RELIEF SOCIETIES IN ENEMY TERRITORY
AN OFFICIAL WARNING.
His Excellency the Gijvernor has received the following telegram from the Secretary of State for tno Colonies: "It is desirable that it should be laid down that general subscriptions,, collections, or remittances, for relief' societies operating in enemy occupied territory, should not ba oncouraged. This does not apply to the NationalCommittee for tho Relief of Belgium, which stands on a special footing, but does apply to Polish Relief and thereforo excludes the Vevey Committee. Subscriptions made with a view to> Polish relief should be used only for the relief of Poles in Russia and should be sent through His Majesty's Ambas-> sador at Petrograd, or if preferred, through the Polish War Victims' Relief Committee in London. Remittances to individuals in enemy occupied territory not being of enemy nationality' may he made provided certain conditions laid down, whichare, briefly, as follow, aro fulfilled:—Firstly, the same individual not to receive from all sources more than £25 per month. Secondly, all remittances to be made through a bank in the United Kingdom which can be supervised by His Majesty's Government."
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2906, 19 October 1916, Page 4
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185RELIEF SOCIETIES IN ENEMY TERRITORY Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2906, 19 October 1916, Page 4
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