Eureka Reporter | 1906-04-27 | Page 5 | Chinese Not Barred

CHINESE NOT BARRED must be given their share of assist ance from public contributions washington it is the desire 0 president roosevelt that the work ot the red cross in alleviating distress in san francisco shall be done and just as much for the chinese as for any others in a letter to secretary taft he made this point plain the text of atie letter follows white house washington april 23 secretary of war S r accord ing to the newspaper reports the suf 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 persons and tie as much for chi nese as for any others please wire dr devane at once to see that this is lone will it not be well also to wire to general funston to the same effect I 1 1 now nothing of the matter beyond what appears in the daily press signed THEODORE ROOSEVELT