| Show THOUSANDS DIE FROM starvation HELPLESS PEOPLE IN MOUN IN SYRIA DENIED SUC v COB ARE PERISHING refusal refusal of germany to allow cafa passage of relief ships was the ia death sentence of thousands of syrians 0 nen york yow A thousand deaths a day from starvation staria tion out of a lation of in the lebanon moun kalns near beirut syria Is the toll ot of famine conditions there resulting from the war mars it mas declared heie sunday V by uie the ra william am 11 II nail hall of the syrian protestant college who recently returned to tills this country from relief work mork in that district continuing mr hall described the tragic disappointment of the people there whose spirits were mere kept up for eel weeks by lie the promised arrived last time of the american relief ship caesar which would mould have meant life to thousands but which never arrived ox owing ing to the refusal of ger many and austria hungary to grant her afe rafe passage to beirut fe the caesar a naval collier loaned to the ked red cross by the aay debirt ment left new york months before the entry of this country into the var mar as a christmas ship for the needy in syria earning more than a quarter of a million dollars morth w orth of food and oc clothing lothing contributed in this country day after day the poor starving people eople P along the coast and through the mountains looked and prayed tor for th the e coming of the american ship sir mr hall said the country was uns canvass cam ass td d by well uell organized committees the needy w m ere listed the work of dis tribu tion was mas thorough lj prepared offices were opened and men chosen to dimet the distribution the people waited malted their hopes were mere raised high I 1 week followed w m eek and month fol lowed month la in suspense the people dally daily looked out to sea for lier her but the ship which meant life and hope to thousands never appeared she was mas held by military necessity while the people stam staged ed the city of beirut Is as sorely at af flirted as the mountain districts mr ball went on and day or night one hears the cry along the streets I 1 am hungria give me bread this Is not from beggars but from laborers and tra tradesmen demen people mho ha lune have ve known inoma the comforts of life |
