The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-10
HOW EUROPE GAN
ESCAPE COLLAPSE
"We Must Aid BY Extending
Credits" Says Dawson.
GRAVE MENACE TO y. S. A.
European Ruin Would Involve
AInerica--Starvation and
Disease Rampant.
GRAVE MENACE TO .. S. A.

OolBt kplScOpal cnurcn, henry =. O1V
ison, chairman Of the Board Of Gov.
ernors Of the League Of Red Cross
Societies, said:
A chairman Of the Convention Of
Red Cross Societies, composed Of rep
resentatives Of twenty-seven nations
that met recently in Geneva am Gus
todlan OF authoritative reports record
ing appalling conditions among mil
lions Of people living In Eastern
Europe.
One Of the most terrible tragedies
in the history OF the human race 10
being enacted within the broad belt
Of territory lying between the Baltic
and the Black and Adriatic Seas.
This area includes the New Baltic
etates-Poland, Czecho-SloVakia. the
Ukraine, Austria. Hungary, Roumanta.
Montenegro, Albania and Serbia. The
reports which come to Ne make 10
clear that In these war-ravAged lands
civilization has broken down. Dise-se.
bereavement and suffering are present
in practically every household, while
food and clothing are insufficient 70
make life tolerable.
Men, women and children are dytne
By thousands, and over vast once.
civilized areas there are to be found
neither medicinal appliances nor med
icaI skill sufficient to cope with ths
devastating plaques.
q
IN Poland this summer unless she can
procure food supplies in large quaint.
ties. There are now approximately
100000 cases Of typhus In Poland and
IN the area occupied BY Polish troops.
Worst Typhus Epidemic In History.
This Is already one Of the worst
typhus epidemics in the worlds his.
tory. In GaliciA whole towns are Grip
pied and business suspended. In some
districts there IL but one doctor %
each 10000 people.
In the Ukraine, We are told, typhs
and influenza have affected most q
the population.
A report from Vienna. dated Feb
Fuary IL. said: There are rations for
three weeks. Death stalks through
the streets Of Vienna ana tAkes IN
hindered toll"
Budapest, according 20 our inform&
ton, is one vast city OF misery and
suffering. The number Of deaths 70
double that Of births. OF the 10000
children In the schools, 100000 are
dependent on public charity. There
are 10000 workers idle.
Typhus and smallpox have invaded
the four countries composing Czecho-
Slovakia, and there is lack Of medi-
cines. soap and physicians.
in Serbia typhus has broken out
again. and there ara but zoo physk
clans 10 minister TO the needs Of the
entire country.
In Montenegro. where food b run
ming short theFe are but i've uhysi
ctana for q population OF $4,000.
Returning 70 the United Ststes 0
few weeks ago with ell these horrors
ringing IN my ears, found myself
once more In Q land where grsnartes
vere overflowing. where health and
plenty abonnded, and where life and |
activity and eager enterprise were IN |
the full flood.
asked myself: What II this plague |
and famine were here in the great |
territory between the Atlantic sea-
board and the Mississippi valley.
which roughly parallels the extent OF |
these rAvaged countries, and that g.. |
100000 OF our own people, condemned
20 idleness BY lack % raw m6tesia1
and whose fields he'd been tNvaststed |
By invasion and Npine. Nefe rocked |
By starvation and pestilcnce. end u
We had lifted up our voices and In |
voked the attention Of our brOthers |
in happier Europe to our own deep |
and our cries had fallen on |
deaf ears, would we not In our de-
SPAR. exciaim against their heaTtIssS
ness?"
Only Three Ways to Help Europs.
There are only three ways by which
these stricken lands can secure sup |
plies from the outside world One 10
BY payment. one bv credit, and the |
third IL by exchange Of commodities.
u these peoples tried TO buy materials
and supplies IN America At the pre-
eut market value Of their currenciea.
Austria would have to pay 20 times the
original cost Germany thirteen times,
Greece just double, CEechoSlovakia
fourteen times and Poland nifty times. |
These figures are official and are
. true index OF the economic plight Of /
these countries.
II is clear, therefore. that they can
not give ~ gold for the things they
must have. nor have they elkhw pFeA
ucts or securities 70 offer IN return
FOR credit. II only they could obtain
raw material which these Idle MD
Hons Of theirs could convert into man
1factured products. they would have
something to tender the world N
return for It's raw material, food and
But 4 they have neither
money nor credit. how are they 10
lake this first great step towards 70
lemption.
Ons-half the world may na ~