Record of Relief Work Carried Out by the American Red Cross A report of the famine relief work carried on in Shantung the American Red Cross, has just been published by the Commercial Press of Shanghai. This report, printed in 250 pages, was made by Mr. John Earl Baker, director of) be called upon to do famine relict the Red Cross Famine Relief, and has been transmuted to the Direc-for of Foreign Operation, of the American National Red Cross at Washington, D. C. It summarizes the work done, giving an account of what has actually been accomplish. ed by the money outlayed, and describes in detail the methods of organization and execution of relief. work.
The report states that "while; there has been considerable suffering from hunger in the arcas allotted to the American Red Cross, there has been no large loss of life, from either starvation or disease."* With the sum of $1,000,000 U. Gold, supplemented by various! gifts which brought the total sum to $2,400,000 (Chinese currency), the relief workers reached approximately 900,000 people. Some 160,- 000 labourers were employed on; various projects, which included' the construction of 850 miles of highway, the digging and lining of 3,650 wells, and the planting of 46,000 trees. Nearly 15,000 tons of grain were purchased in distant markets and carried into the interior and there paid out to workmen and their families. The at work who accomplished these tasks in the short space of 11 months numbered nearly 300 persons.
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