The Washington herald., 1919-04-18

Wilson. there was no diminishing Of
the confidence of Mr.. Walsh and for.
mer Gov. Dunno, OF Illinois, as ex.
pressed earlier. that Irelands dele
gates probably would be called befor,
the Peace Conference within a wesi
or ten days.
The American people entered IN,
war for the independence OF small ma
tions. and we are not going to stand
Tor England still holding a club over
ireland when the Czecho-sIovalSs and
others are freed" Mr.. Walsh said.
1t has not been definitely decided
yet whether or not the Irish-Acericsn
delegation viii visit ireland. The dele.
gates spent the early part OF TODAY
visiting Versailles with a touring
party OF journalists and others.
The following identic letter has
been addressed by Dr. Fridjtof Nan
SEN Norwegian representative. "a
President Wilson and Premier, Glenn
enceau. Lloyd George and Orlando:
Text of Letter.
The present food situation IN Rp,.
sia- where hundreds Of thousands q,
people are dying monthly from sheer
starvation and disease. is one of thu
problems now upperrnost in all men,
minds.
As 1t appears that no solution Of
this food-condition question ha. 50
far been reached in any deIesation
would like to make a suggestion from
neutral point OF view for the beneo,
OF this gigantic misery on purely hu-
manitarisn grounds. ~
1T would appear to me possible =,
organize a purely humanitarian COM
mittee for the provisioning of Rus
sia. the foodstufts and medical sun
plies 10 be paid for. perhaps, 10 some
extent by Russia itself. the justice
Of distribution 70 Re guaranteed by
a COMMITTEES, the personnel of the
commission TO be comprised of Nor
wegian, Swedish and possibly Dutch.
Lanish and Swiss Nationals.
1T does not appear that the ex-
isting authorities in Russia uouId
refuse the Intervention of such a
committee of wholly non-politicaI
! aspect devoted solely to the hu-
| inanltarian purpose OF saving life,
Inc misery and suffering IN
Russia, described in your letter of
! April ,. appeal to the sympath,es
/ OF all peoples. II is shocking 10
( humanity that millions of men ana
women and children lack the fooo
: and nourishment which makes life
endurable.
Presidents Reply.
The governments and peopIe,
: whlch we represent would be glad
I TO cooperate without Thought 81
political military or financial ad-
I Vantage in any proposal which
would relieve this situation in Rus
sia-
II seems TO us that such a com
mittee as you propose would offer a
political means OF acquiring the be-
nihcent results you have in view and
could not, either in its conception or
Its operation, be considered as hav-
ing any other aim than the hurnani-
tartan purpose OF saving life.
| There are great difficulties to BE-
overcome - political difficulties re-
specting the existing situation in
Russia and difficulties of supply and
transport, but II the existing local
governments o. Russia are as will
ling as the governments and people
whom we represent to see succor and
I re Of given to the stricken people OF
Russia, no political obstacle will re-
main.
There will remain. however, the
difficulties Of supply, finance and
! transport which we have mentioned.
and also the problem of distribution
in Russia itself The problem OF SUD-
ply We can ourselves hope to solve"