
"One way to make individual effort
and generosity contribute toward saw
ing China's starving population is for
every one responsive to China's
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, fguratively, a Chi
nese famine victim as a friend for a
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 Mum |
roe, treasurer, Bible House, New York |
City.
mo American Is so poor that he
cannot save life at the lowest rate |
ever quoted. one dollar a month. Life's |
quotations f1uctuate, 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 awny-0,OOO miles |
but hunger is hunger, whether around
the corner or beyond the Pacific.
1--WE appeal to America to make ef- |
fective the work already done in |
checking the China famine disaster by !
saving until harvest those already |
saved from DEATH"