| Show RELIEF NEEDED AT ONCE stranded passengers in serious plight on midway island washington the plight of the passengers of 0 tho the pacific mall steini ship mongolia which recently went ent ashore near midway island was mate male known to government officials hero through a cablegram received by tho manager in this city of the he commercial cable company the necessity for the immediate sending of supplies was made apparent and the question was raised it if it would be in contravention of the navigation laws to send a relief ship under foreign regla ter the matter as brought to the attention of the department of corn com merco and libor and in turn the treasury department officials were consulted and the reached that there would be no objection to sending tho the foreign built restorer no now at honolulu to midway at once carrying needful provisions supplies and wrecking apparatus for the relief of the mongolia and passengers there are ordinarily less than forty people on midway island and ancl the influx of BOO additional population would mean a serious drain on the resources of the island unless immediate relief were ere given |
