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Show ROCKEFELLER WILL FEED IE HMIIOE Immense Resources of the Foundation Will Be Employed Em-ployed for Relief of Non-combatants Non-combatants in Europe. FIRST VESSEL TO START ON TUESDAY Four Thousand Tons of Pro-; visions Will Go to Rotterdam Rot-terdam for the Belgians; No Delay on High Seas. . i , Ni:V YOUK. New 1. The Rot-kcfoller Foundation ha determined to employ Its' lmmtr.se resourrea for the relief of non- ' oomlxatants in The countrU's aftliotod by the war and stands i o.i d y to tr. v f "millions "mil-lions of dollars if ncoess-iTy" for the purpose. pur-pose. This wr.s announced tonlgl.t by John P. Ho. kefeilcr Jr., president of the foundation. ln pursuance of th'.s phlUnthropy, the foundation will send a commission to Europe in a ft-w days to report first hand as to luw, when and where aid can be rt-niered most effectively. At a cost of $:TS.l'X it already has chartered a ship and loaded it with 4000 tons of provisions provi-sions for ike relief of the starving Bel- JT-Ans. ; 'T::is action is taken," Mr. Rockefeller say?, "as a natural step in fulfilling the charterej purposes of the foundation, came'y, 'to promote the well-beins of mankind throughout the worid.' " 1 Will Sail Tuesday. The ship is the ilassareoa. the laxs- ! est neutral vessel now in New York ' barb Jr. and it will sail Tuesday morn-Ins- direct for Rotterdam with a certifl- cation from the Briti-h consul at New York that its cargo Is destined for the use of Belgian noncon; ha tanks only and fhoj'd not be delayed in transit. The supplies are consigned to the American ; consul at Rotterdam and will he distrib- 1 uted by the Belgian relief commission. j Mr Rockefeller has been in communl- cation with Kmbassador Face at London and made public a cablegram in which the embassador describes the dire ned of the Belgians and says that "it will require a million dollars a month for seven or eight months to prevent starvation-" Many Will Starve. "In fact,' the embassador safd, "many will starve now before food can reach them." He added that the British government gov-ernment forbids the export of food and that none can be bought on the continent. contin-ent. It ras in response to this urgent message mes-sage and a similar one from H. C-He-over of the American relief committee commit-tee in London that the foundation decided de-cided to send a relief ship "at the earliest earli-est possible moment." Mr. Rockefeller makes clear In his announcement an-nouncement that whatever steps are taken by the foundation in the administration adminis-tration of Its relief work hey will be "absolutely neutral." The-commission of Investigation will be headed by WyckJiffe Ros, director penerai of the international health commission, and will visit the sv-eral sv-eral countries affected by the war. The announcement follow s: Will Spend Millions. "It having become clear that one of the most terrible and appall ins effects of the war will fall upon the noncom-batants noncom-batants those most innocent of any part in the cans'! or conduct of the conflict the Rockefeller Foundation has determined deter-mined to exert it. self to the extent, if necessary, of millions of dollnrs, for the relief of noncomtatants in the various countries involved. "This action is taken as a natural step in fulfilling the chartered purposes i of the foundation, namelv, 'to promote the well-beins of mankind throughout the world.' "I have written the American embas-Mior embas-Mior In London that 'we foresee the probabilit v f na t lar'e. resources will be verv much needed for rehabilitation at a time when the resources now being drawn unon for Immediate relirf will be prhfipH 'very nea rly exhausted. I'nder the circumstances we feel the need of further advice.' Will Send Commission. "In order to obtain expert opinion as ! to the time, pla-'-e and means of rendering render-ing a Id most effectively, the foundation had h -ranged to send to Europe within the next f'-w da ys a corn mission whih shall visit the countries affected and advice ad-vice us firt hnnd. The chairman of the" commission 'will be WyrkMffe Rose, rilretT central of the