Evening journal., 1921-05-25
MANY NEEDY IN
CARPATHIANS
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known business man. is acting as
vice-chairman Of the Quaker work in
Germany. and ia directly responsible
FOR arrangements for feeding nearly
one million children.
The mountainous region whore
conditions were investigated by Mr..
Ewes is not IN his own territory. but
he was asked 90 go there To assist In
American Relief Administration work
while waiting for supplies 10 reach
! Germany. His trip took him to the
new State OF Ruthenia. The people
who live there are mostly close kin
I to the Ukrainians and eastern Gala
clans. This State was set up by the
peace treaty and has autonomy as
part Of the Czecho-Slovakian Repub-
lie.
This small state is largely noun
famous. The mountains come alb
ruptly down into the Hungarian
plain II is only the lower southern
edge that has level country. and this
is quite fertile. but at the time OF
my visit IL was completely covered
with water from the floods OF the
rivers. He spent one day travelling
up tho valley Of the river. straight
/ into the heart OF the mountains. to
a town OF 5000 inhabitants within
! half a mile OF the Polish border.
Here he saw the barbed wire fences
which marked the farthest point the
Il Russians had reached in this pass.
II was just at the end OF winter, and
lsnow. ice and slush were everywhere
The women and children padded
around In IL in their bare feet, with
only one article Of clothing.
The little huts in which they lived
we're made up Of one or two rooms
depending upon whether they could
afford a separate room for their cat
tie. Mr. Ewes saw few separate
buildings for the cattle-so the in
ference was obvious.
The merchant OF the town and hi,
b. wife do the cooking. The feeding
takes place at ten o'clock. but tho
children had been standing around
81 with their kettles since seven. Thel
reminded one Of hungry wolves. foi
b. here was one spot. at least. where
actual starvation had set in.
Before the war the people on th'
mountain were accustomed to q
ID down into the Hungarian plain 4
! help plant and bring In the harvest
They were paid very largely in corn
which they took back TO their noun
tain homes and lived comfortably
s for them-all winter.
r Now all but a small bit OF thi
o. plain is in the new state OF Hungary
but they live in the Republic o
Czecho-Slovakia. and Il has beef
almost impossible to go from on
state to another.
7 Conditions here have always bee
bad. the people never did hav
enough 10 cat. or course they ar
initerate. This last stroke Of bs
d fortune has pushed them below IN
j. surface. while other peoples OF Eu
y hope still have their heads above IN
l. surface. even though their plane Z
II life has been greatly lowered.
y. The town OF Zborow was one
'e the places reached by the Russia
10 army which pushed through n
li passes Of the Carpathians. Tn
II town was between the two arrnil
ID and was almost destroyed. Some
s. the houses had been rebuilt an
i some left untouched. He found or
r. man to whom he could talk. Tn
man said the whole populace va
> starving and that they did not war
"a the fancy foods, such as wheat fou
"a rice and cocoa. II they could hay
- enough corn they would pu
!. through. They were so far up N
Al mountain. he said. that the ne
government had forgotten then
This was. indeed. the crux OF N
whole situation-transport an
organization.
BY travelling several hours up or
OF the mountain valleys in an aut'
mobile loaned by the governing OF
GERS OF the county Mr.. Ewes can
/ 10 Bardijor, one OF the sixteen o
Saxon towns founded centuries az
and where there are still parts OF Il
old wall. Here he found a beautif
cathedral and was entertained at q
by the priest. who is chairman
4 the feeding committee.
A serious feature OF the partiti,
90 OF the old Austria-Hungarian Er
/, lpire is that the states are not Z
- themselves economic units and lar
an sections are cut of from their 10
mer sources OF supply. There
At hatred and jealousy between thei
10 IN they could have faith in ca
d" other: n normal trade conditio
could be restored. the borders wou
so not be like stone walls over viii
I'M nothing can pass. one country h
a. the industry. others the food a.
by some raw materials. This is one
the resultant havocs OF the W
ng which time alone can now remedy.
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