16 JUNE 1923, Page 2

* * * * withdraw, according to the- present plan,

at the end of this month. The American Red Cross has been feeding at least 450,000 persons, and there is a real danger that this multitude may starve as the Greek Government, for financial reasons, is incapable of feeding them. We are afraid that the British public has little idea how bad the situation is. The Imperial War Relief Fund has published its statements from time to time in our advertisement pages, and we make it a point of duty and pride to support these appeals, as there could be no more urgent call upon men and women with a sense of humanity than to alleviate the sufferings which follow war.

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