The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-05-30

America, it makes him more willing
to believe that there is something in
civilization, and that he must not list
en- to the talk of those enthusiasts
who would break down all the civil
ization we have ever had.
"That is why we want to go on,
why the Red Cross and the American
people want to go on in Russia on a
big scale and hold back the spread of
Bolshevism as far as we can.
Stopped Work in Italy.
"We have stopped work largely in
Italy, except the tuberculosis work
which will go on for two or three
months. They do not need us. We
talked it over carefully with the gov
eminent, with the Italian Red Cross,
with the Italian relief societies, and
we have practically taken all the work
away from Italy.
"We thought we could do that same
thing in France, and the French of
ficials told us that we could. That
is one of the reasons why we said
we would not need any more money
for a while, but France is harder hit
than anybody can conceive. We have
had tremendous calls on US and we
have answered them all, and l don't
believe the people here would want
to do anything else.
"They have had one very strange
and very sad development in the oc-
cupied areas, particularly the nothern
part of France among the children.
They have found that the youngsters
of a year, or two or three, have got
ten along pretty we'll on the ration
that has been handed to them. The
adults have gotten along. 1t has
been a little hard on the very old peo-
pie; but the children from 10 to IA
who are growing fast, who need more
food, have practically stood still for
four years, so that you have children
10 years old today, nearly 10, who are
just the same age physiologically.
mentally, in every way, as they were
when they were Ia; and the same way
: with the children of 10.
"They have not grown up and that
means that these children, in an eff
, fort to save them, must have forced
feeding, must be given a tremendous
amount of nourishment. We do not
know whether we can w them OF
l not, but they did save a great many
| in Belgium by that method, and
t would not dare to tell you the amount
i, of food that a child can eat in a day
: if it is properly put before them.
r "In France we are carrying on
great many organizations, the chill
dren's bureaus all over France, ma
ternity bureaus and tuberculosis work
The Refugee Problem.
"The refugee problem in the south
S ern cities which we're packed with ref
e ugees from the north is steadily de
:, creasing because they will go NORTH
wether they are wanted there or no
and every time a hundred people leav'
e a city it leaves everybody else in i
a little more comfortable, so that WI
have transferred our refugee work t.
a the devastated area, and we have es
d tablished warehouses throughout tina
- .1l ctoo1y1I thopo with fhInO
that would be needed by returning
e families. These families come bac]
on the railroads or owe the roads
They bring the same old horse an
cart, and bird-cage and baby carriage
e the very things that they went ava,
q with at the beginning of the war, whe1
q the Huns came down over them, an
y they chose the most ext%raordinar,
things to take away. They get int
cellars-many, many towns are abso
y lutely gone-and they settle down i
a cellar or a cave or a little hut o
e tent and there they are.
: "Of course in England, the wor
q is ended, and our troops have all gone
and we are not going on there at al
q The mission is closed.
l. Up to the People.
y "Now that is the present OF the he
e Cross in Europe and we have allotte
u all the money we have to that worl
saving enough for the work here fo
y our own troops and Jul W people
~ and it is going to be gone by the en-
Of this year.
Il "Our present plant is to lay out
r new program for work abroad and la
~ before the people what we think ougf
49, to be done and ask them if they war
~ to finance it. I don't know that W
will even have quotas, although
may seem advisable, but We are siml
- ly going to ask the people of tn:
= country how much they want to do
~ relieving people all over the wor]
- and in carrying this Red Cross me
2 sage to them"
CAMP LEWIS FIRE LOSS $4,000