Show I GERMAN HORRORS ON BELGIAN PRISONERS appeals n lire are received almost holly ally In behalf of or lIh lall prisoners heM held eld In III German concentration cam s. s So o desperate and ant revolting are arc limo tho tho to so urgent Is the thC need aced that thai many nany of the appeals lire are sent sent- b by cable able with 1111 plea lel that no time bo ho oat lost In sending nil aid to tu these wretched Conditions were wro never hever so no desper desper- ale le us as they are arc and have been since the he Germans launched their latest campaign o ot of frightfulness it la Is the result of war that Ihal prison prison- ers ere ra atc are taken laken he the numbers held h by the he Germans have been bee II vastly in- in and the more recently cap cal turned as well as all those who have been heen r for years yearn are made to suffer suf- suf suf 1 er ter in ways was that are beYond human I understanding Food Is I their first food cry cry food to keep cep hotly body and soul together They are re also In terrible need of ot clothing anti and nd other necessities of oC life We The Germans are lire starving them submitting submit submit- ting Ing them to deadly exposure and persecuting them always with the intent or of exterminating as 1111 many ny as possible We Wo know that food and other ne ne- can be gotten to these lid lid- and this Hits w will mean the les- les lessening of indescribable suffering th the e saving of many ninny lives Repeated Repealed assurances I have been received from Lady Lowther dent cut of the London ondon committee and the he the lion Hon William Dunn dun nn Lord Mayor of f London and treasurer o of the London Lonon Lon Lon- don on committee that the time which are sent to German prison camps via Holland actually reach their heir destination These assurances have been confirmed by escaped prisoners prisoners pris pris- by those fortunate enough tobe to tobe be he transferred to 10 Switzerland and also by the Spanish Ambassador The arrival and distribution ol or shipments of food 1101 in the German camps are lire controlled by I t ves es of the Spanish Embassy and Ind by other men of trust chosen In the different camps by the prisoners themselves In n each camp there are one or more mOle persons persona who not only forward the requests for fOl help hell of the prisoners but Investigate each case as us only the barest can be Je besent besent sent and there must be no favorites This does not mean Wean that all are not in great need but prevents one prisoner prisoner prisoner pris pris- oner receiving help from two or more sources while some other suffering prisoner imer receives receives no help at al allt all 0 l work flie-work t of this committee which exists for Tor the r ot of these Belgian Beglan prisoners consists largely in hi sending to each of or them one oue package fortnight Ir ly The fhe fortnightly parcels cost cast approximately ap sp- proximately for one month contain cousin the following Sent from the 1st to the of the month One pound of dried fruits one pound of dried s haricot beans heans one box hex sardines two cubes o of ut soup one- one salt pound margarine half one pound milk one halt pound of cond condensed i esl milk one halt pound of chocolate one tin o of oC rations meat and vegetables vegetables- one half pound of roffee four ounces ounce of soap Sent from the rho to the of th the month One tin of golden R syrup l one oue pound o of oC rice one tin of tunny- tunny fish in oil ail two cubes of soup one half pound of margarine one half pound I of condensed milk one-half one pound of or chocolate one tin then of rat rations ions meat sari and vegetables one half pound of ot coffee coffee coffee cof cof- fee four tour ounces ounce of ot soap 4 p The contents of ot the parcels ma may maybra be hH changed hanged according to market conditions con con- but a uniform nutritive value of contents is maintained ilia may adopt It a. a prisoner by pl pledging to give monthly month for six Ix months mouths or h by giving 1800 at atone atone one Olle time whereupon a prisoner wilt will be assigned to the time donors donor's special care cure Packages s will wll be sent in thE name Horne of the donor to whom will be forwarded cards of ut acknowledgment from tho mho grateful prisoner when re re- re I Experience has shown that over oyer ninety five per cent of ot the prisoners pris tumors not only receive their packages but also send cards of acknowledgment ment It U is a tact fact to he be emphasized that the money contributed for these prisoners pets pris opera is spent in America This means that those who contribute have 11 e the he assurance that American I money buys bus American goods for Cor the time of these thelle suffering So notch much for the physical side the time mental Ill anguish of or uncertainty as 8 to I th thIs the limo taco fate of their friends friend anti ami families I lie Is fa one of ot the hardest hardt ordeals ordeal they hit have to bear blar To this lisle must be he added the limo steals en caused used b by the limn total loin lIb au- ot of occupation for fur their minds mind t. t Letters w with hh no ho war references amid x without photograph or postcards mil ilia may be bl sent to us nn unIt sari we will alit undertake to tn forward them to the tho Ono One may w well Imagine Im agine the lime joy the lime consolation c of or a 1 desperate and 1011 lonely ply prisoner In the hands of ot the limo Germans when he re- re receives re receives elves a n few fel words of ot encouragement from some unknown ui but hut sympathetic fri Crl friend end In America Theno are the time facts that describe the lime a awful conditions condition us its they exist W We e know and give you OU our guarantee that It Is 18 possible to relieve time the situation situa lion tion at least feast to la a material immaterial extent W We e are ready heady and a eager to do ID our part a If It you OU will w help min us Will IVill you We e must have funds runds If the work Is b to be he dons done and sari tha that t is in why we e appeal to ou Wont Won't you ou oil adopt a prisoner and wont won't you send us a n ge generous nerous contribution to be he used for tor these theRe hopeless suffering persecuted Belgian prisoners Think of ot them in the hands o of the Germans thank dod Cod God for Cor your jour our freedom I then help them In the name o of humanity In Inthe Inthe Inthe the nil name me of the limo cause for which they fought fough 1 Make all checks payable to James Blair Jr treasurer National Allied Relief Committee inc 2 West Nest street New York elt City designating your donation for the ne pets Iris ousts i |