The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-19
PLAN PROPOSED
TO HELP GERMANS
Representatives Would Appropriate
$4,000, ,000-Appeal BY
Newton

Washington, Dec. 14.-Approprla-
ton of $70,000,000 for relieving fam
inc conditions in Germany and Aus
tria was proposed in a resolution IN
troduced today by Representative
Newton (Republican) of Missouri.
The resolution, which declared the
people were in despair, provides that
the fund be expended for purchase OF
food supplies in the United States, TO
be distributed by the American Red
Cross with the assistance OF Reo
Cross organizations in Germany and
Austria.
introduced in behalf of 81 men,
bers of congress, the resolution reclt-
ed that widespread starvation even
now prevails among the 70,O0O,0Oo
people of Austria and Germany and
that unless relief is Immediately en-
tended. "hundreds of thousands II
not millions will die of hunger and
cold during the coming winter"
Bread riots already have occurred
in a number of German cities, the
resolution continued. Sixty per
cent of the children of the two coun-
tries are undernourished, and the
death rate from tuberculosis, stom-
ach troubles, and other diseases have
increased to an alarming extent.
The resolution declared that the
allied reparatiens commission had es-
timated 2,o0e,ooo tons of grain
would be necessary to prevent star
walton in Germany, and that with the
low value of the mark twice the pres
ent circulation of paper money IN the
nation would be required to pay for !
it.
In a statement accompanying the
resolution Representative Newton
said that under the terms of the peace
treaty Germany had been required to
relinquish mich cows, heifers, goats
and sheep essential to her food sup !
DIV, and that in addition the great
bulk Of her coal was being taken to ;
France and Belgium, with a conse-
ouent shut down of factories.
eve are Christian nation" Mr.. !
Newton said, "and our religion teach /
es charity, even unto an enemy, and
while Germany and Austria were our:
enemies, they are now our fallen foe !
and am sure that America is not
willing to see their helpless women /
and children die of cold and stacva-
ton.
''The people who are now suffering
in Germany and Austria are not the
people who started the war, and they
had no control over its conduct
Quoted President Wilson as having
said that the United States had no
quarrel with the German people"
the statement continued:
"Our government continued, dur
ing the war, to pledge its sympathy
for the people of Germany and to de-
nounce the militarism and ambition
of the Hohenzollern monarchy. The
morale of the German army broke
down; they drove out the kaiser and !
set up a republic resembling our own.
Surely now we should not abandon
them in their distress and drive them
to Bolshevism. If we force the Ger
man people, were of industry, organ
ization, chemistry, military discipline
and skill into the resources and man
power of Russia the result to the rest
of the world may prove disastrous.
Mr.. Newton cited relief measures
by the United States in behalf of Chi
ma, Armenia, Belgium, France, Rus !
sia, and the Balkan states, declaring
the country should not now permit
women and children in Germany and
Austria to die of cold and hunger.
The following representatives, all
Republicans, sponsored the bill: New;
ton, Sweet, Stephens, Rhodes. Roden-
Der, Roach, Fairfield, Hull, Hukriede,
Patterson GMissouri), Atkeson, Knut-
son, Hayes IBritten,' Voigt, Sinclair,
Beck, Larpest,. ]. NJ. Nelson, Thomp-
son, WurzbAch. /.