THE JEWISH CHRONICLE
The Jewish Refugees in
Russia
Detroit's
Candidate for
The Sorry Plight of Half a Million Stricken Jews in War Stricken
Poland and Russia.
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GOVERNOR
The provinces men- managed the relief money from the
The condition in the Eastern refugees.
United States, since the beginning
war zone ( which was first evacu- tioned are Kursk, Tula, Kaluga, of the activities, in the territories
ated by the Russians and after- Nijni-Novgorod and Yoronej. The occupied by Germany. Its report
wards conquered by the Germans, cost of the food' ration supplied,
up to May, shows that it has ex-
and which is again the scene of the only amounts to 20 kopeks per pended • 2,480,595 marks, distrib-
fiercely contended battles between head, per day. A typical food ra- uted between 252 cities and dis-
the armies on that front) are tion is the one supplied by the Jew-
tricts in Poland, in which are
graphically told, so far as the non- ish Committee of Astrakan, which found about 130 peoples' kitchens,
combatants are concerned, by re- consists of one-quarter pound of 50 children and school kitchens, 30
ports which have been received by Kosher meat, one and one-half tea and refreshment halls and oth-
the Joint Distribution Committee pounds of bread, tea, two lumps er numerous public accommoda-
of Funds for the Jewish War Suf- of sugar, one-quarter ,pound of po-
tions, besides sanitary accommoda-
ferers, of which Mr. Felix M. tatoes, one-eighth pound cereal. tions for the benefit of the hungry
Warburg, of 52 Williams Street, is The housing problem is a very seri- and sick. Hospitals have also been
chairman. ous one, especially because, when it
assisted on account of the spread of
A report just received from the is possible to arrange for the refu-
epidemics.
Jewish Committee for Relief of the gees to live in separate lodgings,
The report says that the Jewish
Victims of the War, Petrograd, they are able to settle. down to some
community as well as all chari-
which organization has received kind of work or business much
table institutions in the "Occupied
the official sanction of the Russian quicker. The report concludes by
Territories" are becoming exhaust-
Government, brings down its rec- saying: "that the problem of sup-
ed, and that the few wealthy fami-
ords of expenditures to the end . of plying the refugees with warm lies still remaining, are unable to
February, and shows that it has clothing and shoes is almost im- contribute anything out of their
expended, up to that time, 5,709,- possible of solution."
private means, as their credit is
The other report is f rom the
188 roubles. The relief has been
which has exhausted.
through 302 separate agencies . in Hill scomite fur Polen,
the different towns and villages of
Russia and southern Siber a.
1,446,799 roubles were expend-
ed in relief to refugees, before they
An ambitious student failed in university exams. The s equel—humilia-
tion, temporary loss of mental equilibrium,—a policeman's bullet—death.
were resettled in the provinces,
Such fatalities are rare, but nervous break-downs are not infrequent
and 1,448,206 roubles have since
under
common methods of teaching.
been spent to alleviate their con-
Is it not disloyal to children to ignore an evolution in educational effi-
dition.
ciency which precludes mental worry by so accelerating intellectual progress
Galician Jews were helped to the
rs to quintuple the value of school days?
The O'Donnell methods develop a speed in computation that taxes the
amount of 185,400 roubles. About
most dextrous hand to record, and a mathematical skill that reduces the
100,000 roubles were expended for
operation to the fewest possible figures, a combination that takes the worry
medico sanitary assistance to re-
out of written exams. Like efficiency in all commercial branches.
An unlimited $100.00 Shorthand Scholarship issued to students enter-
fugees.
ing now, for only $35.00, in installments.
The total number of Jewish
and
Mathematical experts, parents, children, r epresentatives of the press
Seeing
refugees registered by the Com-
commercial and manufacturing interests invited to visit the college.
mittee, is 185,596, which is about
compels conviction.
25,000 more than were on the reg-
ister last November. These fig-
ures include records for the north
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and southwestern provinces of Vil-
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Minsk, Vilepska, Moghilev, Bessa-
rabia, Kief, Pololia and Tsherni-
goff.
It has been necessary to pro-
vide lodgings (heated) and food
for these refugees, as well as shoes
and clothing.
The provinces of the interior,
(or as the report describes it, "on
the rear") have a total of 74,078
DISLOYALTY vs. PATRIOTISM
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Banker and
Business Man
Regent
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