Evening star., 1923-04-19
Noted Collection Of Art Treasures
From Combe Abbey to Be Auctioned

to England, bringing with her all the
treasures which she had acquired in
Bohemia at Prague and elsewhere. ana
instead Of taking up her residence In,
tality Of her foster brother. the flrst,
Lord Craven. and went TO live WITH
him at Combe Abbey in the home OF
her childhood. = -
On her death there. and her burial
in Westminster Abbey. it was found
that she had left to the first Lord
Craven-that is to say. to- her host
and lifelong friend-al1 her property,
and especially her wonderful collec-
tion Of old masters from the conti-
nent. There is no proof, however. IN
the widely circulated story to the
effect that they were united by tics
Of marriage, and although 1t was as
serted by Pepys and other cotem-t
porary diarists that the matrimonial
alliance existed between them. This
first Lord Craven died at an advanced
age as q bachelor. being succeeded IN
his hopors and estates by q grand
nephew, who spent a portion OF ms
life in America as lord palaune of the
then British province of Carolina.
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While people are being called upon
to subscribe in this country and In
western Europe to the Russian famine
relief fund. the soviet government
Gazette at Moscow publishes the text
Of a telegram sent by the lE-Russian
Central Trade Union Council to the
central committee of the factory and
workshops committee Of Germany an
nouncing that the Russian workers
are sending 500 railway truckloads-
approximately 5000 tons--of wheat to
the German workers Of the Ruhr dis
tea -
izing resistance to French occupation.
The telegram requests the German
trade union to inform Moscow exactly
to which German port or center tne
s, 600 tons OF wheat shall he consigned.
From this ii would seem that MOS
COW has huge stores or grain. correct
ed from the peasants in various por-
tions OF the country. and obtained
through the famine relief funds
abroad, which are to be used, not TO
save famine-stricken moujiks from
starvation, but to feed and strengtnen
the resistance Of the Germans In the
Ruhr districts against the Frencn.
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Equally remarkable is the attitude
Of the Turkish authorities with re-
gard to the magnificent work which
has been done by the American Near
East Relief organization in rationing
and caring for the $4,000 Christian
refugees in Constantinople, who have
been expelled from their homes IN
Asia Minor. where their people have
! lived for centuries. The Turkish au-
| thorities will not allow any more
| food TO be distributed until the Near
| East Relief organization has paid IT
! full the customs duties alleged TO DC
| due on the relief supplies. AS the
! duties imposed amount approXimatelS
| TO 100 per cent Of the value or the
| foodstuffs this decision MAKES further
relief work impossible. 1t 1s stated
! that similar orders have been ISSUED
! by the Turkish authorities at Samsun
Mersina and at other Anatolian ports
! to which Christian refugees have peer
| driven by the Turks from the interior
Since the Near East Relief organi-
zation, which has been doing sucr
! MAGNIFICENT work. is prevented IRON
! continuing it's philanthropic iaoors
and from feeding the men. womer
and children interned there. il looks
! very much as though the Angora gov
/ ernment were determined to pursue
/ it's task Of Christian determination
! and it remains to be seen whether the
great powers of the entente. and espe
cially the United States, which hat
! contributed so largely to the urgent
! needs Of these Christians of Asia Mi
nor will suffer that they shall be con
demned to death by typhus and sheel
| starvation. Truly, American relie'
abroad is meeting with every kind oi
| disbursement and obstacles.