THE U.S.A. AND BELGIAN CHARITIES,
Oro THE EDITOR Or THE SPECTATOR.] Slo,—The "National Committee for Relief in Belgium" recently announced that they were suspending their appeals in this country, as the U.S.A. Government had taken on ittelf the work of relieving the Belgians in Belgium. This announcement, although quite clear in itself, has left a widespread impression that all other Belgian charities had also stooped, and in con- sequence there has been a marked falling off in the subscriptions to other Belgian Funds. I shall esteem it a favour if you will kindly make it clear to your seeders that the work taken over by the U.S.A. Government ie that of relieving Belgians in Belgium, and that there are other numerous eharitiss which are still being carried out in this country. They are all cases in which. it is impassible for aid to be obtained from Belgium. and unless these charitable institutions are assisted by the British public, the Belgian soldiers will not have the necessary comforts, and the plight of the poor unfortunate Belgian civilians will be miserable in the extreme. The work undertaken by the U.S.A. Government does not cover these cases at all. We trust, therefore, that the generous British public will continue their subscriptions as before.—We are, Sir, Ac., Emus VANDDSVELDS, Belgian Minister of State. For the "British. Gifts for Belgian Soldiers," 32 Grosvenor Place, S.W. 1. n G. VANDERMESSEN, Hon. See. For the "Working lifee'e Belgian Fund" and "(Euvre do la Sante de l'Enfance Beige" (Belgian Children's Fund in Holland), 32 Grosvenor Place, S.W. in Geo. J. N. Fleeces, Chairman.
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