YUGOSLAV REFLECTIONS
Su,—Mr. Emrys Roberts, M.P., in his article of November 30th entitled " Yugoslav Reflections" draws attention to the desperate situation regard- ing clothing in the mountainous areas where the winter is very severe. Another report from an tnrra observer in the shattered mountain villages of Bosnia and Herzegovina, many of which will soon be cut off from help by snow, states: "What is going to cause deaths—and possibly on a large scale—this winter is the clothing shortage. This is acute . . . People are living in holes in the ground with only sacking roofs . . . In the villages all are in rags and tatters, and some are naked . . . The children will suffer most as their resistance is lower . . . They will have to stay in bed, which means the earth floor in the shacks which are their homes."
The Yugoslavia Emergency Committee continues to send blankets and clothing every month for distribution by the Yugoslav Red Cross. May we appeal to your readers to spare us clothing and footwear—and funds— to enable us to carry on our work this winter? Contributions and clothing should be sent to the Yugoslavia Emergency Committee, Bloomsbury House, Bloomsbury Street, W.C. r. Tel. No. MUS. 6811.—Yours faith-
fully, R. W. SETON-WATSON, Chairman,
MARGARET LLOYD, HOD. Secretary.
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