The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-04-11
ENEMIES COMBINE TO-
STARVE OUT BOHEMIA
Presidents Daughter Makes known
fttiful Condition OF Her starved
and Oppressed People.
AID IS BEING FASTENED
Austria Threatened ~ We Los. 10.
hcnla, We win Lose Her
~ Corpse.

PARIS April 10. Utter misery,
starvation and despair prevailed IN
ne new republic of Czrcho Slovnk,a
before tn" allied governments began
70 ahip food supplies to that country
IN the latter part or February.
u tx not known here whether thtS
situation has been relieved to any
large cNtcnt but large shipments or
flour, milk and other supplies have
since hcru forwarded to rrague and
additional foodstutfs were Ia Trlcat
awaiting transportation to tho
CzcCho- SlovRks
An appeal by Dr Alice O. Masatyk,
daughter of President Masaryk. and
head OF the C1ccho Slovak Red cross
written on February 90, pictures the
conditions IN her country as "A ter
rlhle one, American. British and
French authorities arc cndeavorinE
10 respond,
1t IL stated tha.. unless help ar
rived quickly, million children
under six years old were doomed Ia
die; that 1000 900 children up TO -
years were weak from underfce ding
and that tho mortality among the old
and feeble was appalling
Bctwccn Two Enemies.
Separated from the allied terri
tories bn three sides by Germany
and Austria, the Czecho- Slovak re-
public was, even before It's birth
ruthlessly and Systematically dcnud-
ed by tho Austrians Of all foodstuff-
and supplies, when hostilities were
suspended there was In Czecho-
slovakIa no corn. meat clothing or
MEDICINES The scanty weekly ra-
ton Of a pound Of flour TO each per-
son In Prague. the capital ceased on
February 20 Twosthirds' Of the cat
tie and pigs OF the country already
have been slaughtered and the lack
or tat ls extreme. The supply OF
milk was only one thirtleth OF nor
NAL. More than 80 per cent OF the
babies OF Prague were rachltic.
annemic or consumptive More than
half the patients In the children's
hospital died OF consumption.
Massryk Has Big Task.
Almshouses, maternity hospitals
and other charitable institutions can
no longer feed their inmates. Nine
teen per cent OF the infants under
one year In F'ilsen, the formerly
flourishing city OF breweries and
arsenal workers died last year from
lack OF nutrition Prices OF house
hold commodities have arisen 100 to
500 per cent while wages have in
creased 200 TO 800 per cent. Clothing
costs ten times more than formerly
and sewing cotton In 100 times
dcnrer than before the war.
These reports show that Profes-
sor Thomas G.. Mamryk. the first
president OF the new Czeoho Slovak
republic, who went from New York
Inat Hiptar In asnume his Nuties
faces q herculean task. writing TO
Lady Muriel PaKet on February ~.
the presidents daughter told her.
father said he hoped you would
come. DO come and help US"
Lady Paget has obtained from the
French government, 10 trucks which
the American Red Cross has filled
with medical supplies fog the Czecho-
Hlovaks. and plans TO take TO Boz
hemia 20 tons OF rice, Recent infor-
nation, however. states that freight
traffic 10 Bohemia Is disorganlzed
Austrian threat ~ We are 10 lose
corpse" may become terrible
realltSl
Professor Masaryk was In the
United states In October last when
ne was elected president OF the new
republic OF CEecho- -Slovakia. ON re-
crlying the notice OF his election he
went TO Prague and was inausurated
president late In December In tho
latter part OF March II was reported
that he had resigned. but this wns
OFFICIALLY denied by the Czecho-
slovak mission in Washington.