Appeal

Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 November 1915, Page 3

Appeal

- — * The .Belgian Refugee Fdocl fund, t;l St James' Street, S. W. To the children of Great Britain and Ireland ami the Dominion of New Zealand. Dear Children—Will you help m? You all know, oi course, the sad history of the people of Belgium ; how the Germans 'have taken their countjry. and how large numbers of the Belgian families have been obliged to leave, some coming to England, others going tc Holland and France. Tn many cases only the mother and children have left, and the father and big brothers have stayed behind to fight with their bravo King and help to drive the Germans out of the land. Many of the children who have come to England are quite little ones. , There are a large number of babies, dear small babies, and it is for them avc are asking your help—the help of the happy children of these Islands. A .short time ago we received a letter from the master of a school at West Taieri. New Zealand, sending, £1 10s which the pupils of .his school had collected for the Belgians, and they especially wanted it to be spent for the Belgian children. We had been troubled for some time thinking of all the Belgian babies avc know in England, because in order for them to grow up strong men and women it was necessary that they should have plenty of milk to drink, good fresh milk, and we know that their parents had no money to spend on milk. So when the money came from the New Zealand children it seemed just the thing we wanted. Not enough of course, bur we felt sure at once that the children of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland would like to join their cousins of New Zealand in helping the babies of .Belgium. 'Blink what it means, you fortunate children who have your homes, your good food and so much happiness, think what it means to be driven out of your home, to v be obliged to go away to a country where all arc strangers, think how fiad for little, children-dear little babies—who ought to have comfortable homes and nice warm food, not to have enough milk, the only food they can tiike. lam sure that many of you woii&ybe glad to give some of your own big cupfuls. But that is not what we want. What we ask you to do is to give us some of your pennies, give them for the Belgian babes instead of spending them on yourselves. L you can put away one penny every week, and bring them or send them to us at the beginning of each month. Ask your friends also to help us. Ask your teachers to collect in the schools and send us a nice sum to add to that which the little New Zealanders have sent -us, so that to all the little Bel- - gian babies, whose mothers come to us we can give good suppliefc of fresh milk. n ■■■■—»«■ nit in