The Archive · 1924

Morgan Palmer's Special Fund

Mr. Morgan W. Palmer, while in charge of the American Red Cross in Manchuria, received from an anonymous donor M. $3,000.00 to be used to assist in providing transportation of worthy Russians of the Inbouring class to America. Mr. Palmer notified the China Central Committee that it was the idea of the person who made the contribution to hand the China Central Committee. 11.$1,000.00 of the fund to be used in Shanghai, but only 1¥.$500.00 was received for this purpose. Each emigrant should not be loaned more than $100.00, the remainder of his expenses to be obtained elsewhere. The person helped should secure his visa at the point from which the emigrant begins his journey, and none could be helped after the quota was full. The following figures show the number of Russian citizens who have been helped s well as the number who have refunded the money which they understood was a loan; therefore making it possible for other deserving Russians to go to Ameri-

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