Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-05-29

ing to develope thes countries so that
"self-leadership may occur. He spoke
briefly of the problems which the ma
tons are confronting; that the men who
headed the work in the great war when
ii broke out were men who had worked
long in these eastern nations; that the
organization was working in the
belligerent countries long before America
realized what the war meant. He told
interestingly how General Petain asked
for the organization, to bring up the
morale Of his men: Italy now desires
the work among her citizens; Roumania
with its 100000 people and Il great ex-
pansion of territory since the war is over,
needs it and has sent appeals for it as
a result of four little huts conducted dur
ing the war. Constantinople must have
mode of it. The Greeks ask it that Turkey
may be saved although this is a different
nation. He said the war has Jared open
the door of every eastern nation for the
Y. NJ. c. A. work.
Mr.. Banton said the work in Russia was
a race against time and that before they
could get the work we'll established that
the army. under the German propaganda
broke to pieces, but even then the Y. NJ.
c. A. men did not leave but worked car
rying along the work. lie claimed Russia
helped save the lives of a great many
Americans because they fought in France
until this nation was read to enter the
war. He told some interesting facts about
the conditions of Russia, a nation with a
future, once il comes into its own, and
that this must occur through the efforts
of the Y. NJ. c. A.. or similar organiza-
tons. The Russians have not lost faith in
the Americans and the work is being car
ried on thet now to hold that faith. Rus
STA, when it comes into its own, will be a
great nation said the speaker.
Mr.. Wen, spoke of the work that has
been done in China and that there are go
Chinese secretaries in that country and
they are training more. Men from the
official circle have seen the value of the
work and are leaving their official jobs
i to take up the work. These are men of
means in the country. but they must have
| American trainers for n time yet and that
means expense. He told some interesting
| data as to what China has done in the war
and the result of their need for this work.
When the organization. asked for 100000
from China they raised $4,000. There
were 1856. 1000 Cinnamon working in France
during the war. They must 20 back to
China with a different opinion Of the
/ Cn1lSlltOsStu uliuA tiail biCS !
| behind the firing lines.
Mr.. Kennedy called attention TO the
fact that one million soldiers from India
were holding the lines in France when
England, Canada and other countries
were not able to get their forces there.
He told Of the human lives sacrificed
because they did not ave training, He
gave a dramatic story of the tragedies
of the first winter of the war when the
Indians suffered great losses and of the
| obligation that America owes these peo-
pie and must now help meet. He told
how the Y. NJ. c. A. secretaries. while
not recognized by the army of England,
went along with the troops from India.
| The Indian has always knelt to the
white men, but they could not under-
stand why the white men did their manual
labor work when they went into war cit
ing the cut of hair which was the lowest
type of occupation to the mind of the
Indian. He also spoke of the excellent
work done in Palestine. Africa and other
fronts. No other nation could have lone
what this nation has done, he claimed.