The Arvada enterprise., 1917-12-27

IS6& s@s1s GATE '"S' somewhere ;"
Many of these narratives have been
brought by men and women who, under the eus-
pices Of the American Red Cross. have been inves
tgating conditions created by the invasion Of the
Hun The range of vision of these investigators
extends from the battle front to the cottage hun
dreds of miles away where war's msery-mOrc In
sdiOus than bombs the fighting frOnt-has pene-
trated.
Woven together these accounts make a composite
story of devastation and suffering on the part Of
nOncOmbatants comparable with the torture en-
dured by the soldiers In the trenches; Of refugees
staring blankly Mt cratered areas where villages
once fOurlshed; Of thousands Of children too
young to understand crying for mothers who Gun.
not hear their cries; Of children poisoned by gus
bombs thrown from German mortars Of emacinted
children sent by hundreds from behind the German
line; Of crippled soldiers to re-educate and Of
civilian men and women to comfort and provide
with the necessaries OF life-a story Of battling
against disease and Of the heroism Of mercy.
sometimes the cable supplements tales told by
returned Travellers day or two ago. the war
council Of the American Red Cross received cable
gram from the Paris headquarters Of that organxa-
ton containing a simple statement Of everyday
occurrence ON the French frontier. yet graphic in
its portrayal Of one phase of wars frghtfuncss.
It read:
The Red cesss at Evlan.
There arrived last week at Evian, where the
| repatries from France and Belgium are received
back into France. a train loaded with Belgian chill
dren. There $50 Of them. thin. sickiy. alone.
all between ages Of four and twelve, children Of
men who refused to work for the Germans and of
mothers who let their children 60 rather than let
them starve. They poured Of the train. little ones
clingng to the Oldest ones. girls all crying boys
trying to cheer They had come all the long way
alone. On the platform were the Red Cross work.
ers to meet them. doctors and nurses with ambu-
lances for the little sick ones were waiting out.
side the station. The children poured out Of the
station marched along the street shouting. "Meat.
meat We are going to have meat" to the Casino.
where they were given square meal. the first IN
many months. Again and again. while they ate.
they broke spontaneously Into songs In French
against the German songs which they had evidently
learned In secret. The Red Cross doctor examined
them. Their little clawiike hands were significant
Of their undernourished bodies. but the doctor said
1--WE have them in time. A few weeks Of proper
feeding and they will pull up"
Evian In a French resort on Luke Geneva. and
every day thousand homeless people arrive
there. % per cent Of whom are children Thirty
per cent Of the older people die the first month
from exhaustion. They were once the occupants
Of happy homes In northern France. The Huns
invaded their country. swept on past their homes
end left them behind the enemys line The invaders.
now their masters. impressed them into labor and
transported thousands Of them to work In German
fields and factories Those who are returned BY
the thousand daily by train through Switzerland
are all that are left Of these men and women and
chIldren-manhood and womnnhood Slapped until
the vital spark IL almost out and, no longer Of
as German cap.!ves. sent back to die or to BIZ
cared for in their helpless condition by their own
people from whom they had been ruthlessy taken
away In their health md strength.
Hope for kaissr's Victims.
Thanks to the American Red cross. coming to
the assistance Of the Overburdened French sgen.
cies for mercy. there Ii hope for these unfortun.
ates BAideS hospital and c0nvnlCscent homo
for children ut Evian. the Red Cross II operating
an ambulance service for the returning repatries.
Ten automobiles are In commission for handling
sick md infrm persons. and a tuberculosis hos.
ptal nenr by is planned When the returning re.
patrics reach the rallrond station and have been
cheeringly greeted by crowds Of cOmpntri0ts. they
are taken In charge by Red Cross workers. Nour.
ishmcnt IN provided md medical attention be.
slowed. Baths nre made available ind fresh cloth.
ing Ii supplied According TO American eye wit.
nesses Of scenes ut the railway station at Evian.
there nre men In the ranks who have suffered
broken arms the bones Of which have been vel by
the Germans NO that the hand In turned the wrong
way. They present horrible defOrmity. den0tiny
n form Of cruelty which excuses Itself on the
ground that the man. should he ever regain bis
former strength. will be UNIT for military duty.
In many Of these cases American Red Cross doc.
tors have been put to the doubly painful task Of
again breaking the arm and rcsetting H. ~ ~
10 remove the terrible dcf0rinity purposciy In.
nicted
william Allen white Of Kansas and Henry J. Al.
den. who In prominent In the public life Of The
snins state IRE among the Red Cross workers
who recently have returned from tours Of inspsc.
ton In Frnncc According to their statements Il 10
scarcely possible 10 cxnRgcrate the aufseriag
brought upon the civilian population Of the eoun.
Try; q suffertng however. that In being ailsvstsd