Mrs. C. E. Barham, who has had so much to do with the Girl Guides movement in Shanghai, informs us, in connexion with the concert she arranged last November to relieve three particular families believed be living in Riga, that the.ommittee have tried every safe means of getting the money to these people, whose names were supplied by Professor Valin, but all their efforts have proved futile. The fina] disappointment has come in the shape of the following letter Dear Mr. Fryer—Referring to our letter under date of December 31, I now beg to advise you that we have just received a letter from our National Headquarters, at Washi D.C., informing us that the American Relief Administration's operations do not cover Riga. We are therefore handing you herewith our cheque No. 7,332, in the amount of $136.87 U.S. currency, refund of your remittance, receipt of which we will thank you to acknowledge. Greatly regretting we are unable to assist you further in this respect, We remain, very respectfully, Ashley M. Harris, Executive Secretary, China Central Committee, American Red The committee of the concert have now decided to hand the amount realized over to Dr. MacGillivray for distribution amongst the needy Russians here and he can be relied upon to se¢ that it goes to tha proper cases,
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