Show Relief for Our Diplomats If we read the war figures from one angle the cost of living in Europe looks to be only a little above normal but but if if our sympathies are of another bias we are easily convinced that starvation hangs 1 over a large part of Europe o The best inference as to actual living conditions abroad probably o can be made from a letter Jetter which Secretary of State Lansing sent recently recently re re- re- re to the house of representatives asking financial relief for fot our u- u reign diplomats The secretary requested a special appropriation rom on the th the on the ground that all of our diplomatic officials in Europe I f the t e r it il to draw their necessary on oil private incomes to ved c co cover vcr he hee fruit ary ary living expenses Client lent sp ec he secretary does not name e any particular country but he dethe de- de ce cn co c- c raan p n o or e J that the cost of f living livinS has increased more than per cent in k ce and ref re European capitals and it is inferred that the economic con con- in neutral countries reflect conditions in the territory of the thep Look J erell ts f p l an yo yot yoi The cost of Jhn living abroad has caused intense anxiety to thour thou- thou j r ands of Americans who have relatives in Europe to whom they are arc Jm accustomed to send funds Therefore an any exact information such nc as that quoted from Secretary Lansing's letter is highly important a II t m r |