Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-20
JEWS Of EASTERN
EUROPE MUST Be
| GIVEN MORE HELP
DR.. Adler Says Conditions in
Near East are DepIorabIe
and Time Alone Can Heal
Wounds of Great War.
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ESPECIAL coRHrsPoMoEncE TO MORNING io1RsAtl
New York, Aug. 19.-"Unquestion-
ably the Jews who live in the zone
of war suffered greater hardships,
sustained greater losses, and have
been left in a worse economic eondi-
ton than any other people of Eu-
rope with the possible exception of
the Armenians. In some of the re-
gions where the Jews live, as many
as five different armies have marched
through, each bearing away with it
such property as it desired or need
ed; and finally the Bolshevists, in
their wave of power completed the
economic ruin of the Jews"
In this manner DR., Cyrus Adler,
of Philadelphia, one of the most
prominent Jewish educators of Am
erica, who has just returned from
the peace conference, summed up
the situation that his people are fac
ing in Europe. DIR. Adler, who is in
this city for a conference relative to
the Jewish relief problem, went to
Paris as a representative of the Am
erican Jewish committee to urge po-
litical, civil and religious rights for
Jews and other ninorities in eastern
Europe. He believes that Jewry has
won the theoretical victory that it
set out to win through the medium
of the peace table, but states that ii
will take some time for the down
trodden members of his people
abroad to recover the morale they
have lost through generations of re-
preston, poverty and disease.
Time is Required.
Although | did not actually visit
the regions where the relief work
was in operation" said DR.. Adler,
II was, of course, closely connected
with the situation by my duties in
Paris. I learned enough to see that
we cannot expect the wounds of five
Years to be healed overnight"
1.-THE results of the peace confer
ence have guaranteed that Jews in
eastern Europe are to have civil, re-
lieious and political rights and com
plete equality before the law. That
is a long step in the right direction
But it is only the beginning, The
years, in some cases the centuries
of persecution and repression that
have been the lot of the children OF
Israel in central an deastern Eu-
rope have left an indelible impress
sion. You cannot expect a people
trodden down by persecution until
they have become a race of hunted
creatures to burst forth in full pos
session of it's powers on the first
breaking of the chains.
Work of Americans.
1t was the task of our American
Jewish delegates, cooperating with
Jewish delegations for other coun-
tries, to break these chains and Sc.
cure guarantees of legal, politica
and religious equality. ] believe thai
this has been accomplished and thai
east European Jewry will soon be In
position to help itself
But now while Europe is slowly
coming back to normal, food ant
clothing are absolutely necessary
These are the fundamental needs
that come before all others 1 would
not venture to say how long Amer
lear Jewry will be required to keer
up this relief work. but 1 think tina
we should plan for another year al
least. The situation is uncertain t
such degree that it would be un'
wise to make our budget for either
a shorter or a longer period. How
ever, it does not seem possible tina
things can become settled within
that time.
Orphan Situation.
1.-THE orphan situation abroad Il
extremely serious among the Jews
The parents of thousands of Jewish
children have been killed in the ranks
OF the contending armies, or have dice
of the plaques that are still raging IL
these unhappy lands. These children
are now dependent upon American
relief. Then, too, there are thu
manned and those prematurely aget
by the horrors of the past five years
These people are simply without any
means of support, and lay claim Il
both our sympathies and our materia
aid.
Samples Of the food that Jews o.
central Europe wdre eating-wher
they could get it-were shown to m,
at Paris have seen bread tina
looked more like a dung cake thar
food. 1t was composed of 10 per cen
wheat 10 per cent rye and 80 per cen
of the bark of trees to make filler TO-
starving stomach. There is such {
scarcity of clothing that many o.
these people go stark naked. The.
live in caves and huts and cannot ever
go out to get dish of soup from tn,
free kitchens or stand in the breat
lines for lack of clothing,
Would Mean Starvation.
Without any question, If American
Jewish relief should stop, or If any o
our other American relief should stop
it would mean starvation to thousand
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