Barcelona, Jan. 21 Grave straits of the Catalan population is graphically described by officials of the Quakers' Service Council.
Mr. Wigham, chairman of the Council, described the narrow escape of 80 children in repeated bombardments as they were being evacuated from the Society's children's colony, 56 miles from the front line to Manresa, 62 miles north-west of Barcelona, During the trip, the children twice hed to scatter in fields at the roadside as bombs burst around the lorries in which they were travelling. Several were actually wounded, The Quakers are now feeding 24,- 000 children on rations of milk and biscuits snd are also supporting a hundred canteens for refugees.
general mobilization threatens phila tropic undertakings in Barcelona. A milk bar, serving over 3,000 children and invalids with a cup of milk mixed from powder and a halt a biscuit daily, is closing because the male staff has been called up.—
Reuter.
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