The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-03-16
0IIAKERS FORBIDDEN
TO FIGHT AID PEACE
,,,f,rts pc,otrd 10 Helping In Re
binding of France Devastated py
KaNascs Of Germans.
ARMY OF PEACE ON DUTY
,,. hundred Men and fifiy Women
Are Giving Time and Energy To
Task overseas.
-. VICTOR M'NAUEnT

uy VICTOR NAUtiHT
p,pi- March 10 America has
,..,tn France a little peaceful army
rnp mon and 90 women, whose
I'll 4. q, combat the fearful ruin
i,snlttiuu Of the war. This army
mad. .lp OF Quakers, who did not
.n 4, take life in battle. but who
',,ntcl lo render some service In
,sr cause OF humanity.
,nlian opportunity for serv-
... rl,. hrfurc them Six per cent OF
,,ufirurrs and in coal mines be 3,
,o,s the war paid full quarter OF
~ ,,unr.- taxes Now II is help
,a.. Homes numbering $50. 600 have
nos, ruined Personal property
,,,rrh four billions OF francs has been
gos,ry,rI or carried away by the
Ircruuu- The losses m horses. cat
y re and G~-cf farm animals number
$40 600 head TdNrebuild the Goun-
,ry 600 GOO 600 days work viii he
ysn,.rci with an outlay for building
m.ieriu, amounting to 10000, 900 600
francs.
do ,ou wonder that France wants
an indemnify ana the protection OF
league of nations against further
attacks
Render Vital Aid.
or course our American Quakers
cannot DO more than small part OF
The work Of rcrOnsiruCtlOn, but they
are starting where their aid IL most
vitality needed, and everything they
do counts Dr. Il, NJ Jones OF
lnyerford college Philadelphia, who
told me about the work after com
netting ga 'r.p over the region where
ms people are employed.
we have undertaken to helm the
French people start life over again
in the area west OF Nerdun to ST.
Menehou'i, ana from Brizeaux to
Mon'iaucan." he said This is the
4 region from which the American
army started at the outset OF the Ar
gonnc campaign and part OF the ruin
resulted from the fighting in the big
offensive
"Our first aim is to take care OF
returning refugees. who are often
SICK. and who always need shelter
We have big general hospital at
Clermont which We shall presently
turn oycr"to the French people, with
small endowment we also have a
maternity hospital a. Chalons. Both |
v
have also department. devoted 10 |
The care of orphan children.
As YOU have seen for yourself. the |
houses I'm northern France have |
been shot 10 pieces We have two !
factories at work. building portable |
houses which We set up for the re-
turning peasants These houses are
double-tloored, and have roofs OF |
red tiles They are intended lfor use .
rs residences for two or three years.
but they are good enough to be used
much longer. The French govern.
ment Will supply 1000 more port
abehouses, and In May our two fac
tories will shut down. so that the
workers may devote their time to
setting Up the houses
VIII Pay on InstalImcnt Plan.
The French farmers will }ay
about 20 per cent OF the cost Euf
'hese new homes ON the partial pay
ment plan and as tho money comes
IN we shall turn all OF (, into the
endowment fund for tho two hos
pals
As the refugees come back we III
mem out with few simple pieces of
,u'nltuT"' and we also give each
IamiH q pair Of rabbits, some bees.
anu few chickens That sets them
on their feet
are they grateful? | cannot tell
you now richly repaid we feel for all
81 our work. by the simple and
Wpch'ng evidence OF gratitude that
WMe encoun,erlng all the time"
1ne $50 workers are for the most
pH young college men and women
ron Quaker Institutions, who have
,ome 10 France 10 work without pay.
"any OF Them are from farms and
smill towns. They are the most {
Nalhg of workers and accept any
"V o' task cheerfully. They till the
Oui SET up houses, repair roofs OF
SSu"g'hBs mat may s still be used,
I.Ne aihoulanccs, nurse the sick. DR..
Sopes tod me how they take their
"es IN their hands sometimes.
our our men are blowing the battle
"plds. he told me. with trac,nra
.nq gang plowS They are constant n
,,.m uanser OF striking unexploded I
80 niuden in the ground A I
,nI " farmer was driving n tractor b
u gang plow when one OF the Z
XIV XIV points struck 'dud' He was a
IL 70 pieces. That sort OF thing
,inpd Oound to happen many times
''h the next year or two.
90 Lands Doing Well. :
+, ,I l autumn our men succeeded Z
a, SSvNIhg over a considerable area %
,,,s tsesIs'ated land, and in sowing IL
rs S" wheat The young crop. grow
ssn 1,er territory so recently trod-
,nd armed men. looks very fine
AZ. Encouraging this winter we {
n,o,n unable to use tractors and gang
vorDs @ IN the toughest OF the Ar
llrsIe country We use horses and 7
'"s,e s plows instead. ~
We nave ljO moving machines,