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The International Committee of Young Men’s Christian Associations 347 Madison Avenue, New York

WORK FOR ALLIED ARMIES AND PRISONERS OF WARCOMMITTEE

WILLI»* SLOAHt, Chamkm 8. H. FAUCHER, T.1..UM.

O. E. Drown (Morse W. MarstorBavaro H. Christy Wh.ua* D. MurrayL. A. CnoutTT Charles J. RhoadsARTHUR CURTISS JAKCe JOHN I. SEVERANCEJOSHUA LEVERING LUCIEN T. WARNERCyrus H. McCormick Rooer H. Williams

Georoe Grafton Wilson

July 13, 1680

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Dear Mr. Baker,

Since writing ycu the other day 1 have been requested by Mr- Sloane, chairman cf the War Work Council in the United States, tc obtain infcrea­tion on the following point».

l.What prcpcrticn cf the prisoners of war in Germany will have been repatriated py September 1st? Approximately what is the fiuaber that will remain?

S.What prcpcrticn cf the priucner» cf war in European Russia will have been repatriated by September let? What number will still remain?

3. What prepetition cf the prieoners cf war in Siberia will have been repatriated by September let?What number will still remain?'

If there is urgent need of further help frcm the Young Hen'a Christian Association to expedite the repatriation of any part cf these prisoners will you please write me or cable me at once?

Yours bincerely,

C. V. HIBBARD.

Philip ticker, Es'i., League c f lvu ticns ,

London, England.

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Your letter to Baker of July thirteenth stop Very aifflou.lt

give exact figures atop Boughly In Germany 160,000 Hnssians

at present rate 20,000 will be repatriated by September first

BaBBla and West Siberia 160,000 by September flrot 20,000

repatriated East Siberia 30,000 by September very few

Turkestan 17,000 by September very few Btop A present

negotiating with Gosr emmente for more money and chipe if

Bttooeenfttl rate of repatriation greatly increased stop In

any case any additional help given by aerie n Y.M.O.i. would

bo inrionsely VLiluable ae it is urgently necessary to exploit

all routes dnrii® nozt three months stop is result of visit

to Moscow am convinced that if sufficient funds were immediately

available mst of prisoners could be repatriated before full

winter thus caving thousands of lives .aid great suffering stop

t present am groatly cjmpered .nti losing time by laok of funds

stop Hbat grateful for help already given

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Be&r j1 Hibb&rà,

ï have to thank you fo r yoar l e t t e r of 13th Ally wMoi

I need not s,i, m e noot weloom ito rtunu to ly , lîr Kane en wes

with, m when i t u rriv ed , anft we eent fro » i-.jcie the to lo g rsn o f

whioh X endow s you u oopj,. I hor o i t arrived to you in good

tim e ,

Siilagî:-- have looked up l a te ly , nd th e p rospecte of

g e tt in g - l/»rge mrober of p r iso n e rs hone before the HaneluB 'Win­

t e r re Cl ■ set;- in., . : o promising Jtat hw ovor raaoh c o v

-•®t done, r. ra i ’rold oentiider .b le number w il l s t i l l remain,

xnd th e i r B ufforln r • vro v.oun-"" to La vor;. re >.t. ?he es^aneion

o f th e ropv.tri >.ti . Li-' L vo^cnâ'. nvr l i a b i l i t y o f fûhft®

Shore 'vro now no o ther oi>: r. o le - nd v:e ©v.<ild in d e f in ite ! : / i n ­

crease the r . vo '.v rep j t r i . t i from t . ' : e r i n n l n - o* n v.-X

in p ro portion =..e wo h.;d f ; ido ,.v, i l ,.:!c Ï hovc th e re fo re ,

v e il raioh th a t your Committee v.li foo l ju .rdii’iod in ivin.'; tax-

tr .o r ..b jiBt inoo to a- S e m e on1 o work . Your o r ig in co n tr ib u ­

t io n o f .. , o l l a r the f .5 r,",t ’lono; -, : it • .o tu L ly o o 1 ' ,

tiiui I need not u . h o ? / g ro^t n enooar. .gerxmt th a t , and your >er

BWitl in to ro ' t in 1: -.o nvb ter, h,-.3 been to •• :• noon. Dr

'luneon h t o l o r j v -’hod to »r. t t espreeelnr- hi; g roat uppreoi

t io n o f \,h-.t you i-.ve done

I onolowe horevdt copy of a re p o rt by very rester!:-

, h ie . wedii.-h V dÿ ' h h , iueit re tu rned fro- i b e r l - , v/li ore r-ho

h . t been worhin*? -stone p riso n e r fo r f iv e yo -.r lie is.-1 tho

d i* « h te r o the 1 te wedi».'. i n i e t e r in -'o trorr ><■ id, There­

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fcnowti ae hein* sre .\t Kthorit; on ' see l» , .-«ft deiotea Horkor

on behalf of the pitieoner , nd I th ink her ex .erienoe :iy lie

ta ten to tw o lw s t unique I no old draw yoor ••tteotion oopoo-

i ï i l l ; to the passages xThioh I have marked. 1 think th l; ro-

yort would oonrinoe you - i f you needed conviction - of the

g rea t taiM iltarlctn eo w ell u» p o lit is a i iraportaaoe of the work

o f reya.trli.tiou.

