Show CHINESE NOT must be given the r share of ass s ance from buttons washington it is ane desire ol 01 president roosevelt that the work 0 the red cross in alleviating distress in san francisco shall be done wholly and as much for the chinee as for any others in a letter to secretary taft he this point plain the text of the letter follows white house washington april 23 secretary of war sir accord ing to the newspaper reports the sut fering and destitution are peculiarly great among the chinese I 1 need hardly say that the red cross work must be done wholly without regard to reruns and be as much for chi nese as for any others please wire dr devine at once to see that this is one will it not be well also to wire to general funston to the same effects I 1 1 now nothing of the matter beyond what appears in the daily press signed THEODORE ROOSEVELT |