Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-12-08
American Fair Play

While the people of the United
States have been sending Thirty mil
lion dollars worth Of relief to Europe
and Turkey, two hundred thousand
women and children in Albania have
died of starvation.
While each woman and child In Bel
GUM has had plenty to eat, women
and children in Albania have gnawed
at the of dead horses III the
streets.
William Willard Howard, of New
York, who has returned from his third
trip to this hunger zone OF Europe,
predicts that the entire population of
Albania will die of famine and pesti-
lence unless helped.
He says that in Albania corn is fifty
dollars a bushel, -four eighty dollars a
sack, macaroni five dollars a pound.
"The tragedy of Albania says
Mr.. Howard, sis that a nation is dy-
ing of hunger, while the people of the
United States, laden with gifts for the
rest of Europe and for Turkey, pass by
on the other side.
Thirty millions of dollars have
been given by the people Of the United
States for relief work of various kinds
in Belgium, Poland, Armenia, Syria
and the warning countries Of Europe,
while two hundred thousand women
and children In Southeastern Europe
have starved to death unheeded and
uncared for. Not one woman or child
has died Of hunger in Belgium; two
hundred thousand 10 Albania.
Is it fairs 1t human-that the
innocent women and children OF
Albania, who never did anyone any
harm, should be tram pied under foot
and left to perish, at a time when all
oineI are fed?
lis this American fair play?
81 have appealed for help in high
places. l have begged a crust of bread
OF those who have given millions to
Belgium, Poland, Armenia aud Syria.
l have begged in vain.
1.-THE Albsnians are as much entitled
to sympathy and help as others. They
have not taken part Ia the war. They
fed and sheltered the refugees from
Servis, even with the last measure OF
corn that the famine-smitten villages
possessed. They have not done any
wrong; yet armies have swept over
their country, taking what could be
found to take, leaving to the starving
women and children only the %carcasses
of dead horses in the streets.
II ask only American fair play for
the famished children of Albania. /
ask of all fair-minded men and women
in the United States: Why should
the Albanians-three hundred thous-
and OF whom are Christians-be left
to starve, while we press forward, in
rivalry, to feed others? The
are mo numerous than
the Armeniaps; yet we feed the Arme-
afaRs and let the Albanians starve.
"Having appealed to deaf ears in
high places l nov appeal to the plain
people-to fair-minded men and wo-
men who would not let a dog starve
to death, no matter what his breed.
I want to go back to Albania with a
ship load of food. / have arranged for
a ship-a new American ship, just
launched and fitted for sea. The ship
is ready and waiting.
ga number of distinguished gentle
men in New York-mostly clergynen
and editors of newspapers-will 20
operate in IN appeal for a relief cargo
for the ship. The treasurer selected to
receive contribution is the Rev. Fred
erick Lynch, DID,, editor OF The
Christian Work and secretary of the
Carnegie Church Peace Union. Con-
tribuiions in any amount-.rom the
price of a loaf of bread upward-may
be sem to the Balkan Relief Fund, 10
Fifth avenue. New York City"