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Show AMERICAN RELIEF. J H. C. Hoover, chairman of the American commission for relief in Belgium, Bel-gium, recently delivered an address at King's college, London, during the course of which ho gave figures showing show-ing the help given the unfortunate people who inhabit the cockpit of Europe, Eu-rope, as follows: Foodstuffs supplied and sold to June 30 55, 000,000 Shiploads of hreadstuffs Imported Im-ported - Tons of hreadstuffs Imported.. 600. 000 Upkeep of canteens for the des- Uute 13,500.000 Spent for homeless and orphan children 500,000 Number of children placed In temporary homes 24.000 Number of foreign refugees In Belgium fed S0.000 Spent for teniporarv shelters... Jof'O.euO flothlliK distributed worth $3,Ui0,0'i0 ! For purchase of clothlnit locally ?J,:oO,000 Total cash Bubscrlptions to datc $15,000,000 ; Volunteer workers employed . . . 65,000 1 The statement speaks for itself. No 1 other country in tho world could or ' would have made such a magnificent responso to a call for aid. The Bel- ' gians may forget and forgive the ' cruelties practiced upon thorn, but they ' will never forgot tho large-hearted 1 American people who provided them " with food and clothing in their time of direst need. |