Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-15
SOVIET REGIME RbAHD0ES olIccY "SsOOlL D'ERS FIRST
TURNS ATTENTION TO THE Welfare OF HER CHILDREN
Russian Government Awak-
ems to Realization That
Her Children, Not Her Sol
diers, Are the More I'm.
portant Factor.

Special 10 The News.
NEW YORK. April !, ~Nikolai Len
Inc, Soviet Premier ~ Russia. has aban.
doned his campaign ~ propaganda for
world revolution as the trade pact with
great britain becomes effective.
In lieu ~ the programme of terror
ISM" Russia has embraced the creed
~ child warfare. For the first time In
her history Russia In giving precedence
Co the welfare 81 her children. Food In
s,ill scarce but the children are being
fed while the soldiers go hungry.
Red Cross Handicapped
The change In policy ~ the Soviet
regime In IN part the work ~ the In
ternatiOnal Friends Service Committee
~ American ana England Indirectly.
II In the fruit Of the labors 81 III. Amer.
lean He'd Cross and the American Relief
Administration. which organizations 81
mercy have not been able 10 work d.
fectiy In behalf of the children ~ Rus
Ella due % the severance of official rela'
iions between that country and the
United States. ON the other hand the
American Friends Service Committee,
allied with It's English branch. being an
international body has assumed In most
cases the role 81 agent for the American
Tied Cross and the American Relief
Administration.
To this end the American Relief Ad'
minlstration. az which Herbert Hoover.
Secretary 81 Commerce In President
liardlng's Cabinet. IN director general.
has donated food and clothing. drugs
ana oil and thousands upon thousands
a. gallons of milk to the American
Friends Service Committee for dlstrl.
button by them In the areas where mis-.
ery's hand Ii mos, tightly clenched upon
the lives OF the little folk II Russia.
Quakers Act Az Agents
Frederick J. Libby. representative OF
the American Friends Service Com
mlttee. with headquarters In Philadel'
bhla, In special interview given Ia
International News Service. outlined
the work II mercy conducted by the
Quakers' organization In the devastated
regions IL Russia. particularly about
Moscow.
Miss Anna J. Iialnes. Of Moorcstown,
". j., is the Moscow representative ~
the American Friends Service Commit.
tee and In conjunction with Arthur j.
Watts. 81 London. the English repre-
sentative Of that body. II acting indi'
rccily as the agent ~ the American
Red Cross and the American Relief
Administration.
Mr.. Libby was informed by cable 10.
day that Miss Haines had distributed
clothing to 10000 Russian children
within the past fortnight. The clothing
had been furnished and forwarded Ia
Moscow by the American Red Cross.
Under the new policy ~ the Sovie,
government children's clothes and
childrens gardens. as well ms Snato-
rias have been established throughout
Russia. They are under the direction
az the Commissarlats ~ Health and
Public Instruction. Forest schools. In
which the children study. eat and sleep
In the open air. meanwhile receiving
instruction that tends Ia develop know
ledge of and love for the things II ma.
ture. have been established IN every
large community throughout the coun.
try.
American Relief Workers Welcomed.
Conditions have changed to such a
degree and with such suddenncss under
the spell 81 the new awakening. Miss
Iiaines has informed Mr., Libby. tina,
the Russian authorities now welcome
with open arms an American or English
relief worker. The realization that In