The Washington times., 1920-10-04

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repay that debt? What is Uncle
Sans stake in Poland?
These American organizations have
sent hundreds OF workers and sol
diers and millions of dollars to Po-
land during the past sixteen months:
The American Red Cross, the Jewish
joint distribution committee, the
United States army, the American
Y. NJ. c. A. the American y. W. G. A,
the United States Liquidation COM
American subscribers to the
Polish loan in the United States, Hal
ler's army and Herbert Hoover, with
his body or eminent technical experts
and his remarkable system of food
Added to which is the
United States share in the Unterna-
tionaD League of Red Cross Societies.
When starvation menaced, the
United States was first on the ground
with food the total arranged for by
Hoover and the liquidation commits
sion of the army in Paris mounting in
1919 to more than s5O,000,000. There
we're -four, fats, sugar. hospital equip
ment and raw cotton for the Lodz
textile Cotton goods) industries. Red
tape was cut in the regular Yankee
way. These things were needed, and
needed sorely. Hoover went to Po-
land, sent one or two cablegrams, and
the vitality necessary things were
forthwith shipped and the first relief
was at hand.
MILLION APPROPRIATED.
Meanwhile, the Red Cross, from its
Paris European headquarters, dis
patched a commission to Poland with
plenary powers to act on the judg-
ment of the instant Again no red
tape. No long drawn out conferences.
were appropriated of cash,
and thousands of tons of food, medi-
cines, motor car transport, with q per-
sonnel which up to July this year of
350-among them world famous spe-
network of operations be-
ing spread over entire Poland. and on
into that intervening territory toward
Russia Just SO far as conditions per-
mitted.
Colonel Chesley, Colonel whiteside,
others to aid them, worked with a zeal
which would not have been exceeded
had they been busy in the United
States. Hospitals were equipped and
supplies given. Whole trainlosds of
food \and supplies OF all kinds were
shipped from the central warehouses
in Warsaw. Sleeping cars were char
tered, fitted and operated to convey
of Poland. American hospitals were
equipped, too, in order that, II Ameri-
cans fell i'll, they might not become
a burden on the already overburdened
Polish facilities. Any American might
go to one of them and have loyal care
without money or price for anything.
Rules were made only to be bro
ken when IL seemed wise. A Polish
army officer fell one day. There was
no bed for him in a Polish hospital.
The rule was that only Americans
might go to American hospitals. l
called the Red Cross. The answer
was:
positively against the rules. Send
tha man Immediately to Prags Hos
pital Qhe American hospital for War
saw, and 1 will phone them to take
him in"
JEWISH COOPERATION.
The Jewish Joint distribution COM
nrfttee organized and maintained a.
body of efficient relief workers, sent
millions OF dollars, contributed TO
other relief organizations and coop
Grated with all of them.
The Y. NJ. c. A. up to- July main
talned a personnel of 225, under the
able leadership of Senior Secretary
A. S. Taylor, and, after demonstrating
their work among the 10000 men
of Haller's army OF American Poles,
was formally asked to undertake the
work for the entire Polish army of
1 900 900 men. So far as the Polish
army went on the fronts, that far the
Y. NJ. G. A. went, and came away
only when there were no Polish SOL
dlers among whom to labor-and in
numerous instances retiring amid the
shot and shell OF the Bolshevists.
The Y. w. G. A. sent trained social
workers, who remained I'm Warsaw
until they were literally commanded
by the American authorities to leave
because they were no longer safe
from the approaching Bolshevists,
when typhus fever spread, until
there were 100000 cases, from which
more than 100000 died In one year;
when returning refugees. a million
and half OF them, came from Rus
sia, the United states army in France
ordered Colonel Gilchrist to take
detachment Of 500 men and officers
with "what you need to combat ty-
phus fever" In Poland.
In Paris 1 witnessed Colonel Gil