international li faith commission, whose successful ex-perif ex-perif nee in organizing the campaign against hookworm disease in various parts of thf world peculiarly fits hhn for t,,o t-isk. VVe arc also seeking to enlist th- co-operation of on or two others, e.perien"ed n tho administration of relief re-lief to those ln need. "The sending of such a mission will nnt render ' unneccssnry .the efforts of other agencies of relief, for the need Is widespread and millions of people are 'Mifiorlng. AH stpps whi'-h the Rockefeller Rockefel-ler Foundation takes will, of course, be absolutely neutral. Large Ship Chartered. "To avoid delay and to provide relief it the earlit-Pt possible moment for the suffering p'-ople of Belgium, the foundation founda-tion hafl rliarterod the lnrgest neutral Pliip available In New ork harbor and pmrhaf-fl a full rnmo of supplies, to be dirpHt'died linmedl.'Uely. "Tins artion will but supplement the (Continued on page Three.) ROCKEFELLER WILL 11 Ml (Continued from P.-ge One.) put'!!.'-s!ii-Ui! erfurts of the l: n re-:w re-:w oinmntt-. or wht.-h Kuh,-rt w. 1-U'i 1-U'i .st is cli.ui iiui ii. Tluit th.- ne. rs-iiy in vital :mt w o i L 1 1 of tit.. )..,riu-l sup-pott sup-pott in ii:.iu-.it..I .v il;o following t-all-ra in w tin-It. in rvply tu in-pm'!''. we Iiavt) rrvivo.! rrini Mi'. rao tiie American Ameri-can eml'ti.ulor at 1 xnuion : " 'HfUiuin is on tin- wio of Ht.Trva-tion. Ht.Trva-tion. l o:i; hali-allv it'ard it must oi-roituno oi-roituno to hi'tp. I havr nrvrr Known S'.h'h ;t i'iim'' of ('OlllTliltlr t v (llH- tritMitr' food r.msists of pr. niin.-n t Ainorl-imms Ainorl-imms ht. ro an I mi lncntl; I I'.t-U'ian.s tn I'-'liuin itn.l AmiTli an nunist-T nnd ron-si;!s ron-si;!s in lU-lci uni. all utvl'-r my iirct Ion. Untisii L-i anirr t forbids pjioit of i'oo-:-, arid ni food ran I' Po-irht on on i Incnt. HHp neif.l Is fo d ;uut lot f.r onion and children. Million a Month. " 'it will ro.jmr a ml'lion doilais a month f-T .'Vfii or f'lht monllis to pro-rni pro-rni slarai:on. tn fart, many will starve now l..-f ir- too,! i an r-ich thn. No fo-.i can Lo to;ij;ht nnd e;irt.d from any rmintry in iiuroio. dod.ir ou o!;or -,. to t;ie will tjve or prolurn: ,i luim.mhff, ir you can tvv U iiuickly v::oi.:-ii. ctl.i-r t'.iru will fotnc in iny Imd l: n lluro ia.n 1-e tjreaU'r tufd. Im i:ot s.-nd mon y. Huy mx r.it ( 'i t. t wo partH ru e. t wo i art h"a ns. : an i s'.ip in m-utial ships oorisli-i.t-d to AniTli-in conM.l ;it Kott-tdam. Inform me ulrn i: ship, n r-.d I will n rra nt ad dipio:naP..: ro-i r:r.'-U s for l.jrdirik'. f'-r tran.-ii to, !i;ii ani for diirl!u t:on In t ' j : ; . 11 ijLant.tu-a 1-y t'.c rMii:nls-on rMii:nls-on of r-dicf. h. .is a moans of r-a."liirc all tin- r'-'r'. l.-ive laktii over all irroct-ry 5: "re4. ''!:!:; iiat'dy ui-on re lvir.c thes mn., p.'..-s. t:',,- Ko, kvfodor fr.-indat'.on enlist- t-d th" ca-''p-ratsn of i'.v .nppi:itf lie I .irtnitTit of t',o St; nd ird Ull Company of New Y"ik, in st-ouri iiir tls ve-s.-l. nnd tl t'i'e .-am1 t'.me, gladly nalld itself of vnh::il.irv f-rvic of Mr. Lion-l lla-p-r.'ier-, a t'eltian now reMdent in New York Hnd a member "I" the Kfli:ian r Ii'-f I'or.ii.iitto, In pun!:ns)p the 1 uru-iy TI.--I'onrvia t:on rn'-onnl'TH.) conid-r,iM- dif-I'ruiiy dif-I'ruiiy !n flnd.n a ivra-:!ou" voswl. ard t!: prespvire upon t:.j rr.arket for food-i'j:'N food-i'j:'N was eurli that It was iinp-.Hihie to comply r.tly with FmbussdOor I'atre's Fut-c.-Ption as to r r-.-pa rat ion.". To fill anH d'.;p,To-h tb. ship failed for an cxpen Jituro of aboTit $:;;..'.-. "On net Tie5iay morninr, therefore. t?,e Mi .Gsnn:fp:.'i of th.? New York u nd I'orti Kl'-e Ptt-amshlp cotniany will all iirf-(-t to R'Hteria m. Holl m 1. laden w ith " ton;? of s:ippM?3 rncipned to the An.erir-an consul. The carco will consist or : "Twenty-cirht barrels of fl mr. "Fourteen thousand packets (luO pounds ea'-h of n- e. "Tr,:''M thousand bays (2X pounds each) of h-;inp. "On thousand bo:co3 (100 pounds mcIi) of bacon. "Tbo BritiFh ronul hns kindly acTeed to certify that t'?ee Fuppli-s art apso-1 apso-1 1 1 1 o 1 for t ! . e a' d r f n o n 10 n 1 b n t a n Ls and should not be delayed In transit." |
