The various relief committees are working in improved directions, but on the same general plan as of old. It is said that there is much less cause for complaint in the matter of discourtesy and neglact on the part of subordinate officials than formerly.

The German donations, amounting to $25,000, are spoken of in a letter just received from H. Kreisman, United States consul at Berlin, as only being the first installment of the active contributions of the Berlin people. Mr. Kreisman refers to the fact of these donations being representative of all classes, from Kaiser to peasant, and asks that due acknowledgment of the same be promptly made, that a satisfactory account might be made to the contributors.