Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 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 $35 1000, 600 to
Save Survivors-Pla.. 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
If 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 /. Davis, well
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
M. Warburg, Jacob II. Schiff Of New
York, Julius Rosenwald Of Chicago and
other prominent members of the Amer
lean Jewish Relief Committee, DR.. Da-
Wis submitted special summary of
conditions in Poland. This report, to-
cotbor wi additional inf tion CO.
cured from other commissioners
abroad, forms the basis for the appeal
which the above committee is making
for $35,000,000 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 doth
Street, New York.
"If America could be given but a
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 few
months, but in reality are9flve 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 q 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, "if
food is rushed over quickly.
ut is in the name Of the pitiful chill
dren Of Poland, the babies of Christian
as well as Jewish parents, that I urge
you to make your appeal to America
for the funds that will restore their
birthright to these little ones"