The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-12-26
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than 10000 liters and transportation
facilities are 30 poor that much of 1t
VIII sour on the way. Only babies
under year old are permitted to have
milk and then there Is not nearly en-
ough to 90 around.
'.seventy-five per cent of the babies
up to five years old have ricketts,.
There is tremendous increase in tu-
berculosis. Hospitals were closed last
October" b..
Regarding tha<relief work which is
being done In Vienna. Mr.. Nicholson
said:
"The allied countries have had q
food commission in Vienna. It acted
only as = middle man, however. selling
the food at market prices. I have
grave doubts as to its good, because
Of the high prices at which the food
was sold. Then the allies have sent
a coal commission, which, though 1t
has succeeded in transporting 4 con-
siderable amount Of coal. has sold it
at almost prohibitive prices. Now
both commissions have been with
drawn and have been replaced with
a PREPARATION committee sent out by
the peace conference at Paris, in re-
atty to collect indemnity, which Of
course is impossible at present.
Proposes q Loan.
Increasing reports In the English,
French and American newspapers,
make me feel certain that II America
would agree to loan money, England
would join her. 1t is out Of tho Ques-
ton to think that France with her
present economic condition can do
anything. II this help is promised, 1t
will really mean the loaning Of money
on a large scale through syndicate
banks. England's pounds are going
down so fast she will not do 1t alone.
1.-THE American Relief association,
headed by Herbert Hoover, is feeding
I 3,000.00 people with ono hot meal a
day in eastern and central Europe.
Practically the only other agency at
work in Astria is the American and
English Friends Service commission.
The Friends have started to help the
hospitals first, furnishing them with
cocoa, milk and cod liver oil. Six
teen car loads of medical supplies re-
Gently have been sent them from the
Red Cross in Paris
Friends Hire Tallors.
"Tailors are being employed by the
Friends and paid for their labor; then
the clothes are sold at the before-the-
. war prices. It is found better to sell
! cheaply than to give them away. one
serious mistake in Serbia being the
unlimited relief agencies which have
given broadcast perplexing the people
"A maximum price was fixed on
, milk before the war; it has been kept
but as q result the peasants have
found it more profitable to feed the
| milk to their hogs and sell the pork.
! The Friends service committee has
arranged to pay the difference be-
tween the production cost and selling
price.
Americans and Englishmen are
very popular in Austria. President
Wilson is, however, quite unpopular
now. They treat him as joke. Her
bert Hoover has taken his place as
the most popular American"
! Budapest, Hungary, has practically
the same situation as Vienna econom
ically however, it is more rich in agri
| cultural products, even though there
is not a normal amount of food. While
I was there the Roumanians occupied
the city and practically stifled all &C
tive life. Now they are out the situa
ton will right itself more easily,
think"
Friends' Position.
! One Of the main positions the So
! ciety of Friends Is taking, Mr.. Nichol
son explained, is in attempting to es
tablish better feelings between the
countries which are suffering. Be
cause they are interdependent, one
having coal, another grain and the
like. this is a serious obstacle.
POLAND has a much greater variety
Of needs than any other country. II
many ways conditions are much more
terrible because it is not an old EN-
pire but an infant trying to support
itself and carry on warfare. They fee
some way or other that if they are tc
receive the support of the western
nations they must continue their war
fare against the Bolsheviks.
J Poland is tremendously big, much
larger than people imagine. 1t receiv
ed considerable territory through the
peace conference, and is acquiring
more through war. Right now whe1
she should be getting her nation to
gether. she is engaging in intrigue
and is unable to care for even the
purely Polish part of her nation.
i Visits Poland.
i 81 went into the interior Of Polant
; in a special Red Cross car. We wer'
stopped in one place for two days an,
nights while they used our engine t,
haul ammunition to the front Tha
about describes the country's effic
iency at present. Coming back cam
on a regular train; 1t was "a hour
late starting and so hours late befor
1t arrived.
Il went back through Germany an,
stopped off in Berlin for three days
They are still eating carrots there an
conditions are bad, but not so sever
as in Austria. l cannot see how Gel
|. many will be able to pay her indemr
} tiles at least as fast as some French
men would have her. Our relief worl
is just starting there. It will prob
ably take several million dollars
year to carry on the proposed work
IL we only feed 100000 starving bs
bies. We shall give the food throug
special stations having a supply sta