Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-03-18

4 ga az tie most aasSoRa problems
With whEch Eanca ~ confruzae ted.
some PARTS 0E tie country ere under
the heel az ne Invader EOr more than
Fonr yeara. ana hnsv eh0gonghly and
yste akEoaAly Ghe lnns cExFled out
1 nroxrara III wiIIKul destruction Of
property ID only too we'll known t0
the world. Battle damage, If course,
srasnd deus but devastation did not
end here. with Tend Lahn0ss that
was not thougat possible q civilized
times the baFfIed Csarrnaaa Laid waste
khe whole n0untryaisie as they were
forced towar0 their own border, Beau
tfgul chaaeaux and their rich furnish
lnws we're the particular objects Of
TSuton hatred and destruction lust,
but the homes of the peasants did not
escape. where dwellings we're not
burned or blown up. the gurniture Was
reduced to kindling. Crops and or
cAaras too felt the Teuton rage. And
ID make replacement Of homes BY the
victims themselves ali but impossible
manufacturing plants we're stripped
og vital machinery.
Fhat Is why the resources Of France
are not sufFicient to provide the ref
ugeea with even the necessities of
life and why the American Red Cross
ii giving fts assistance in relieving
the rmfugees' plight Under q plan
worked out ~ the Frsnch gov
eminent and the American Red Cross
Representatives abroad the Organiaa-
ton has established relief depots at
Lille, Afnicns, L4aon, Mexieres. ChalOns
and verdun. The French minister Of
reconstruction has been supplied with
American Red Cross workers who are
stationed throughout the devastated
area with completes equipment, motor
trucks and administrative forces They
have divided forty mile wide strip
across France into sections and In
charge Of each Is placed q resident Of
known ability and he handles all the
problems OF that district and superin-
tends the distribution Dc food, shelter
and other necessities. This work is
growing ii volume and with the
spring the tide Of refugees lowing
back to their old homes will be even
greater and the necessity Of quick re-
lief correspondingly larger.
The contribution Of chairs and
tables to the repatriated French fami-
lies ii not the only reason the refu-
gees viii have to remember the gem
erosity oe the young folks Of America
Al gift OF 500. 600 from the Children of
Americas Army Of Relief. now
merged with the Junior Red Cross OF
this country, Tor the founding Of a
childreu's hospital ID Paris was re-
Gently announced and how greatly II
Is appreciated may be seen from the
following letter from Gaaton Sevretfe,
president Of the Isigue Fraternelle DEB
Enfanta de France
s'Our committee De the great Ligue
des EnfanEa de France bees me to
send the children Og America all our
best thanks Tor the very generous gift
which has been iateiy granted This
INCREASES X Il BE- really possible, our
friendship FOR America 1t ID feel
ing which often had the great pleas
IRE DC expressing publicly IN my ar
tiClea and which i wished tn tell again,
apropos of your little workers Of the
American Red Cross
That the gift Of furniture Ameri-
can schOoiboys viii mako will prove
similarly substantial token Of their
sympathy and desire to help the usl-
fortunate III certain. and that II will
call forth the heartfelt gratitude "a
the nation Of France as we'll as the
direct beneficiaries cannot be doubted.
Tho chairs and tables will be built
on design making for durability as
wen as aEtractiyeness and win be sent
to France knocked down" but 50 eon-
strncted that unskiIled hands can set
them up for immediate use. The
American Red Cross Will be directly
lii touch with the distribution. insure
ing the placing os the furniture where
most urgently needed.