The Washington herald., 1915-12-04
SAYS FORD'S ARK
Will Be A JOKE
War Surgeon Believes Peace
Ship Will Be Ridiculed by
All Europe.
DR.. ZINKHAM LECTURES
Lieutenant Colonel in Russian Army
Tells of Experiences in Hos
pitals Abroad.

That Americans are thought to be great
buffers by Europeans and that henry
Fords lark" of peace Will be treated as
a Joke in Europe. were two statements
made last night by DR.. Arthur Zinkham
| in a recital of some of his experiences In
the war zone. given in the sunday scnoo'
house of Grace Reformed Church.
when 1 left Washington though that
IAmericans were about the smar1est peo-
nIa on earth and that everyone else
tbousht So" said Dr. Zinkham. "and so
Won can imagine my surprise when 1
learned that this was not true and that
Europeans positively refused 10 TAKE
Americans seriously.
..ITpon our arrival at Kiev. where we
esta ablished our hospital. II was about
week before we had any patients. ana AT
first we were only given those VINO were
suffering from slight wounds of the arms
or legs The Russians had the impress
sion that because We American doctors
had no boards we were incapable of treat
ing anv wound which was really serious.
! As they watched our work they gradual
tly gave us more serious cases. In SIX
months we were given only the most seri-
Gus cases to handle. and the off1cers,
when wounded. refused to be treated
anywhere else
Many school Holidays.
We had a staff of only five American
doctors. twenty-five American nurses.
and fifteen Russian nurses. and with this
We had to handle 800 major operations
| each month.
| At the conclusion of his talk and that
| of his brother, DIR. Paul Zinkham. who
| also served as Red Cross doctor at
! Eiev. DIR. Zinkham permitted those pres
ent to ask him questions about the war.
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There are so many holidays in Russia.
1.-THE schools are closed on an average of
| three days a week.
| The American doctors had difficulty
| in understanding the wounded Russians
| who were naturally anxious to know
whether they would get WELL and in
other cases whether they would lose a
leg or an arm as the case might be.
| THE people have absolute confidence
in the Car, but they do not like all the
men he has around him.
psssed through Kiev. Some of the wom'
en- barefooted and with babies, had
walked more than 100 miles.
| Austrian prisoners are set to WORK
upon the Russian railroads. They appear
quite contented. AS tine Austrians rassed
| through Russia they were greeted In
| friendly fashion by the Russians and
! given SWeetneatS ana Tea ny tho popu-
lace The Germans were treated differ
entity. being greeted with scowls.
The wounded sometimes lie on the
battlefield for several days before they
can be removed. They are generally
gathered in by their comrades at night
When they reach the hospital the wounds
| are usually infected.
When the Russians were being driven
back in Galicia the word on everyone $
| lips was What the dickens is England
! doing? The Russians do not think Eng
land is doing her share in the war.
| Conditions in Poland are infinitely
worse than they ever were in Belgium.
| Il have never seen anyone upon whom
an atrocity was committed l do not
believe in the atrocity stories.
Il never saw but one bayonet wound
and the patient had fallen upon his own
| bayonet.'
After a months vacation in America
| the two doctors will return to Russia.
where they hold commissions as lieuten-
ant colonies in the Russian army. They
are the sons of Rev. l.. F. Zinkham, of
Washington Asylum Hospital.