Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1919-09-05
STRONG men WEEP.
SAYS DR.. DAVIS
Former Red Cross Commissioner
Tells of Recent Trip to
Poland.
FOUND CHILDREN STARVING.
American jews Raising s35, 900 900 TO
Save Survivors-PIa: TO Aid Chris
tians as Well as Own People.

"The tragedy of the next few months
in Eastern Europe bids fair to equal, II
not to surpass, that OF the actual war
years themselves Words are utterly
inadequate to describe the suffering
from poverty, starvation, disease and
other allied causes that Is met on every
hand. Literally hundreds of thou
sands of the unfortunate victims of
circumstances are looking to America
as their only hope. but 1t Is question
IL America has not heard so much Of
suffering In recent months that she Ii
numbed and perhaps cannot fully re-
alize the terrible crisis that now con-
fronts vast numbers of people abroad"
The above gives In brief the careful
ly considered opinion OF no less an au-
thority than DIR. Hahn L Davis. well
known neurological OF Chicago. who re-
turned short time ago from Poland.
where he served for some months -
American Red Cross commissioner and
made an intensive study OF economic.
social and political conditions with .
special visw to determining Americas
present and future responsibilities. At
the request OF Louis Marshall. Felix
n. wsrburg. Jacob II. Schlff Of New
York. Julius Rosenwaid OF Chicago and
other prominent members OF the Amer
lean Jewish Relief Committee. DR.. Ds-
Wis submitted q special summary Of
conditions In Poland. This report, to-
gsther with additional information So
cured from other commissioners
abroad, forms the basis for the appeal
which the above committee IL making
for e35.000.0OC this year to save the
lives Of wars victims In those coun-
tries where the situation IL most dire.
The headquarters are at IS East 40th
Street. New York.
IF America could be given but =
glimpse of the childhood OF Poland"
says DIR. Davis. sthe millions of dollars
that are needed would bs Forthcoming
instantly. The common lot Of literally
thousands of these youngsters. both
Christian and Jewish, makes strong
men weep and has actually been the
cause Of . number OF investigators for
various organizations leaving the coun-
try before their work was completed.
walk down the streets In certain
sections OF Warsaw. yilns, Kovno and
other cities in Eastern Europe and you
will see mother after mother. them
selves emaclated. carrying children
who are apparently infants Of few
months. but in reality are five to eight
years old. For years they had no milk.
and all the other food procurable has
been sufficient only to keep them alive.
Undernourishment has been 80 long
continued that the little bodies are
stunted. ricketts, being . common affiic-
ton. and many Of them can never be
restored to normal health and strength.
THE lives OF thousands can still be
saved. however" the doctor told the
Jewish Committee In his report, "if
food ~ rushed over quickly.
1T Is In the name of the pitifui chill
dren Of Poland, the babies Of Christian
as well as Jewish parents, that urge
You 10 make your appeal to America
for the funds that will restore their
birthright to these little ones