The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1917-12-28

are accustomed 10 read under the
IHkH&*$I vague date line. Somewhere In
E4ASJ France"
Many of these narratives have been
brought by men and women who, under the aus
pices Of the American Red Cross, have been inves-
tgaiing conditions created by the invasion Of the
Hun The range of vision Of these investigators
pxtends from ,he battle front to the cottage hun
dreds of miles away where wars misery-more In
>dious than bombs on the fighting front-has pene-
tratCd.
Woven togethe, these accounts make composite
story Of devastation and suffering on the part Of
noncombatants comparable with the torture en-
urcd by the soldiers in the trenches; of refugees
staring blankly ut cratered areas where villages
once fourished of thousands of children, too
Young to understand. crying for mothers who can
NOT hear their cries; of children poisoned by gas
uouhs thrown from German mOrtars of emacated
children sent by hundreds from behind the German
inc of crippled soldiers re-educate and of
civilian men and to comfort and provide
Win the necessaries of fc--a story of battling
.ainSi disease and of the heroSm of mercy.
Sometimes the cable supplements tales told by
'vturnpd travellers. day two ago, the war
.ouucil Of the American Red Cross received cable
ram from The Paris headquarters of that Organiza-
iou containing simple statement Of everyday
occurrence on the French frontier yet graphic in
It's portrayal of one phase of wars frightfulness.
II read
The Red Cross st Evan.
There arrived last week nj Evian, where the
ir'a,rics from France and Belgium are received
hac, into France, train loaded with Belgian chill
Scu. There were ESQ of them, thin, sckly alone
an between ages OF four and twelve, children of
men who refused TO work fOI the Germans ana OF
mothers who let their children 90 rather than LET
thnA etarvc They poured oil the train. little ones
,Iiu@iag TO the oldest ones, girls all crying, roNS
irving To cheer. They had come all the long way
alone ON the platform were the Red Cross work
prr q them. doctors and nurses with AmDj
Ia'"ps for the little sick ones were waiting out
side the station The children poured out of the
,gaton, marched along the street shouting Meat
incat we are going to have meat, to the CASINO,
Nhcrc they were given a square meal, the first In
uauy mGnths. Again and again, while they ate.
,l,,y broke spontaneously into songs in French
inst the German songs which they had evidently
.,nled in secret. The Rcd Cross doctor examined
ihsa, Their little cawlikc hands were significant
+ their undernourished bodies, but the doctor said:
W., have them in time few weeks OF proper
lsoGnE and they will pull up.
t.,an is French resort on Lake Geneva, ana
every day one thousand homeless people arrive
here, GO per cent of whom are children thirty
per ..ent OF the older people die the first month
from exhaustion. They were once the occupants
If happy homes in northern France. The Huns
invaded their country, swept on past their MONIES
md left them behind the enemys line. The invaders,
now their masters, impressed them into labor ana
transported thousands of them to work in German
fields and factories Those who are returned by
the thousand daily by train through Switzerland
rre all that left of these men and women and
ahildren-- manhood and womanhood sapped until
the vital spark Is almost out and, no longer of use
ne German cnptives, sent back to die or to be
cared for in their helpless condition by their own
pconlc from whom they had been ruhessiy taken
,way in their health and strength.
Hope for kaser's Victims.
Thanks to the American Red cross, coming I"
oofth French
lies for mercy, there is hope for these unfortun'
ties Besides hospital and convaescent nome
Tor children ut Evan. the Red Cross is operating
m ambulance service for the returning repatres
Fen automobiles are in commission for handling
sick and nirm persons. and tuberculosis nos
ptal near by is planned. When the returning re-
uarrieS reach the railroad station and have been
rheerngly greeted by crowds of compatr1ots, they
are taken in charge by Red Cross workers. Nouf
iShment is provided and medical attention De-
slowed Bahs made available and fresh cloth
ny is supplied. According TO American eye Wit
uesses of scenes at the railway station at Evian,
there are men in the ranks who have suffered
broken arms the bones of which have been sci by
the Germans that the hand Is turned the wrong
Nny They present n horrible deformity, denOting
/ form of cruelty which excuses itself on the
ground that the man. should he ever regain MS
,orIner strength, will be unfit for military duty.
in many of these cases American Red Cross doc
,ors nave been put to the doubly painful task Oh
again breaking the arm and resettlng IT, so US
10 remove the terrible deformity purposely IN
ilicted.
William Allen White of Kansas and Henry j. Al
len, who is prominent in the public lie Oh the
same state are among the Red Cross workers
who recently have returned from tours OF inspec-
ion Il. France. According 10 their statements IL Is
scarcely possible to eXaggerate the suffering
brought upon the civilian population OF the coun-
nv: suffering, however that Is being aleNiated
% tie greatest possible extent by the American
Red Cross which is sending its experts. its army
If volunteers and its treasure without stint Ac-
.cordng TO Mr.. White the real work OF the war; so
far as America Is concerned will be carried on by
The Red Cross In France this winter. Not only