Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-08
Claims FATE=0E WORLD
[ RESTS WITH AMERICA
Chifles Edward Russell Pleads for
lmmediate Relief to Euro
sS;.tG X mean Peoples.
sans SOCIETY is JEopARDIzED
Declares Hungry Men Turn Maniacs
sud Lose Reason, Forming Fertile
5 Ield for Bolshcyist Teachers.
Ihfs Country Their Only Hope.

HytCHARLES EDWARD RUSSELL.
81 StsW YORK, April food or chaos
y tha1fin plain terms is the situation in
sSs practically all of Europe cast Of the
v Rhipf. Help. or have anarchy.
C3he with organized relief on scale
sSSncy4f known before; come with bread
" andSfueat and clothes for millions and
S then millions, or face the certainty OF
y terrible distress over vast regions of
nopV1ous territory and the possibility
e Of 3fstorm that will shake the whole
& STRUCTURE OF modern society.
AID maybe shake it down.
AhS one that alks about things as
4 then. really are in Europe today will
sech TO the uninitiatcd an ,alarmist or
+ worlp has never faced such situation
i andihas nothing III its experience to
4 base comparison on.
4 that;in tho last few weeks has been in
ana h'aTI 'h nin TsPH % [g9m
i coming trouble eNtravaSant
4 Millions Arc Starving.
Offthe 100000. 900 people in Europe IL
q is likely that 3oo.oO0,ooo arc now
\ tion:for arc already upon li--or over it.
sin some parts Of Acknowledgements.
eithtr begun or is Close al hand II
therS is neither peace nor security in
GerHiany fed. what will be the condi-
q 1ionH in Germany starving?
lS;much of Turkey the state OF the
pcoAc is described as appalling--in
Conf sntinople there is acute famlns
EauIAs OF 100000 Russian prisoners
4 still:in Germany and Bohemia arc OF a
1 can only hint al them by saying that
no auoh stories have bccr told of civil
ii1 me men eXceRt 81 h p1rIGS OF despair
5 4 Starving Lose Reason.
STRIVING men lose all reason and re-
I straint. We that arc comfortable and
we'll fed always overlook this fact; vet
1actsit remains. Europe is now likely
10 have To deal with il in stern fashion.
For just at the time when whole
the aEitaiions Of the Boishsviats 'e and
deviNsh energies OF the anarchists arc
Inenithe promise Of plenty and Of dom
mat ION that the Boishcvists always hold
4 out .snd what shall We expect them TO
What recently happened at Munich
s ought TO show us plainly enough IL VIC
have any doubt on the subject. Pinch
ing bellies had a great deal more TO do
with that outbreak OF madness than
the dnach!na,ions of tho rcactionarics.
81 :, Davnriaus Usually Quiet.
suppose that loe,ooo.ooo peoplo in
IurbPe set in into the desperate state
: of mind of the people OF Munich what
would come next?
tradition the least given 10 violence and
4 the most TO order and method. And here.
tno seem To- 'i e ans Of ihe in,me
root;and go forth destroying and piliag-
4 ing,smurderns and burning.
81 E4kn at the best. even IN countries
( whefS ,there is no starva tion, mon can
3 sec Riainly enough the signs of unrest
haYdsread history with his eyes and not
Il VIII his intelligence that does not
know that these things are infectious.
In n ic ~fstS &c thn- l.
natinn in The world that is in any posi-
tionlto furnish the relief that may save
eds haa the food 'hS he Cn exs h
from, an nevltable disaster. America
Theff is every prospect that this year
We Americans shall exceed last years
4 Probably. VIC shall have another.
s,Emcrgency as Great rs War.
While the war was on We voluntarily
4 ratidhed ourselves that We might feed
ouf, .allics The present emergency is,
Ifswc undertake for the sake Of hu-
marty as much self-denial now as we
rops.enough help TO help the mos, of
it Though 70 the next harvest.
n ltTests with us Americans whether
we 6hall grasp the situation and rise
NJ Tksre is no help in any other quarter,
I, have, in the United States a pleasant
Il end hopeful feeling that the war is all
overland done with democracy is safe,
and the world is sliding back 10 the
~ Sood, old grooves in which 1t Travelled
X so, Itctuously iiti.rhe Years before this
n thinH came uiYen ;es.-
5E Aat matter of fact. the work of
II Amesica for the world was no more
thHntbeEun when II went into the war
IS and Gent its troops 10 France. Dcmoc-
raeMt and civilization arc threatened
wltHta foe even greater than the old
SS GcriIlan empire. What is needed now
& is lS3t guns and soldiers, but wheat
\ corn3. cotton, seeds. clothes.
So Must Save Civilization
There is not the slightest doubt that
4 the patton that furnished one kind of
relief can furnish the other But to
Z furnish il 10 100000 people thou
3 sands OF miles away from the scenes
i musH come 10 know how fearful is the
need.and how critical is the hour. And
can tfRey do thatg
TIE war revealed TO us how fra gile
s after all, is The social house in Which
4. we l}ave lived with 30 much pomp Old
y records reveal the story of mankind as
81 suggestion Of such civilizations rising
" and ieruinbling. ] should think that If
9s we arc not ready TO take chance on
u the downfall Of this one, now is the
S3s timStto forget everything else except
81 the EavinG OF H.
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