“Americans may well feel pride in the splendid work done by the foreign committee at Sendai of which the great majority, Dr. DeForest, Mr. W. E. Lampe, the Rev. C. S. Davidson, Mr. M. B. Madden, and Mr. William Axling, are citizens of the United States. The work of these men, and the donations from the United States collected by the _Christian Herald_ and through the Red Cross Society, are like the President’s humanitarian appeal, highly appreciated in Japan. “While the prompt assistance rendered has doubtless been of great value in alleviating suffering, and as a fine example of humanitarianism there is no doubt that the Japanese Government and people can now themselves readily cope with the needs of the final months of the famine.” As the American people were ready and glad to aid Japan in the day of her trouble so promptly has she turned to our help when calamity came to us in the disaster in California and as will be noted in the report of the work done there the Japanese Red Cross has sent to the American National Red Cross one hundred and ten thousand dollars ($110,000.00) for the California sufferers, and for this generous contribution the American people and especially those of California are most grateful and appreciative. On May 25th the following letter was received from the Japanese Ambassador: DEAR MISS BOARDMAN: I take pleasure in informing you that I have been advised from my home Government to the effect that the condition of the famine stricken people in the Northern Provinces of Japan, towards the relief of whom generous contributions from foreign sympathizers have been received, has now improved to such a favorable extent as to allow them to announce that, with the harvest of the coming summer crop, there will be no more need of receiving outside contributions. Yours sincerely, VISCOUNT S. AOKI. Baron Ozawa’s report on the famine conditions in northern Japan sent to the American National Red Cross is given in full in this Bulletin. TABULATED STATEMENT OF THE JAPANESE FAMINE FUND Up to and inclusive of the date of the last remittance to the Japanese Red Cross, June 5, 1906.