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Show RELIEF COMMITTEE TO SAIL FOR EAST WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. Tho American Ameri-can committe! for relief in the near east, headed by lr, James D. Barton of Boston, Bos-ton, will sail fmm New York December .11 for Kuropc. The state department announced an-nounced today that arrangements had been completed for the committee, which will go to liondon and Paris to enlist tho aid of the British and French gov ernments before proceeding to Salonikl and Constantinople. Official communications communi-cations to the leaders of Ibo expedition and to the slate department have assured a favorable reception by tho British and French governments. One nf the members of the rmnmilleo wlu will sail on December 31, as announced an-nounced today, Is J. H. T. Main, Chinnoll. Iowa. Airplanes of the allied military force In the near east: will be user! hy the expedition ex-pedition to ascerta In the port Ions of the Armenian and Syrian territory where tfio need Is greatest. |