Republican farmer., 1919-05-09

als. The illness cannot be checked, because there are no medicines or nouTshing foods.
 About Al per cent of the children are ill with tuberculosis and eye dis
 eases, and die at a very high rate. The American nurses and Red Cross
 doctors are doing a heavenly work
 there, said pr. SmykoWski. The
 American doctors are coping with the
 epidernics and are doing their best to check the spreading sickness. Mime. Paderewski is now called the little mother of Poland.' She has founded the White Cross hospital for soldiers and recruits and is devoting iler time in caring for the sick and poor.
 The country is also out of all kinds of metals, except iron and tin. Dur ing the stay of the Germans in that ! country, all metals were taken away. There is not a bell to be found any ilizers have been taken away, and there are few cattle, those remaining being very poor.
 But the greatest hope of sunshine, which helps to brighten up the tired lives, is the opening of the schols. i'When Poland was under the control of Russia, only a certain number of pupils were allowed to attend schools, hand when the Germans came in, condi- tions in schooling somewhat improv- i ed, but now with freedom living once more, the gladness of the population 1 is indescribabIe. Every one, both !, young and old rush to the school for l education to prepare for the new promising times that are sure to come.
 The ministry of education is now
 making arrangements to open the | University of Warsaw, which has ] been closed during the war, for the | returning students.
 Business of course, is very slow. l Whatever is left in the stores is being
 sold at huge prices, since there are no products to replace them. The 1 factories are at a standstill. Only
 forty per cent. of the mines are work
 ed with the machinery that has been
 left and which is badly dismantled.
 Dr. Snykowskf had made a visit to
 the picturesque city of Krakow
 where in the old, historical cathe- dral lie buried the ancient kings ot l Poland There also lies General Thaddeus Kosciuczko buried, who has
 fought with Americans during the Revolutionary War, and is one of the , founders of West Point Many handsome wreaths have been placed on the tombs by the Ameri can officer: 1 who have been in the city. In his travels, pr. Smykowski, has visited the Galician section, Warsaw, Dantzig
 the mining district, Posen and othes places of interest, where he hat . learned much of the country and it 3 conditions.
 5 He states that the Polish Council is Iri,7 IO +c l this country K. Buzcczynsl1i, who ha: 5 been here before on a mission. : There are about IA per cent of Jew. in Poland and upon questioning pr : SmykowsHi regarding their rights il the new republic he said that the; = will have the same rights they have in the United States. There will bt [ no exceptions made to any nation y since the country wifi be a countr, . for freedom to all men. Dr. Smy y kowsli has come in contact witt l. many of the prominent Jews now il l, the Diet and states that they vii e have the same voice in the govern } ment as the Polish people. He spok
 of Rabbi Perlmutter, probably tn n oldest member in the cabinet He i = over 100 years old and very wei !. liked citizen throughout the country ' Rabbi Perlmutter deplores the fals reports issued about pogroms an " gives his entire support to the neI : republic.
 f In closing his interview, Dr. Smy
 kowski said, There is a great futur a for Americans in Poland now. Jus # to supply Poland with the necessitie is of life can keep many factories yer y busy here. There is hardly an auto e mobile in the country and no rubbe = whatever There is money and tn