Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-08-09 | Page 22 | China Asks Aid for Victims of Swatow Storm

iusi EFOR VICTIMS OF SWATOWSTORWI Chinamen in United State Are Appealed to by Hong- -.Long Chamber of Com-merce; Com-merce; Many Contribute ea.aaaa.aaa.aiaaM.aaa I ministration opened a subscription list for Hwttow relief with 500. Hii Ho Tuns; beaded the t'hlpess list with I&00A. Tha Hongkon bank contributed $6000. . Tha Anlatlc Petroleum Pe-troleum company and several Individuals In-dividuals aavs 12000 each. " HONOKONO. Aur I. fcy A P.) Chinese overseas are being; appealed to by tha Chinese chamber of commerce com-merce her to aid thslr stricken countrymen at Bwatow. the port 250 nlles north of here which was prac-4teally prac-4teally destroyed by a typhoon and tfdal wave a week io with the Jos of It.oaa lives. . The general chamber of commerce wf Honkons Invltlns; subscrip tions for the Bwatow sufferers. The Chinese Tunjrawh hospital committee Ms appropriated 10.00. The British American Tobacco company srave I STOOt to the rellfe fund and shipped rlre to Hwatow. The government sut the British section of Hongkong hipped another hundred tons of rice last night. The directors of the Swatow municipality have written ihe British consul at Hongkong ex-ssesslng ex-ssesslng appreciation for the generosity gener-osity of his countrymen. British and Japanese steamers are carrying ' 1 ll" applies to Swatow free. Universal sympathy has been aroused by the appalling magnitude of the eaataetrophe. " Yrtrvemor and Mistress Bevern, of the British government's civil ad-