The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-05-03
HE FOLLOWING statements
concerning Poland and Mon
tenegro, and statements pre-

the needs in France, Belgium, Russia,
Armenia and Palestine are, we are as
sured, hints of the horrible pic
ture of misery and suffering that Eur
ope presents in it's devastated and
liberated regions.
The Red Cross commission reached
Montenegro early in February and
found pneumonia and influenza raging
In the mountain hamlets, where
rocky goat trails are the only lines
of communication, the Austrians in
their retreat pillaged at will, driving
off sheep and cattle, stealing blankets
from sick beds and clothes from
women and children.
Montenegro is a land of no Chin
neys because of an iniquitions tax on
chimneys under the old regime. Many
man, many woman and many
child was found sick of pneumonia in
the earthen hallows within the
houses, enveloped in pillows of smoke,
all the cooking being done near the
heap of rags that served for a bed.
In Cettinje, the capital, a city of
5000, the children were walking bare
footed in the snow, crying at door
steps for lack Of food and clothing.
In Poland the American Red Cross
commissions reached Warsaw early
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the land of the Poles since we entered
the war;
Warsaw declared a holiday. Pader-
ewski thanked the American people
as whole for sending their Red
Cross to Poland in it's hour of great
est need Twenty-Five cars of medi-
cines and supplies were unloaded the
first day. Clothing here, too, was the
greatest need.
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One of the saddest features of the
world war has been the suffering
brought upon millions of children in
the devastated countries. One of the
glorious things in connection with
Americas particiation in the war has
been the help which the children OF
the land have contributed to the win
ming Of the struggle for liberty. Just
as the men and women among the
free people of the earth have been
drawn into more sympathetic touch
and understanding with one another
by the great conflict, so the children
of the whole world have been brought
into a comradeship that surely will
have it's effect in the reign of the ris-
ing generation.
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The following exert is from a let
ter written at Vichy, France, by Capt.
S. w. Doolittle to his family at Lam
caster, Wisconsin In it he mentions
the receipt of a consignment of pa
jamas from Seattle, but more particu-
larly he points out the part played by
our organization in speeding the ces-
sation of hostilities. Among other
things the letter says:
''The only thing that discouraged
the Germans and, no doubt, was de-
Gliding factor in the war, was the serv-
ice of the American Red Cross to our
soldiers taken prisoners by Germany.
/ love to hear these ex-prisoners tell
about it. The first two weeks they
were in prison camps they were fed
upon carrot soup and bread made
from rye, potaoo parrings and saw
dust or pulp. They soon became weak
and emaciated, but the A. R. c. were
getting busy and tearing the earth to
pieces to get food to them. They es-
tablished a chain of communication
and transportation through SWitzer-
land and succeeded in establishing A.
r. C. headquarters in the German
prison camps. After this, every
blessed American soldier confined in
German camp, was supplied every
week with a pine box, containing
food, of which every morsel came
from the United States and was
branded u. S. A. The Germans them
selves, in semi-starving conditions,
looked with wonder upon such eff
cheney and offered fabulous prices for
some bits Of the A. R. c. food. And
the German officers themselves said
to our men, My God! How can they
do it!' This little part the A. r. Q.
played in the war, in my opinion,
shortened the war many months and
prevented the wounding and killing OF
thousands of Americans as well as
thousand of our allies and our enc
mics. Just say for me to our own Red
Cross workers in Lancaster,-God
bless you, we could not have won the
war without you. Your efforts have