Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-21

not play OF Vienna NJ she II today
II would break your heart. / can
only play Mt all because Of tho hope
which may come 10 Austria II you are
kind" With these plsintive words !
Fritz Krcisler prefaced his playing Of
a gay yiennese abr Mt public m8ss
meeting held hero in beholf Of Austria.
The meeting was told that the I23.-
100000 which America let Austria
have 10 save her from starvation now
threatens TO force her into starvation
lin a greater crisis. This paradox is
simply explained. We and other ma
,ions let Austria have money for grain
and necessities and we accepted az
security her assets. including the
state tobacco monopoly. customs re-
ceipis. forests. even her tapestries and
pictures.
Now, Austria has sunk deeper un-
der her difficulties. Whereas i've Aus
trian crown. were once exchanged Tor
an American dollar. now 10000 crowns
are needed 10 balance our dollar.
loaf Of bread costs 5000 in crowns IN
Vienna. People In Austria sce no ad-
vantage IN saving any money because
tho longer they save II the less II VIII
buy.
gfraved and in such a financial statr,
n milton can scarcoiy survive unless
Il can borrow money 10 start again
on a new financial basis. The barrier
which keeps Austria from borrowing
and instituting a currency reform is
the lien that tho United States ana
other nation, hold on her assets. IN
less we release our hold on these es-
J sets Austria can have no recurity 20
. offer 70 the British and American I'm
o ancierr who are willing 20 make her
y loans. This Ia the desperate Austrian
q situation explained at the meeting by
9 Senator Mccormick, the former min
o ister OF finance of Austria. and by re-
o lief workers.
F1dwrrd a. F'ilers % Boston, says:
!; "Of these remaining creditor nations
= tho United States wa. tho chief credi-
n tor and tho most Influential. II was
n generally Understood that n we acted
n tho other and smaller nations would
j. also act: but since We failed 10 take
,r action. other and minor creditors
- waited for us and the matter was de
~ lsyed from month 10 month whil'
n. Austria drifted nearer and nearer e
& the financial collapse which inail,
ha, como.
OF This delay creates a most danger
f. Gus situation for Austria. Usually tn
W foremost IN all philanthropic work
a the United states. In this case is hold
ed ing up the procession led by tho othe
powers II countries such as Bel
-, gium and France, themselves cvuell
n ravished by war. can favor this sus
~ pension OF the Austrian debt. surel
e., we can do so also--especially as Aus
-. tria /. utterly Incapable OF paying TIL
. debt or arrears OF interest at present
na As Mt. Filene says. tho Unite
ha States delayed action and ii looked q
II the matter would never get q heal
ing IN Congress. There was no one
ne this country working for II. At las
:" however, the Friends Relief Societ
Z" and the Austrian Relief Conmittt
hs felt that Congress must be arouse
II, to the urgent need, IL not OF all Aus
'a tria, certainly to the need of the 400
as 900 starving children.
rat The 100000 Chrdren's Bm-
H. Az result, Miss Todd carne
an Washington few days ago on tho di
hs fcul. mission of gaoting Congre.
an to give n little time 10 the 1000
ern children's bill" This bill. in the for
ich Of a Joint resolution introduced
eX- Senator Lodge, awaits a hearing
the finance committee OF the Sena
m Miss Todd tells how Senators NJ
De Cumber, Smoot and other members
{. the committee who We're struggll
80 ~ M
ny. TO see anyone this week surrender
re- and listened to her while she e
plained that the lives of 400, 900 en-
my dren were at stake.
She told them that women were
the terested in the bill because Of {
OF children.
ork Are they?" asked one Senator
ma trifie skeptically. Il have had no ms
in sage from women on this proposition
ellis They are interested" said NJ
rem Todd, and I will bring to see y
OF some women who want this bill pa;
ed"
+. At a meeting organized on two da
are notice. she asked women who were
hey terested in the bill and who would
lity TO call on the Senators of the comm
re- tee to rise. Out of well 1lled hotel b
and room a handful Of women arose strs
in glingly.
ose "I was disappointed" says NJ
Todd. Il thought how such an app
IN my state out West would sur
have brought every woman eagerly
her feet. and I went home feeling Il
ted the East Is certainly different fr
,m- the West.
Who But am glad 10 say was wrol
Ief- The next morning 1 went 70 the 81
ate Office Building. expecting TO
the entire delegation perhaps. Inste
II saw women coming IN every !iir
ton. They filed the committee ro
and the small office ov
flowed into the hall. II y
one of the biggest delegate
that has gone 10 Congress since wo
en- We're given the vote. Everywh
we went the Senators were impress
and we came away with promises
support.
80" Miss Todd concludes, IT leal
ed that women in the East are exa
ly like those in the West. They j
go about things differently"
The chances OF the finance comm