The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-09-03


The following 10 Q statement BY r.
9. Walcott, who served a. an assist
ant to NJ. Hoover during the time
Amseiea was doing al that was pos
sible to Feed the starving millions Of
Belgium and Poland and northern
France. IN thiR WORT - was brought
In direct contact with German military
oficials. and saw the conditions which
the German invasion had created
among the civilian population:
I went to Poland to learn the facts
concerning the remnant Of 3 people
that had been decimated By war. The
country had been twice devastated.
First the Russian army swept through
It and then the Germans. Along the
roadside from Wnrsaw to Pinsk. the
present firing line. go miles, nearly
half . million people had died Of hum
ger and cold. The way was strewn
with their bones picked Glenn by the
crows. With their usual thrift, the
Germans were collecting the larger
bones to be milled into fertilizer, but
finger and toe bones lay on the ground
with the mud-covered and rain-soaked
clothing.
Wicker baskets were scattered along
the way-the basket In which the baby
swings from the rafter In every pens
ant home. Every mile there were
scores Of them, each one telling q
death. started to count, but after
little I had to give It up, there were
80 many.
Tint is the desolation one saw along
the great road from Warsaw to Pinsk,
mile after mile, more than two hun.
bred miles. They told me a million
people were made homeless In six
weeks Of the German drive In August
and September, 1915. They told me
four hundred thousand died on the
way. The rest. scarcely half alive,
got through with the Russian army.
Many Of these have been sent to 81
IBERIA; It Is these people whom the
Paderewski committee Is trying to re-
lieve.
/ In the refugee camps. 100000 SUR
vivOrs Of the flight were gathered by
the Germans, members Of broken fam
lilies. They were lodged In jerry-built
barracks, scarcely waterproof, un-
lighted, unwarmed In the dead Of win
ter. Their clothes, where the buttons
were lost, were sewed on. There we're
no conveniences. they had not even
been able to wash for weeks. Filth
and infection from vermin were
spreading. They were famished, their
daily ration cup Of soup and piece
Of bread as big - my nst.
In Warsaw, which had not been do.
stroyed, Q city Of one million inhab-
ltants, one Of the most prosperous CIT
lee Of Europe before the war, the
streets were linsd WITH people IN the
pangs Of starvation. Eamished and
rain-soaksd, they squattsd there. with
their elbows on their knees o. lean
Eur agnlnst the buildlnes. too feeble
% MT Z hand for Q bit Of money or .
moessl Of bread n one offered Il. Per.
ishins Of hunger and cold Charity
dld what It could. TAs rich gAve ~
that they had. the poor shared thelr
last crust. Hundreds Of thousands
were perishine. Day and night the
pictures u before my eyes-a people
| starving. Q nation dying.
The above statement By n. Wal
colt ID Q terrible arraignment Of the
Hun, but no more terrible than b
deserves. What has happened b
Poland, In Belgium, In northern
France and every other country that
has been blishted By the Huns pres
encs would happen In America should
the allies, BY any chance. fan to VII
this war. II would mean the enslave
ment Of American men, the starving
and death Of American women and chil
dren. Either the Hun or humanit,