Chinese and American friends in the Territory of Hawaii yesterday remitted by telegraphic transfer a Sum of $7000 to the China International Famine Relief Commission for relief work. The donations are collected through the efforts of the newly-formed China Famine Relief Committee of Hawaii, of which Mr. K. M. Mui, Chinese consul-general in Honolulu, is one of the founders. Dr. John P. Erdman, Executive Secretary of the Hawaiian Board of Missions, is chairman of this Committee.
It may be recalled that the C. I. F. R. C. Emergency Committee, organized shortly after the outbreak of hostilities in Shanghai, sent a cable to Chinese and American friends in Hawaii appealing for funds to help the- war victims. The appeal was immediately published in the "Honolulu Star-Bulletin" and Chinese newspapers in the Islands. The sum of 7,000 which Mr. Jen Tui Moo, cashier of the American Security Bank in Honolulu and treasurer of China Famine Relief Committee of Hawaii, remitted to the C. I. F. R. C. apparently represents the first returns obtained through the above cable oppe:
It is understood that China Famine Relief Committee of Hawaii composed of twelve Chinese and twelve American leaders in the Islands, are continuing their mail campaign to secure funds for relief work in China
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