The New York Times/1918/11/11/Czechoslovaks Ask for Tobacco Fund
CZECHOSLOVAKS ASK FOR TOBACCO FUND
Armies in Siberia Want America and Allied to Raise $100,000—Now Smoke Substitutes.
By CARL W. ACKERMAN.
Copyright, 1918, by The New York Times Company.
Special Cable to The New York Times.
NEAR TOMSK, Siberia, Nov. 10, (Via Vladivostok,)—The people of the United States and the allied nations are to have an opportunity to help the Czechoslovaks fighting in Siberia to raise a tobacco fund of $100,000. On behalf of the armies, General Gaida has telegraphed the Red Cross from headquarters:
"Faced by the great handicaps and hardships of a Siberian Winter, the Czechoslovak armies appeal to the generous people of the allied nations to send tobacco to our armies, which, while lacking many necessities and comforts of life, feel the shortage of tobacco most. I suggest that an Interallied Siberian Winter Tobacco Fund be started. Our armies will be happy if there is a generous response from all our allies."
Dr. Teuslor, American Red Cross representative, said that, while the Red Cross could not assume responsibility for the fund, tobacco could be purchased and the Red Cross would distribute it. Tobacco, to be useful, must come within a month, for the Czechoslovaks already have been forced to smoke substitutes made from herbs, dried cork, and a small percentage of tobacco.
Of the proposed fund, $75,000 is expected from the States, the rest from Japan, China, and the Philippines.