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Show AMERICANS ASKED TO CONTRIBUTE $100,00,9 Supplies for Starving Chinamen Nov Being Be-ing Landed at Seattle Will Arrive Too Late for Thousands. WASHINGTON. March L To meet the pressing needs of the starving people of China, American Consul General "Wilder at Shanghai today cabled the secretary pf state an urgent appeal to the American Ameri-can people for tho contribution of $100.-001) $100.-001) moro to be sent by cable to the stricken "people. Mr. Wilder makes It plain that that amount will be needed before the army transport Buford, now loading at Seat-tic, Seat-tic, can reach China with supplies. Tho situation. Mr. Wlldqr adds, is desperate. While aomo relief has been given, thousands aro dying of starvation. starva-tion. Barks and weeds, tho consul says, provide the only food for thousands. In a statement Issued by the state department de-partment today hope was expressed thnl the Amerlcnn public would mnke a generous gen-erous response to the anpeal for funds by the American National Red Cross. The Red Cross today cabled $1000 to Mr. Wilder, making a total of 23.000 which the. society has disbursed. S1C000 hp-vlng been cabled directly to the stricken districts and $7000 having been spent for supplies for the Buford. |