We desire most heartily to support an appeal which has
been issued by Dr. Sarolea on behalf of the Belgian Relief and Reconstruction Fund. As Dr. Sarolea points out in his leaflet, the Belgian refugees in Britain are only a section of the sufferers. The vast majority are too poor, or too old, or too young to come, and there are besides hundreds of thousands in territory still occupied by the Germans. Louvain, Dinant, and Termonde are notorious symbols of what German ruth- lessness can do, but after all they are only the more dramatic expression of the unutterable and almost universal misery hidden away in the ruined Belgian villages. The Belgians are now a nation of unemployed. Belgian industry is not merely impeded but destroyed. The opportunities for relief are almost infinite. The Fund for which Dr. Sarolea appeals is independent of the Belgian Legation Fund, and is distri- buted through local committees in Belgium who have first-hand knowledge of all the conditions. Subscriptions may be sent to the Treasurer, Belgian Relief and Reconstruction Com- mittee, 21 Royal Terrace, Edinburgh.
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