Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-04-06
All Urged To Give
Ireland AsFS For Help For Starving
In Name OF Charity Ai:4
Humanity

The Irish Relief moven.ar; knows
either '.oliticS nor religion. Ii ask.
only in the name of charity and hu
;la';ity : helping hand to the people
Of relar now faced with the grin;
horror c! death ~ starvation. Ir
| every pfrt of Ireland today thous-
aids OF raen, women and children
arc homeless and hundreds of thous.
an3s ar" hungry For months past
h" great mass of the people Of Ire
:aai have been kept alive by the
fo2d GIN to them by their more
fortunate neighbors an! s.sriends
Every say tha conditions are-be-
coming verse. The. resources Of the
charitable in ireland are exhausted:
The food supply is gone. Unless aid
c"'ncs promptly and generously
ron out. dc the population Of Ire.
i1ni will in short time inevitably
pc";sh y famine. Persons who have
visited Ireland during the winter
months rerscns who had grown ac
"ustomo.: TO the frightful realities
Of war ard its consequences on the
Continent nf Europe and in Asia, in
famine stricken Austria and AR.
meria, have borne witness that no
where : distress Greater. nowhere
is aid more urgently neeled than II
Ireland.
Aireair America has responded tc
th'> nce;'' \ committee Of men of
H;ticn wide reputation ard integrity
has been drawn together to deaf
with The situation in Ireland. Al
rt%ny Arie.man relief workers are
i" the fe;0. The American Society
Of FrelGs the Ouakers have ad
ded ano.,hcr wreath to their crown
Of glory IL the service Of humanity
by undertaking TIC actual work Of
dlStribut'n" relief amorg the stlick-
IN pcor! of Ireland. This fec
alore is sufficient evidence of tie
need and if the character Of the tasE
in which ne good re6plc Of Alexan.
G!.;a az" asked to assist The re-
pe.tz@ w!,,,,s tifessas ) aGsssssS Siit;3in relief
WORKERS send hack regarding tn,
conditions, Of destituiion and suffer
;Gs with Which thcy are confronted
make i; Imperative 10 soc that their
efforts v not be frustrated by lack
OF fund. that their hands will moi
BE- tied hc:auy. they are not sup
rortcd il the lahors.
In Dublin alone thousands Of 1T
tie children have subsiSte;l week II
and week ou' for months on Gne
meal Gav. mcal which consists
CT ore slice Of bread and one cup of
cocoa: schools have reasci TO bc
places Of instruction for youth and
have bc>n turned into relief sta
.sionF; day bv day liHcs@>of hungry
famine STRICKEN :rhildrtn fdrgl, OFT
sidc these s"hooh; to; reeve the II
,tle dole of charity wiish keeps then
alive. :W.ha; is :truS Of Duhtia, The
Washirgtoa-, ii IYe.and,> is !. ttpc Of
every part Of 'Irrland.' Everywhere
there IS distress everywhere. there
IS unemployment, everywhere there
is hun~er. This distress will i,
relieved, this famine averted # Amel
leans do aS they have always done
when appealed to in the name and II
the interest { humanity. if they arc
true to The traditions which have
mad nf this country the refuge ard
the hope of the stricken OF every
land. Al! that the Alexandria Com
imittcc asks IS that all will contrib
lutte to this worthy cause as gencr-
osuI:. as they can, that they will d.
as they have done so often before
give until il hurts. that they viii
bear in mind that on their g"ner0s-
ty depends the lives Of the people
/ Of a whoIe nation, that what Amer,
/ lean hearts are prompted to give
will hc distributed BY American
hands. that they will remember that
Ireland il times gone by. gave out
Of her plenty to America in her houi
Of distress and that now when con.
ditions are reversed America vii
! not forget.