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1 Remettre cf. document K - 1 «' ' X ) 1922» SOCIETE DES NATIONS. LEAGUE OF NATIONS. dlâssemqnt, r \ / -f i. Classementl Document No. Dossier No. RUSSIAN REFUGEES Ï5 "] b L usaoe de cet emplacement est réservé au R eoistrt. Réponses, &c. (Out Letter Book) : See c. t!l d± à U r.-. _ J 5 A : ^ a ^ t ^ v r,jü L ^ A <M. U j-x.x û -vi/tl ' Ly.j»,. v Ur Copies envoyées pour information préalable à : Distribution. Voir les dossiers : I, pi'-' Index C. Priera d'inscrire les commentaires sur la feuille blanche à l'intérieur. A'oir, pour Distribution (éventuelle), la feuille bleue à l intérieur.

2 COPY y S f Athene - Jan. I 9 - th I _> x < - ' 1. i.; I 'IT. P rin c e N ic h o la s 'P a la c e - t. 'I..' i rt.-nom ) -h Dear Mr. B u rnv.. ie r ^ t ' When Ur. White more Was h e re l a s t month:. I:. asked him i f he oouldi i n Any way h e lp ae in o u r work' fo r t,he Ruse io n refugee; h e re in G reece, & e s p e c i a l l y fo r th e c h i l d r e n. - Uhis he k in d ly o f f e r e d to do, b u t as he was n o t r e t u r n i n g tso. C o n s ta n tin o p le - h i m s e l f j u s t then., he a d v is e d one tio..wra-tej to yo u & g iv e you a l l. p a r t i c u l a r s * I co u ld n o t dre ko, b e f o r e ae -I- p reftered w a itin g fo r a su re o c c a s io n so ae to- he auirie, tlitit Jny l e t t e r jwould. r.eaoh you s a f e l y. -, -t : 2 J r. j.1 In A thene, Pyre us- & th e neighbourhood: thiere a re about one hundred c h ild r e n who s ' a gee are es f o llo w e r ab out 10 under 4 y e a r s of ag e; 20 f rom 4 «7 ; 30 fro m» 10; 90 from 10-14; 10 from 14 10, but t h e i r number in c r e a s e s a s th e r e are many more f a m i l i e s coming o v e r to A thene & P y re u e from othe,r l e n s in h a b ite d p a r t s o f G reece w ith th e hope o f b ein g a b le to fin d work A. earn.th e ir l i v i n g more e a s i l y h e re. A ll th e s e r e f u g e e s & f a m i l i e s of e v a c u a te d o f f i c e r e & so I d l e r s liv e by t h e i r own m eans, an e x c e p tio n b e in g made fo r co n su m p tiv es 4 n ic k f fo r t h o s e who a re s t i l l to o weak to work th e s e a re b o th lo d g ed & fed by th e G reek G -n t, a l l t h e o th e r s h e in g n a t u r a l l y o b lig e d to work & su p p ly fo r th e m s e lv e s. U nder t h. s e c ir c u m s ta n c e s th e c o n d itio n o f th e c h ild r e n i s most p i t i f u l, cs t h e i r pore n te b e in g a t work a l l day, th e y are l e f t to th e m s e lv e s w ith o u t any s u p e r v is io n o f t e n h o v in g to w ait a l l day f o r t h e i r fo o d, & o f co u rse r e c e iv in g no e d u c a tio n. Some m onths ago a sc h o o l w ith a K in d e rg a rte n was opened i n A thene; s in c e th e n th e c h ild r e n a re a b le to spend th e day & are even p a r t l y fe d t h e r e ( d in n e r a t I o ' c lo c k ) A in t h i s way i t e n a b le s the P a r e n ts to work A to f e e l e asy ab out th e m.- T here a re ab o u t 54 c h ild r e n at sc h o o l at p r e s e n t, a lth o u g h many moro would l i k e to be a d m itte d but can n o t b e, fo r la c k o f n e c e s s a r y means which p re v e n ts u s from b e in g a b le to e n la r g e th e e s t a b l i a

3 ment & turning: it into n regular gymnasium. - The indispensable 8um ( monthly ) is Dr. ( six thousand & ninety five drachmas ) & for the food Dr. ( tv/0 thousand drachmas) monthl y.- i Havirig.but a small sum le f t we may so on be obliged to close the Bohool, which would be. a oetastrophyi This is the f ir s t & most pressing need.- The second would be b home & a crèche fox' those children 1whose PB*eritB hare absolutely no time to loojt a fte r them; besi- dee toeze are orphan» 6 children whose parente lie va remained In Huseie. ini t i l l o r about 40 children.-.; mo et Important, ab, i t organised Immediately All the shove mentioned is I t Mould he: ai mean to save tjieee children from imminent deprivation, 4 would help fo prepare honest men 4 women for fiussie which; some day w ill he i-n need of them. - Counting 10 drachmae a day for etch: child,, it. would amount to IE,000 S r. a month, t.u ld e e whieh the house would need furnishing.- t «M It Trusting I have made the. whole S itu atio n clear to you, 4 hoping for your kind help & in te rest J J ii, I re mai Yours tru ly i Helen Princes Sllcholae of Greece Grand Duché sa, of Russia.

4 r Z, -M i Société dee Hatiom. Haut Commissariat poor les Sebour aux Russes. Section de Constantinople. "Constantinople"le 13 février Haut-Commissariat de la Société des Hâtions pour les Réfugiés russes, par l intermédiaire du Comité Tnt. de la Croix-Rouge" OBNBVE. Ci-$int une requête des étudiants russes de Salonique. Ne pouvant moi-même agir en Grèce, peut-être pourriez-vous fa^ée le nécessaire pour y donner suite. Une lettre de la Princesse Nicholas de Grèce, Grande Duchesse de Russie, concernant les enfants Russes à Athènes et au Pirée. (signé)gsurn 1er. Délégué de la Société des Nations.

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6 27th February Dear Sohiem..er, v Barnier has J u s t sont uj a lo n g l e t t e r receiv ed from P rin c e ss N icholas of Greece about Ruasitin c h ild re n i n.«thena and Dyreua. My i 'ir s t id e a was to auk the C.IJO.R. to ro q u est Jr. Schaziutmn to go and c a l l on the P rin c e ss and ta lk over the m a tte r of riusaien re fu g e e s -d. th h e r. U n fo rt- un1te ly I aeo th A t uchazroann io on h i a way back and is expected i n loner a u t un y tisne. As you hare spent?ome time in thens and are w ell acq uainted w ith the l.ooal c o n d itio n s I thought you wight p o sa ib ly he a b le to tri/e ua the naaie of some re sp e c te d und n e u tr a l u e rd o n a lity who vould be w illin g to examine the q u estio n of these c h ild r e n and o f R ussian re fu g e e s in u m a ra l in Greece. I do n o t th in k t h a t t h i s would im ply a very (treat amount of w ork; She whole en q u iry mielit no doubt be com pleted in the apace of a week o r two. Do you tfcink you could reoo.'-inxmd u h anyone vh* would be s u f f i c i e n t l y in te r e s te d i n the work to u n d ertak e i t on the un d erstan in «th a t a l l oxnenaee v.ould bo reim bursed by our o ffic e? (#t ) a Yours s in c e r e ly, A s s is ta n t High Commi aalo n er fof :u salon R efugees. L M onsieur Schlemaier, Comltf In te rn a tio n a l de la C roix i<outo,

7 LEAGUE O F NATIONS. [C e tte feuille e s t re s e rv é e à l u sag e du Registry.] Expéditeur. Destinataire.