Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-08
MISERY IN EUROPE
SEEN AS OMINOUS
Sir William Goode Tells Amer
leans Economic Chaos
May Spread.
Ri EDWARD PRICE BELL
ny Gable tn The Star and thjcnxo
DiiN News. (OpyriEht. 1913

LONDON. England. December 3
Addressing the American Luncheon
club today Sir William Goode. British
director Of relief drew a terrible pjc-
tUre of economic chaos. dcmoraIiza-
ton of Communications and human
want ana suffering in central Europe
Speaking before the same club two
years ago Sir William reminded his
hearers that The famine resulting
from the \ipoieonic wars reached its
{. MAY two years after the battle Of
Ndterlo" His recent tour OF Europe
convinced Kim thai history would re
pa, Itself following the world war
r. puts first and foremost among the
c. uses OF III" present appalling stu
!on the delay N n-~Sins peace.
II hardly seems 20 be realized in
tte United Kingdom. which is SoIated
from the continent Of Europe by a
n:rrow strip OF water. and still lt,as
II the United States which is iso-
lated by the Atlantic ocean. that
a is ria Hungary. Bulgaria and
Turkey are StiIl technically at war
with the allies ard what Is more i'm
portant with most of their neigh
bcr>." sand Sir William. AS one APP
pHoacheS the frontiers one finds ever,
Httie Wayside station packed with
soldiers with fixed bayonets and rail
WY SIdiugS contested with ammuni-
ton cars. MI the Wa$jefUI effects of
tn war upon economic aud indus trial
- oGresS stare at one for miles as one
travels through these countries
')o Not know Own Nationality.
n many corners of central Europe
today the inhabitants do not know
u ~ own nationality Until univer-
So peace Is ratified and boundary
q" omissions are able TO get to work.
~ d until plebiscjtes can determine
u future Of the democracies. CEN
Iru Europe viii be a patchwork of
chronological disIOcation and social
IN sery. Locomotives from one coun-
Try dare not bulge across the from
tier of ar~ther, for whole trains are
liable to be seized the minute they
come within the grasp of neigh
boring army. The only real safe
guard of a supply train going from
one country through the territory of
another is the solitary British Tommy
perched on the caboose, knowing no
language but his own and riding
without warrant or ticket. 1t is he
who placidly escorts the few ex-
changes of food and raw materials
that so far have enabled several
countries to keep soul and body to-
gether.
There is administrative chaos ow-
ing to inexperienced hands being row
in positions of authority. The Jewish
question is the most serious. threat
ening grave issues. Jugoslavia talks
of and prepares for war with Italy
Since the armistice began there have
been in Hungary successfully repub-
lican, bolshevist. monarchist. Ru-
Inanian and coalition regimes. Ru-
mania herself is not on the allied Wis
citing list. Moslems threaten the
christians, especially in Asiatic Tur-
key. Among the republics thanking
the Black sea there are enmities
threatening wars among themselves
and jeopardiZing the stability of any
anti-bolshevist government in south
ern Russia Also these republics bode
no good for the continued existence of
the Armenians. First aid is to hasten
peace"
Horrors In Vienna Depicted.
after spending ten days in Vienna he
felt as if he had spent ten days in the
cell of a condemned murderer with
out hope of reprieve.
It stayed at the best hotel in vi
emma" he said. '1n a bitter cold hall,
once the gayest rendezvous in Europe,
the visitors were huddled together
in the gloom of one light where there
used to be forty. These persons were
more like the shadows of the London
the rich. For wood enough to keep
one small fire going for two days I
paid go crowns, which to the Wen
nese is the equivalent of about ESQ
or $40 $3.50 or $1,000. Well-to-do
people in Vienna are burning their
furniture in the stoves for warmth.
Hearses Obstruct Trame.
Traffic in the main streets leading
to the cemeteries is often held up
by hearses, nine-tenths of which
carry the bodies of children. A dis
tinguished British army officer. who
had been in Vienna for some time,
said to me: For Gods sake go home
and tell them what it is like
We cannot continue to trif1e with
privation and starvation in central
Europe without risking a carnival of
bolshevism, which probably will not
be confined to this continent. If the
United States can see it's way clear
to take part in compreh ensive pro-
vision of credits the British govern
ment and people will be prepared to
strain still further the resources so
impoverished by the war"