With Iclndeet referais,

Tonre very nj.no©roly

. :i vhi’.ip Baker

O .Ï. ::ibL.,ifl .-.-l .l i s a Intom .tiarL.l Oo-nlttee of > .0

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MOTIONT he In ternational C om m ittee o f Young M en’s C hristian AVsoc ations

~ / c34 7 M adison A venue, N ew Y ork

O V ER SEA S DIVISION

W o rk fo r A llied A rm ies and P risoners o f W erSECRETARIES

John R. Mott, oimml s»c«»»»»* Fletcher S. Brockman. amooui

A. 0. Bedford O. E. Brown Bavard H. Christt L. A. CROSS8TT Arthur Curtiss Jam Joshua Uvirino Cyrus H. McCormick

H. B. F. Macfarlaho Alfred E. Marling Qeorob W. Marston William D. Murray Charles J. Rhoaos John I. Severance Lucien T. Warner Rooer H. Williams

A. A. Esersolb, Ritu« Cranston Brenton, pi E. T. Colton, Rueei* Arthur F. Newell, wi

September 8fch,1920.

Mr. Philip Baker, o/o Dr.Nansan,The Leugue of Nations, Sunderland House, London, S.W.

Dear Mr. Baker:

I regret that the enclosed letter which I wrote you sometime ago to San Sebastian, failed to reach you.I trust, however, that the Leagué of Nations will be able

to forward it to you.

Sincerely yours,

XaXxaa P. IUaau L- ARTHUR F. NSHELL.

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The In ternational Com m ittee of Young Men’s Christian Associations3 4 7 M adison A venue, N ew York

OVERSEAS DIVISION

W ork fo r Allied A rm ies and Prisoners of W ar

COMMITTEE William Qloahe, c~.i».a.B. H. FAHCHER, Taiwan

Burke Baker H. B. F. MacfarlanoA C. Beorono Alfred E. MarlingO. E. Brown Qeorqe W. MarstonBatard H. Christy William 0. MurrayL. A. CmssiTT Charles j . RhoadsArthur Curtiss James John L. SeveranceJoshua Leverino Lucien T. WarnerCyrus H. McCormick Roger H. Williams

Georoe Grafton Wilson

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August 16,1920.

SECRETARIES

Fletcher S. Brockman, ammiiy

A. A. ESERSOLE, RlTuaaio 6«CI«TCranston Brenton, pi«o>iu E. T. Colton, Rum»

Mr. Philfip Baker,

Palaoio de la Di; utaoion,

San Sebastian.

Dear Mr. Baker,

Let me acknowledge receipt of your letter of July 30th,

to Mr.Hibbard, who is away from the office for a week or more.

We appreciated very much your very full cable in which you

give the latest information regarding the possibilities of

repatriation in the various countries.

It is heartening to know that the prospects are promising.

I also note the concern which you and Dr.Nansen have with reference

to the financial needs.

I wish it might be possible for certain of the efforts which

have been begun in America,looking towards repatriation of prisoners

in Siberia, to be now amalgamated with your own project. Our

organisation has strongly advised that this be done.

Whether or not our Association feel that it can appropriate

any further funds, it is difficult at this writing to say. I feel sure

that Mr.Hibbard and the members of our committee will give your letter

the most earnest consideration.

In this connection, let me thank you for sending the letter from

the Swedish lady. It is a very clear, tough pitiful picture of the

situation. I hope you will understand how fully we sympathise with

everything that you are trying to do.

Aa soon as we receive reports of the progress of our four

secretaries who are journeyir^ west from Vladivostok with supplies,

we will be glad to give copies"fa

Very sincerely yours,

C ARTHUR F. «EWELL.

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NO. 106.

REPATRIATION THROUGH VLADIVOSTOCK.

The "Steigerwald" the first steamer which Dr. Nansen

has put into service between Hamburg and Vladivostock in

the work of repatriating prisoners on behalf of the

League of Nations sailed on Monday from Hamburg with a

total of 1,200 Russians whose homes are in East Siberia.

On the return trip this ship will bring back the first

load of Central European prisoners waiting there to be

repatriated and will at the same time carry a cargo of

beans and wheat.

Unlike the ships which have been for some time

operating on the Baltic routes which are financed by

funds placed at the disposal of the League by various

governments, the "Steigerwald" and other ships which will

later be placed on the Vladivostock-Hamburg route are

being financed by funds amounting at present to 800,000

dollars but expected eventually to reach one million

dollars and which have been raised in the United States

by a number of organisations acting Jointly in what is known

as the American Repatriation Committee. The principal

organisations co-operating in this Comnlttee are

American Friends' Service Comnlttee, American Red Cross,

American Relief Committee for Hungarian Sufferers,

American Relief Comnlttee for Austrian War Prisoners,

Federal Council, Churches of Christ of America, Joint

Distribution Committee, National Catholic War Council,

Y.M.C.A., National Lutheran Council.

