The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1941-01-30
Hunger Stalks In
Poland Man From
Europe Says Here
CONTINUED from page u

bought in Germany by permission of
the Food ministry. Otherwise all
foods were bought outside the
| country.
The first relief was given to Polish
and French prisoners of war who
were i'll in prison camp hospitals at
Eugenewald, Wusee and Berlin. This
was in the form of condensed milk
and lard because the diet was so short
in fats as to make it impossible for
the patients to recover.
| The hospitals in the camps are un-
der the supervision of physicians of
the same nationality as the patients
and physicians are allowed to ask for
such food relief as they thought best.
The Quakers provided $500 for dis
tribution of condensed milk to sick
prisoners in the hospitals at Alien
grabow near Magdeburg.
Dutch Mennonites
Approximately one hundred Dutch
war prisoners, among them some
Mennonites, each received heavy
pair of shoes from the committee, as
many of them were barefoot, at the
beginning of the winter, the speaker
declared.
The major part of the relief efforts
| of the Mennonite Central committee
was concentrated on Warsaw in Pol
and. Here one-ffth of its housing
facilities was still unusable last Octo-
Der. The population of the city nor
mally about 100000 has now AGO.
600 more than before the siege.
More than 250,000 people in this
city are receiving American food
daily. Last spring many people sold
their overcoats for food and are now
suffering from the cold winter
overcoats for food and are now suff-
ering from the cold winter. Thous-
ands of children stand in line in the
cold wind twice daily to receive a
bowl of cold vegetable soup and piece
of black bread smeared with lard.
Although relief was freely given
without respect to creed, an interest
ing feature of the work was the help
given to a Mennonite congregation OF
400 members at Deutsch Kazun, Wis
tula. Their location was Immediately
in the center of the drive on Warsaw
and Fort Modin.
Homes Destroyed
Their pastor and bishop were shot
and fifteen other members lost their
lives. Houses and barns were de-
stroyed in number of cases anc
those remaining were stripped of fur
niture, implements and livestock.
The Mennonite Central COMMITTEES
donated 81, 900 which was distributed
to the congregation by COMMITTEES
Of the church.
When DR.. Lehman left Berlin dur
ing the fore part of December tn
neutral countries had temporary
shut off all exports of food stuffs an
: Germany also closed its supplies t
} relief workers.
| This portends food shortage whic
may reach famine proportions by mex
) fall. In Germany itself through yer
: systematic regulation of supply an
distribution there is no shortage i
| food although this may change b
| spring the speaker said.
There is severe suffering in Franc
) from food shortage and indication
3 for the present are that even if tn
2 war should soon stop, relief will b
: necessary for a prolonged period n
+ matter who wins the war. There
S great need for continued relief tn
5 speaker declared in concluding his rt
J. marks.
! DR.. Lehman will return to the RI
] lief work in Poland, leaving the state
sometime during the month of Fet
ruary.