STARVING EUROPE
AN AMERICAN APPEAL,
free* Association—By Telegraph—Copyright WASHINGTON, May 18. The American press is supporting Mr Davidson's recent appeal fov the United States to givo instant help for the stricken peoples of Eastern Europe.—A. and N.Z. Cable.
OPPOSITION BY CONGRESS. WASHINGTON, May 17. (Received May 20, at 0.5 iura.) Congress does not seem inclined to voto appropriations to aid Central Europe along the lines suggested by Mr Davidson. Members point out that tho United States has duties to its own peoples first, and whatever aid America gives should bo donated privately.—A. and N.Z. Cable.
BRITAIN'S FINANCIAL AID. LONDON, May 18. (Received May 20, at 1.25 a.m.) It is officially announced that tho Treasury has spent £452,329 since June last on grants to voluntary societies for the relief of famine in tho stricken areas of Europe in connection with the scheme by when the Treasury pays pound for pound on money voluntarily raised.—A. and N.Z. Cable and Reuter.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17940, 20 May 1920, Page 5
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