Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-01
POLES ARE BUSY
LOOKING AF TER
WORK OF RELIEF
Once Prosperous Subjects of
Gar Now Refugees De-
vote Their Efforts to Car
ing for Needy Countynen,
t.Associaied Press correspondence.

t,ssociated Press Correspondenco)
Moscow, Jan. 30.-~All the intelli-
gent and wcll-to-dO Polish residents
ana refugees in Russia are at work
relieving the sufferines Of the poor
and gathering together the remnants
II the nation. That is all who We're
once well-to-do, for many such now
teel uncertain whether tney nave q
penny IN the world except money IN
pocket. Patriotic poles always work
Tor their country. il Is a sOiace IN
misfortune and the guaranty in their
OPINION that the words falsely atiri-
buted to one of their number Il cen
tury ago never viii be true. There Is
to be no "tinis Poinae.'
ana twenty sectional committees 10
manage the different branches or the
rclef work. The Associated Press
correspondent had an opportunity of
visiting the central committee. under
the presidency OF the lawyer A. II.
Lednlcki who has been a resident
OF MOSCOW many years, and TO OBJ
serve It's busInessnkc management
OF an enormous budget of current
business. lie visited the dining room,
opened Tor intelligent fonsh refugees
the PRESIDENCY OF Princess Rose Rad
twin, wncre he met a score or Ponsh
women VINO speak excellent English.
1t Is housed IN part of a largo
restaurant, the women having estab-
lished their own kitchen.
he visited three Of thirty temper
airy asyiuns for children, and one
refuge for unmarried women. These
have been housed wher-
ever apartments could be had econ
some being loaned by friend
IS owners The children looked happy
their separation from
their parents There is d record Of
1000 families which were separated
during the flight. Fortunately the
parents OF 10000 children have al
ready been found and the work will
proceed more rapidly now that a
general address hook of the refugees
~ nearing completion. But locating
disrupted families and reuniting them
are different matters Not less than
goo 600 Poles have been sent TO ST.
erin aud many OF them have rela-
tives scattered throughout the central
provinces Of European Russia.
isNlunis for Children.
one OF the nsylums for children
may serve as type of the remainder.
There were forty young girls under
the care Of the young Baroness sophia
Won Heydel
scarcely grown herself she has
hraA eN undertaken to be mother and
friend and teacher II these helpless
waits The apartment is located in
4 side street, there Is no superfluous
luxury bur tho rooms are clean well
lred and warm THE beds are packed
~ closely as they may be part Of
them being wooden frames over
which canvas is stretched, but spot
Iessness prevails ana the happy look
On The faces of the girls indicated
rare contentment after u long and
lrduous Journey The girls were
found singing in unison and knitting
It the same time. The wooden bed
steads were made in workshops
opened for Polish men not otherwise
employed
Tho Poles have succeeded in im-
lrOvisng complete organization in
spite of difficulties not easily under
stood abroad All Polish refugees
hat have been found have been cared
Tor. The majority have found emf
oloyment. either in factories or tenn
porary workshops. schools have been
opened for practically all children Of
school age
The excellent refuge at Moscow for
women illustrates the
'prit Of all relief work There are
for forty women ,
sixty are passed IN and out every
month, employment and permanent
homes in suitable families being found |
8er them.
Mortality Large.
In spite OF all that has been done, 1
he mortality among the refugees has
been large. Seven thousand children
llone are known To have persisted. 4
only last week 80 children were dis
covered IN a pitiable condition at a
small railway station not previously !
listed BY the searching parties
In addition 40 schools, the Polish 1
committee has organized lectures for I
aud Older children who are /,
deprived Of hi6her educational facili- /
les University and high school pro- I
essors from Poland hold these lee (
ures in tho Polish tongue and try to
,eep alNC the love for Polish litcra- i
IRE and history 4 Polish operatta I
i Moscow IS attracting Russian as
veil as Polish music lovers. The ar /
lists are the leading songsters Of War I
aw, including Lucy Missal, who is
,nown throughout Europe A sunday |
heatcr. with accommodations for 4
see has been opened with tickets I
cling from 10 cents to q dollar This /
heater VIII give Polish drama and /
concerts FOR which the best talent |
rom Warsaw has been ensaged
The results obtained have not |
lackened the energy of the workers
or there IS much to be done, and viii
'e nntA the war has been over MANY .
months. New parties are even now
IRVING AT Moscow The roads from
he west arc dotted with wagons. of
en- several hundred together These
asst arrivals escaped with their teams
within the Russian military lines and .
ried "a winter la dugouts abandoned
renches and isolated houses The ex-
reno cold which came unusually ear
! this winter finally forced them tu
eek refuge in the center OF the coun-
ry. Tho number If related refugees
as been estimated At not less than
n.ooo Eut these inclndc not only
'oles hut LithW,nians, Let's uad \
White Russians
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