The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-09-11
ROUMANIA THANKFUL FOR
HELP GIVEN BY AMERICA
Population Looking Forward to
Speedy Peace and Happy
Future.

Roumania, saved from starvation
ana the spread OF typhus by tn
prompt arrival of American food and
medical supplies, is dividing its time
between planning Tor the future ana
praising the American people for
thelr generosity. The gratitude of
people for America is boundless.
with enough food to assure living
rations for the population until the
coming harvest and splendid crop
In prospect, Roumania, through her
armies, holding back the Bolsheyist
forces on tive fronts, is looking
forward to speedy return OF
peace and happier days.
Such was the optimistic message
brought to Red Cross Headquarters
by Lieut.-Col. ii. Gideon Wells of
Chicago, American Red Cross Com.
missioner to Roumania. Colonel
Wells, who is professor Of pathology
at the University of Chicago. has
been directing Red Cross Relief oper-
htions in Roumania for the last four
months, being in charge of the first
relief ship that landed at Galatz in
February with 600 tons of supplies.
Ten Red Cross ships have landed
millions of pounds of supplies in
Roumania, all Of which have been
distributed under his direction. lie
was member of the original Red
Cross Commission which went to
Roumania in 1915.
American food provided by the
Hoover Administration and by the
American Red Cross through the
generosity of our people saved the
day for Roumania," said Colonel
Wells. She was in pretty bad shape
when relief finally reached her.
From the members of the royal
household down to the humber
classes everyone you talk with in the
country admits that Americas prac-
tIcal help came just in time None of
the war-stricken countries we have
ahsisted could be more grateful. OF
course, conditions in some parts, es-
ptcIally in the mountain districts,
ne not what they should be. but the
situation everywhere is so much i'm
proved and the people so hopeful that
Une cannot help feeling optimistic
apout Romania's future.
THE United States Food Admins.
tration has delivered about 125,0OO
tons of food to the government for
distribution to the people. The Red
Cross is distributing supplies from
ten different points in the country.
One of the Red Cross units looks af'
ter the needs of several hundred
small places. Villages off the main
lines of travel are reached by auto
mobile. Typhus is still prevalent but
nurses appear to have the situation
well in hand,
"Our Commission is claiming the
Red Cross record for fast work in
that connection. When you realize
there were only "a locomotives avail
able in the country after the invad
ers withdrew you have better idea
of the many problems We had tc
| overcome. The twenty automobiles
We had with US helped out lot a'
that time. We found the hospitals
without much in the way OF surgical
dressingl Red Cross headquarters
in Paris solved this problem by send
ing us about fifty carloads.
American women who made these
dressings will be interested to know
they are being used throughout Ron
mania for baby clothes and for var
lous apparel used by grownups, The
women use some OF the dressings fol
head bands, Used garments sem
from America together with clothe'
made from material supplied by tn,
Red Cross is rapidly replacing tn,
tattered clothing seen in many places
Our Commission supplied $50 sewin,
machines to help this latter worl
along"