To the Editor of the 4
"Nonr-CHINA Dany NEWS"
Sm,—With reference to the much discussed affair of Dr. Eugen Milch who was one of the physicians who came to China at the end of last year, I. would appreciate your publishing the investigation I made in my capacity as Chairman of the Austrian Benevolent Society.
It is none of my business tọ go into details about the circumstances under which seven Austrian physicians came to China in order to render their surgical assistance to the Red Cross or similar Chinese institutions. I Jonly considered it as a duty of the Austrian Benevolent Society to offer its help to Dr. Eugen Milch who was supposed to be destitute in Canton.
I therefore communicated with reliable sources of information in Canton, and I received yesterday a reply dated February 28 which you will permit me to quote:
1t is true Dr. Milch did not accept £110—offered to him, provided he returns to Austria at once. This was because he wanted to render service to the Chinese people in return for money given to However, since his visit to Hankow, he is convinced that there is no opportunity for service in the Army Red Cross of China, Letters just received from Dr. Mich, who is now in Hongkong, inform me that he has now been paid a liberal stipend by the Chinese Red Cross. He is well financially fixed with adequate money for the return trip and. plenty of money to refund all loans Incurred.
Tu the meanwhile, before the settlement was made, Dr. Milch was living Comfortably" at' a Club oË German Speaking people in Canton. frequently entertained at He was meals by myself and others feel sure that Dr. Milch would not wish you to send him any financial Assistance,"
Under these circumstances the Austrian Benevolent Society does not see any reason for further intervention as far as Dr. Eugen Milch is concerned, and it is my personal opinion that insufficient and inexact information were the cause of the erroneous interpretation of the situation.
F. N. Motum:
Chairman of the A
Benevolent Society.
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