File No. 840.48/833
The Minister in Belgium (Whitlock) to the President
American Legation,
Brussels, October 16, 1914.
[Received October 19, 11 a.m.]
Brussels, October 16, 1914.
[Received October 19, 11 a.m.]
[Telegram]
21. The President, Washington: In two weeks the civil population of Belgium, already in misery, will face starvation. In view of this fact, and at the request of the relief committee, I venture to call your attention to my telegram to the Department dated 16th October in the conviction that your great heart will find some way by which America may help to provide food for these hungry ones in the dark days of the terrible winter that is coming on.
Whitlock