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A groat part of the ona million pounda required thic year for

the carrying on tho work of repatriating nearly hall a million prison­

ers still in e t m m w , *»»•*», Siberia end Turkestan, a'L-ost two years

after the t n l t U n has no-; t m «oie m U M by too M « « « » «m o m -

ments concerned, and tho actual teat of repatriation la being rapidly

carried out by Dr. ïrldtjof IJaueen under the authority of the league of

Dations and m oo-oporation with tho International Committee of the

Rod Oroso and the Gorman and the Soviot authorities.

Within the past few weoka "the following orAdits have been re­

ceived: Korvay, Sweden and Denmark, «88,000 eaohl Holland £45,000,

with £10,000 additional promised in ease the other nations folfil their

allotment; Switzerland £40,000| and Groat Britain £113,500, with an

equal additional sum promised in case th= ottar nations most their

allotments. Tronoe hat, urovislonally promlscâ *112,000 and Italy

A35,000, . The Aaertoan Pod Crocs has allotted a million dollars and

the American Y.H.O.A. has made a large contribution for tho betterment

of tho conditions of tho prisoners, provision of conforta cto.

l'he sums actually received will allow the continuance of too

work until October, If the French and Italian contributions are ro-

ooivea hy then, tho work will go on until all prisoners are raturned

to their hones. It may he added that all onionses for repatriating

Gorman prisoners are earns ty the Germ-in. goToïTmont itself.

To carry out tho repatriation a fleet of ships has been 0 bartered

in tho name of the league of Bations, most of thorn to travel between

C-ermany and toss la in tho Baltic, hut others to make the long six

recti trip from lamburg to Vladivostok. In order to keep the ex­

penses at the lowest possible figure, oargoac have been booked on the

longer voyage ships at the seme time that prisoners are being tr: ns-

It is perhaps interesting thut officials of the league of

nations, In the extremely difficult ana complicated task of returning

prisoners of war to their homes amidst the most contused political

conditions/

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condition», »re èireetixg • «*11 fleet of ote*a»re, eeouxing oorgo&B*

and. overseeing all tho work neooosury to oarry eut thicj cfiacatiaX

humanitarian work In tho most eooaoalotl way. Tho execution of the

great ccount cf detail woTk Involved lc being curried oat by repre-

eentetlvee of the International Ooamlttee of the Bod Orcua and by Go--

men government euthofltlve#

On the Baltic, thé ooet Importent route, fifteen rcoeclo hnvo

boon eharterod to ply bs#* u ( forth between Stettin, Qemauy- and

Liarm and Blga in Bsthonl» end BJorho 1» Finland, T3ion the first ohlp

tilled la early rfc.y, there were over 200*000 Buesletta Btill In Germany

a-ü an equal nuabor of Central européen prioonora trSill in Russia,

-Siberia and ïurkeatsn, of whoà only about 26,000 rero Germane, whila the

rcot wore Bungariane, JLuctriana, Czechc,. Bouaaniana, Pole» apd Berba,

To date about 30,000 prisonero have been repatriated each way,

or a total of 60,000 via tho Ecltio routo, The prosent weekly rate of.

repatriation on this route le-0000, with tho expectation of reaching

15,000 - 20,000 ehortly.

The eocond route ruca from Baaburg through the Bod .Baa- to-TLad-L-»

vcotok. By this ro u te botwoen 20,000 and 30,000 Auatriana, Bulgarians,

Bouaaaiana and Poloa c t i l l in Baatorn Siberia would bo brought back,

and roughly the sano oadbes of East Siberiin Buaolane ctill in Ooncany.

tak en cu t to thoir h c a c s , Hiwu vcueelo, each capable of taking 1500

cr 2,000 ncn por t r i p , havo already boon chartorod for t h ie work and

-argoeu oooxiireâ ’tho difl'iodty of finding aateriai for export

..m a Gùrtsany to tho I’a r B aa t. The firot will aall froa Baaburg within

r.ozt ter. days, K à th e ceoond ehortly after. The dcfloit between

:;0 cost of ohartsrlnc ruit cpuratlng tho ohipe and the rocoipte fron

-:_-ol£ht will be a c t out o f th e contribution cade by tho Aacirioan Bod

.1 thirCl ro.te. it ic hoped, cay be opened froa Southern Ruaoia

Tihora cscy priccnoro arc ntill dotalnod through tho Blaok Sea to Trioat

v;hcr.oa Buecian prisoner:: still in Ccrcany night bo cxbarkcd for South

Basoian porto. It 1-' hoped Italy will contribute the chipping

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Km» h»»*™™'* STü»” S .1î i î l« .» °^î“eïnï ^ lïu iS 1».XS “ STiiîîi» irS S fw i ‘r .Ç Ï Ï ïï£ i « u ,paolflo feollng aman* many of the peopleo of Central ,urope.

I f bv on» o l w n c you irau t U n . ï . t h i o k >«, t _ *«,_ united 8 ta la» to cr>aak on the condition of Central

furooe *nd Incidentally on prlaonor problene. 1 ouçpeet that youS Î S Ï h “ t o » î ï lo u « b o u t hor . x , « l i n o . a In V I ,™ » r t «meetlrvr held on behnlf of the prleonera of war.

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