ITALIAN REFUGEES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 403, 12 January 1909, Page 5

ITALIAN REFUGEES.

MUST QUIT UNSAFE PLACES.

CARE OF ORPHANS,

THE STRAITS REPORTED SAFE, (m TELEGturn—ritESs association—cortniom.) Rome, January 10. There are 11,500 troops at Messina and 7000 at Reggio, where public moneys and documents aro -being recovered from tho ruins. Stores are being withheld from refugees, in order to compel them to quit unsafe places. It is probable that Italy will call all the ■poor orphans of tho earthquake- "Children of the Nation," and that they will be pro-, vided for until they come of age. - ' Berlin, January 10. It is officially stated in Berlin that the Straits ,of Messina aro again safe for the Norddeutscher-Lloyd steamers, which lately, were ordered to steam west of Sicily. UNINTELLIGENT MILITARY. THE RESCUE WORK IN MESSINA. (Rec. January 11, 9.56 p.m.) Rome, January 11. General Mazza, General Commissary of Messina, admits that tho rescue work at first suffered from confusion, but says that the soldiers and sailors deserve thß greatest praise. : ... ' , The. severest task confronting the authorities now is to prevent an epidemic, arising from the putrefaction of 40,000 corpses still under tho ruins. ■ ~ .

Sis more persons have been rescued at Messina. A butcher was extricated comparatively well, though he had been foodless for fourteen days. He was compelled to see his wife andichildren die in slow agopy without being able to help them. The troops have recovered valuables worth £200,000. : , . . Signor Felice, a Deputy of Catania, declared in fIW Italian Chamber that if the assistance sent, had b'eon placed ; under more intelligent direction than the military it would, have been possible .to save another 20,000 victims., Another Sicilian Deputy confirmed this statement. . The Premier, Signor Giolitti ,replied that, martial law was a'pplied at the Prefect's request in order to prevent pillaging being carried on on a large scale. UNCLAIMED PROPERTY. (Reo. January 11,11.17 p.m.) Rome January 11. Signor Giolitti proposes to apply all unclaimed property ,in the earthquake zone to the creation of a fund for the .needy, especially the orphans.''