Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-09-11
STRONG MEN WEEP
SAYS DIR. DAVIS
Former Red Cross Commissioner
Tells of Recent Trip to
Poland.
FOUND CHILDREN STARVING.
American Jews Raising SIS, ooo, 900 to
Save SurViVors-PIai. to Aid Chris
tians as Well as Own People.

THE tragedy OF the next few months
IN Eastern Europe bids fair to equal, if
| 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 it is question
II America has not heard so much of
suffering in recent months that she is
| 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 TO less an au-
thority than DR.. Hahn l. Davis. we'll
known neurologist of Chicago, who re-
turned short time ago from Poland,
where he served for some months as
American Red Cross commissioner and
made an intensive study of economic,
social and political conditions with
special view to determining Americas
present and future responsibilities. At
the request of Louis Marshall. Felix
NJ. Warburg Jacob H. Schiff Of New
York, Julius ROsenwaId of Chicago and
other prominent members of the Amer
lean Jewish Relief Committee, DR.. Da-
Wis submitted a special summary Of
conditions In Poland. This report, to-
gether with additional information Sc
cured from other commissioners
abroad, forms the basis for the appeal
which the above committee is making
for S35,O0O,000 this year to save the
lives of wars victims in those cOun-
tries where the situation is most dire.
The headquarters are at Is East 10th
Street, New York.
If America could be given but q
glimpse of the childhood of Poland"
says DR.. Davis, "the millions of dollars
that are needed would be 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, Wilma, Kovno and
other cities in Eastern Europe and you
Will see mother after mother them
selves emaciated, carrying children
who are apparently infants Of a 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 so long |
continued that the little bodies are |
stunted, ricketts, being a common Attic |
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, "ff
food Is rushed over quickly.
1T Is in the name Of the pftiful chill
dren of Poland, the babies Of Christian /
as well as Jewish parents, that urge |
you to make your appeal to America
for the funds that will restore their
to these little ones"