Gunnison news-champion., 1920-12-24
Men, Women and Children Dying
By Thousands Over Once
Civilized Areas.
GRAVE MENACE TO U. S. 4.
European Ruin Would Involve
America-Starvation and Dis
ease Rampant.

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dist Episcopal church. Henry +. Bayi-
son. chairman ~ the b,ard Of govern.
ors Of the League Of Red Cross S0cie-
ties, said:
As chairman OF the Convention o,
Red Cross Sngict.'=S. COMPOSED Of rep.
ra~.u'afl,ss of twrnty-sssyyn nations
that uet recently In Geneva. l am Gus
tUdtHn Df authoritative reports recurI-
Ing appalling conditions among mil
lions Of people living in eastern Eg.
rope
one uf the most terrible Tragedies
IN the history 81 the human raC, h. be
Hs enacted within the broad bclt 0f
territory lying between the Baltic and
the Black and Adriatic seas.
This area Includes the new Baltic
states-P"land, Czccho Sloyukia. the
ukrnine. Austria, Hungary. Kvuuania.
Montenegro, Albania and serbia
The reports which come 10 Us make
II clear that Ia these war ravaged
lands civilization has broken down.
Disease, bereavement and suffering
are present iu practically every house,
bold, while food und clothing are in
sufficient 10 make life tOlerablc.
Men. women and children are dying
by thousands and over vast once civ.
i!!z"d areas there are To be found neI.
ther medicinal appliances nor medical
skiil sufficient 10 cope with the dew
as'ating plaques.
Wholesale starvation Is thrcatene..
in Poland this summer unless she can
procure food suPi~,cs In large quaint.
Ties There are now approximately
1000 cases OF typhus In Poland and
In the area occupied by Polish troops
( Worst Typhus Epidemic in History.
There Is already one Of the worst
typhus cpidemics In the worlds his
tory. In Galic,a whole towns are Grip
Piled and business suspended. In some
districts there Is but one doctor To
each 10000 people. In the Ukraine.
we were told, gyPhus aud infIucnz,
have affected most OF the population
. A report from Vienna dated Febru-
airy l2th. said: There are rai'ous
for three weeks Death stalks through
the streets Of Vienna and takes mhIn
dcrcd toll"
Budapest, according to our Informa-
ton, Is one vast city OF misery and
suffering, The number OF deaths .s
double that OF births. or the iG1,ODU
children Ia the schools, 10000 are de-
pendent on public charity. There are
10000 workers Idle.
Typhus and smallpox have invaded
The four countries composing Czecho-
SlovakIa and there is lack of med.
cines, soap and physicians.
In Serbia typhus has broken out and
there are but 40 physicians in min
lister to the needs OF that entire coun
try.
In Montenegro, where food is run
ming short, there are but five physi
clans for population of $4,000.
Returning to the United States a
few weeks ago with all these horrors
ringing In my ears, found myself
once more In land whose granaries
were oyerflowing. where health and
plenty aboundcd. 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
seaboard and the Mississippi valley,
which roughly parallels the extent OF
these ravaged countries, and that 65,
000. 600 OF our own people condemned
to idleness by lack of raw material
and whose fields had been devastated
by invasion and rapine. were racked
by starvation and pestllence, and II
we had lifted up our voices and in.
voked the attention OF our brothers
In happier Europe to our own deep
miseries and our cries had fallen on
deaf ears, would we not in our despair
exclaim against their heartiessness; p
Only Three Ways to Help Europe.
There are only three ways by which
lhese stricken lands can secure sup
plies from the outside world. One /,
by payment, one by credit. and the
third is by exchange of commodities
II these peoples tried to bug material.
and supplies in America at the pres
ent market value of their currencies
Austria would have to pay forty time.
the original cost, Germany thirteen
times, Greece just double, Czecho Slo
vakia fourteen times and Poland fifty
times These figures are official ant
are true index Of the economic pligh
Of these countries.
1t Is clear, therefore, that they can
not give US gold for the things they
must have. nor have they either prod
ucts or securities to offer in return
for credit. II only they could obtair
; raw material. which these idle million.
Of theirs could convert into manufac
tured products, they would have some
thing to tender the world In returr
for its raw material. Food and medi
cine. But II ihey have neither none.