Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-11-24
THRRE ARE NOW NO CHILDREN
Under Five Years Of Age in Poland.
!sP All Sacrificed to War.
(Atlanta Georgian.)

died from cold, starvation and lack
ofscare. Those over years old are
suffering from tuberculosis, and Il
great many Of them are dying. This
report received from hospitals in
the cities that l visited."'
The above is one of the startling
statments in the story that S. Ger
shon, Of 224 Washington avenue,
tells of his recent visit to Poland as
an agent of the American Joint Dis
trlbution Committee, which is send
ing money and clothing to the desc
late nations under the supervision Of
the Jewish people of the United
States.
Mr.. Gershon left New York May
% and returned Sept26. He brought
back to Atlanta with him seven Of
his nieces and nephews whose moth
ers had died during the ordeal since
1914. when the opposing armies first
began to ravage Poland.
WARSAW, Brest, Litovsk, Danzig.
and In all of the Polish cities one
sees misery that is beyond the con-
ception Of the human mind. don't
believe America, with her Indian
massacres, wars and other devastat-
ing agencies, has ever witnessed
scenes more horrible than those wit
messed every day in the cities that I
visited"
Hardly Knew birthplace.
The town Of Kobryn was the birth
place of Mr.. Gershon,. and he lived
there until he was 18 years old.
When he returned there the place
was scarcely recognizable.
"People I remembered as wealthy
and mighty I found begging on the
streets for charity. I could hardly
believe that 1t was the same city
that had left. The inhabitants were
strangers to me. Most Of those with
whom l played and chummed in my
boyhood days were gone, and those
remaining have aged so from suffer-
ing that could find no sign Of re-
semblance in their faces. The town
looked like n cemetery-everyth
so barren, so quiet, without a sign of
industry or normal life.
'ln my estimation 90 per cent Of
the people Of Poland are dependent
upoAi charity, and the other 10 per
centIsare barely making living.
Theie is no such thing as wealth.
The|only country that Is able to go
TO tKar rescue is the United States.
'The people of Poland-the 90
per centAare roaming through the
towns and cities. for there are no
industries and they can find no work
half naked, barefoot, cold, filthy,
and starving for the want Of a NOR
sci Of bread. In the winter thousands
Of them will starve to death, for they
cannot get wood or coal, and most
Of them are without shelter.
Begging for Food.
"As I walked through the streets
Of the city of Warsaw ! was besieged
by men, women and small children,
who were crying, hardly above a
whisper, Help me! Help me! Give
me piece Of bread!' Others cried
out, Dear American. help us to get
shoes for our sore feetu Still others
asked me for clothing. for anything
they could use to relieve their poor,
aching bodies.
That was when I dug down into
my pockets and gave those unfortu-
mates money and bread, clothing and
fuel-and gave and gave until my
funds were exhausted. How could
one resist the impulse to >give all
that was in ones possession? A man
of stone could not have seen their
suffering and borne 1t with indiffer-
ence.
"Brest-Litovsk was even worse
than Warsaw. 1t was a beautiful,
growing city, with population Of
more than $4,000 before the war and
the largest railroad center Of Poland.
found the city in ruins, the popu-
lation reduced to 10000, the homes
burnt and nearly every building. de-
m0lished. People are living in the
open fields, and the more fortunate
in barracks crudely constructed Of
-, MI dot nf J,n
hardest fighting between the Ger
mans and Russians, and now it is the
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