St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1919-04-25
in Europe
. Continued from last week.
BY Mrs. Rose BENJAMIN.


Altogether 100000 people are
here to be cared for, many Of
them Armenians. The Friends
plan is TO erect. small wooden
houses, provide seeds for plant
ing and try to get them establish
ed where they are. In France
the work of the Friends has been
along the Marne. American saw
mills have made it possible to
construct Is houses per--week, |
and crude furniture in immense
Grain has been har.
vested in the South Dakota way, |
and an experimental farm of |
five hundred acres is being put |
into operation, where American |
Friends are teaching French |
peasants modern farm methods.
In other localities Friends are |
leading in reconstruction work |
not only farms, but of schools |
end public institutions. Not
many lucid accounts of condi.
tions in Russia have come across
the sea, but the brightest spot
in the picture is the work the
Y. NJ. {. A. is doing there.
Driven from one place they go !
to another, and wherever they
are a hut is opened and the men
come hocking In. When are the !
Americans coming is the ques.
tion continually asked. by the !
Russians. Many refugees owe
their lives 90 the Secretaries. Az |
Mourmensk the Y. NJ. provided |
ship fares for a family of |
Armenians who had been seven |
months fleeing from their native
land. At Kieo the Association
was paying for the care of a
woman who had gone insane
from mistreatment by German
soldiers. At Archangel the Y.
NJ. e.. A. hut is all that stands
between the soldiers and com.
plcte stagnation. When the |
news from Russia reaches us it
will be seen what really con.
structive work is being done
there by the Y. NJ. z. a. They
have also started Missionary
propaganda in the base camps
In France. Ihereare indications
Of deep interest. proving the
worth OF this effort az a recruit
ing agency for the mi. sion field.
In one large camp in northern
France an ambitious experiment
registered u large degree OF
success. This was a missionary
exhibition held each evening for
a week may. NJ. G. A. hut.
Nearly so" llutmnnt" Naval and
homes reading and rest
rooms are operated hy the Saliva
lion Army in France. These
,enters are located wherever
most accessible To- soldiers. a
and his wife usually com,
pose the staff. The woman
makes pies. cookies and dough.
nuts. sews ON buttons and seeks
In every way TO iill the place of
mother TO the soldier. Her hJs-
band co.operates in all the
work.
over 2.OOO.O 900 women and
children are now directly replar-
ng men in England. These are
'ecruited from industries made
Unnecessary 10y the war. The
same has been true of France. As
'or France. the chosen country |
'Or democratic experiments, the
'avorite soil for revolution in
daes, one need not worry about
'esults of bold solutions.
The question of Alcohol is still
pending. IL will soon claim its ,
solution. The abolition of alcohol
which is a veritable poison will Il
,OoA be imposed, for If il is pro-
libited 10 the soldier why should !
[ be permitted 10 the soldier |
who has become a citizen. After |
he war there should be world |
'evivals. lfthe religious forces !
'ould be modified, endued with IA
lower by the spirit of God, and
he Nations aroused, thrilled, II
'allied as in war, placing all re-
sources at the service of the II
Church for war upon the "pGinci-
lalities power of the prince of !
his world" then indeed would
some of the most veXing pro.
llems of our time bee happily
solved. o! Lord, revive thy
work in the midst of years; in
he midst of the years make
.noWn In wrath. remember mer.