The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-06-25
SADDEST SIGHTS IN EUROPE ARE CHILDREN
 SAYS COMMISSION

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 NEW YORK. June 25- "The sad dest sight in Europe today is that ot the children of eight and ten and twcI- ve years of age who look and act like children of four and six and eight years" says Dr. Vernon kellog, who recently returned from tour of Eur ope for the American Relief Admin ,istration.
 "They have boon underfcd for four years" continues pr. Kellog. man have died; many are war orphans. The parents of many are absolutely dc5- titutc. Mal.nutrition has weakened them; has retarded their growth and development. Their feeble voices crg to the world for help
 Herbert C. Hoover Director G"n- aral of the American Relief Admin- .stration set aside for childrcn'S r"- lief work in Europe $2.OO0,000 of the SlOO.00O, ,OOO appropriated by the Unit d States Congress for relief work ir the war desolated countries Of Europe. To cxpcnd this $2.OOOOOO, the Amer can Relief Administration has estah- lished q special Childrcn'S Relief Bur eau. Describing the work of this bur eau. Dr. Kellog writes in a bulletin issued by the American Relief Adj ministration:
 "From it's own funds, added to " grants from the impoverished govern mentS of Eastern Europe and by gifts. from private charity. the Childrcn'5 Bureau is trying to furnish free food % the destitute and debilitatcd in- fants and adoleScents of the newly liberated peoples of Europe; to say" and rehabilitate the next generation O. Eastern Europe.
 But much more money than now available is necessary if more than d small fraction of the suffering littl" ones are to he cared for. Therefor" the American Relief Administration announces that it is willing and anv' ious to receive and eXpend for this purpose any money confided to it 5r any charitable organizations and p"'- sons interested. Such money will ba lsed for work in any denoted co/ntry or region which is accessible to 1t" or if so indicated. will be used at the d'a- cretion of the American Relief As sociation wherever the need seems greatest"
 Lieutenant Colonel A, ]. Car'sor' professor of physiological chemistry in the University of Chicago and now . one of the directors of the American Relief Administration Bureau for the Relief of Children in Paris writes:
 "The resources of the American Relief Administration available for the ChiIdren's Relief do not suffice for feeding all the hungry children m the respective countries. It is hopet, however that they will meet the most acute needs during the period up 70 the next harvest, and thus serve To rally and encourage the national Chili Welfare forces in the several countries in the laudable efforts of each nation to care for it's own."
 Lieutenant Maurice Pate formerly of the Commission for Relief in Bel gium and now in charge of the AmH'''. can Relief Administrations Child feeding work in Poland, writes that the total funds now in hand Gin Poland will mean relief for 250.000 children until August 1. figuring 6 cents dav per child. "It is evident" he adds that further outside help will be required if the children's relief work here taken on the same proportions that it did in Belgium"