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HOW EUROPE CAN
ESCAPE COLLAPSE
sa'led (or the other aide Juet to
ure the danger and tak e
ag ain st such an Invasion.
"T his is cne m enace a t our th/eahoML
| The other, m ore tit -eatenlng. m ore ter-
, rib’e. Is i he mena< ■: 9t th e w orld’s IB
I will. W e can afford to die, b u t to h o
Dm Lacal
We Must' Aid By Extending dem ised forever a* a greedy and phart-
zu al nation is a fate th a t we moat
Credits. S a y s Cavison.
not Incur.
and Safas a SpH tf ty Vj-
"T he French governm ent has man?
S. P. TimberUke, Prop.
serious problem s to s o h o . but th »
GRAVE MENACE TO U. S. A. French p easan try Is w orking and tit»
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French artisan , w hile still sad ly Us
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need of raw m aterials, has not lost U n
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"Italy, despite h e r ’ g reat s h o rta g e
America - Starvation and
of raw m aterial, is looking fo rw a rd
W. W. HOLLINGSWORTH
and not backw ard. Italy can be re tte d
Disease Rampant
COMPANY
upon to do her part.
"E ngland is m eeting the problem*
ESTABLISHED 1900»
Des Moines, la.—Speaking before of reconstruction Just as those who
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the general conference of the Metho knew her past should have expected
dist Eposcopal Church, Henry P. Davi h e r to m eet them .
*
FUNERAL DIRECTORS son, chairman of the Board o f. Gov
Plan to Aid C entral Europe.
ernors of the League of Red Cross So
Lady Assistant
It is n e t for me p erhaps to glv*
cieties, said: “As chairman of the In “ detail
a form ula fe r solution of th»
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convention of Red Cross societies com w orld's ills,
as I have been asked
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posed of representatives of twenty- m any tim es, but
‘W hat would you doT 1
seven nations that met recently in am glad to give my own answ er.
Geneva. I am custodian of authorita
"Accord ngly. I would ask:
tive reports recording appalling con
"First. T h at congress Immediately
ditions among millions of people liv
pass
a bill appropriating a sum not
ing in eastern Europe.
WE PAY CASH
"One of the most terrible tragedies to exceed 9500,000,000 for the use of
of the history of the human race ia be central and eastern Europe.
“Second. That congress call upon
ing enacted within the broad belt of
territory lying between the Baltic and the president to appoint a non political
oommission of three Americana, dis
the Black and Adriatic seas.
“This area Includes the new Baltic tinguished for their character and ex
states—Poland, Czecho-Slovakia, The ecutive ability and commanding tba
ALSO H ID ES A ID FELTS
Ukraine, Austria, Hungary, Roumanie, respect of the American people. Sad»
a commission should include men of
Montenegro, Albania and Serbia.
ACCORATE * B O T AND TESTS
“The reporta which come to ua the type of Oeneral Pershing. Mr.
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make It clear that in these war-ravaged Hoover, or ex-Secretary Lane. 1
lands civilisation has broken down. would invest that commission with
Disease, bereavement and suffering complete power.
' ‘Third. I would have the commlo-
By CHRIST NELSON
are present in practically every boose-
skm instructed to proceed at once, ao-
hold.
while
food
and
clothing
are
in
80 S First S t
companied by proper personnel, t»
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sufficient to make life tolerable.
“Men, women and children are dy survey conditions In central and east
ing by thousands, and over vast once- ern Europe and then act for the raster-
civilised
area* fh f f are to be found { alion ot those countries under sad»
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ood
may
neither medicinal appliances nor medl-1 cooditions and upon such terms a*
commission itself may decide to
tote 302 X Vas ter 4% State toad toad UaM cal skill sufficient to cope with the be practicable
and affective,
devastating plagues.
the
conditions
should
be provided th a t
“Wholesale starvation Is threatened
in Poland this summer unless she can there should bo no local lnterferaaoa
procure food supplies in large quanti with the free and untrammeled exirelea
ties. There are now approximately by the commission of Its own preroga
250,000 cases of typhus in Poland and tive of allocating materials. Govern
polities should he eliminated; -
SEASONABLE CUT FLOWERS—Plants in pots, cyclamens, < ► in the area occupied by Polish troops. mental
unreasonable
and „prejudicial- barrier»
(fíne plants), cinerarias, primroses, ferns, fern dishes, gerani- ! \ Worst Typhus Epidemic in History. between the various
countries should
urns, calla lilies (hardy flowers), hydrangea, peonies. Roses ; \
“This Is already one of the worst ^ renioted. and such substantial
our specialty (strong plants). Low prices.
typhus epidemics in the world's his a n tecs as may be available should b »
tory. In Galicia whole towns are exacted in order that the ooodittoo»
Wa ideas« th e moat particular. Phone us a grocery order and nee
crippled and business suspended. In imposed should be fulfilled.
If our prom pt service doesn’t surprAe you. Wo w ant yi 'i r trade.
some districts there is but cne doctor
"Fourth. As to financial terms, 1
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should make them liberal. I would
“In the Ukraine, we were told, ty charge no interest for the first threw
phus and influenxa have affected most /e ars; for the pest three years six
of (he population.
per cent, with provision that such in
• “A report from Vienna, dated Febru terest plght be funded if the economto
ary 12, said: ‘There are rations for onditions of the county were not ap
three weeks. ’Death stalks through proaching normal, or if ita exchange
tbe streets of Vienna and takes un conditions were so adverse as to mak»
hindered tell.’
payment unduly burdensome. I should
“Budapest, according to our informa make the maturity of the obligation
tion, is one vast city of misery and 15 years from its date, and I should
suffering. The number of deaths is have no doubt as to its final payment.
double that of births.
“Fifth. Immediately the plan was
“Typhus and smallpox have invaded adapted I would have cur government
the four countries composing Cxecho- invite other governments in a posi
Slovakia, and there ia lack of medi tion to assist, to participate in th*
cines, soap and physicians.
undertaking.
“In Serbia typhus baa broken out
"Sixth. To set forth completely my
again and there are but 200 physicians
opinion,
I should add that in the final
to minister to the needs of that entire
instructions
the American people
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country.
through
their
government, should aay
"Returning to the United States a
or 31 x 4-inch tires were factory-equipped
to
the
commission:
few weeks ago with all these horrors
“ ‘W e want you to go and' do thiar
ringing In my ears, I found myself
with Goodyear Tires than w ith any other
Job
in such a manner as. after study,
once more in a land whose granaries
kind.
were overflowing, where health and you think it should be done. This
plenty abounded and where life and ia no o rd in ary undertaking. Th»
activity
and eager enterprise were in American people trust you to see that
This is plainly a result o f the high relative
it is done rig h t.’
the full flood.
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“1 asked m yself: ‘W hat if th is plague
and fam ine were here in th e g reat
te rrito ry betw een the A tlantic sea
board and the M ississippi valley, which
roughly parallels the extent of these
ravaged countries and th a t 65,000.000
of our own people condem ned to idle
ness by lack of raw m aterial and
w hese fields had been dev astated by
invasion and rapine w ere racked by
starv atio n and pestilence and if we
had lifted up our voices and invoked
the a tte n tio n of our brother« in happier
Europe to our own deep m iseries and
our c rie s had fallen on deaf ears,
would we not in our despair exclaim
ag ain st th e ir heartlessn ess.'
Only T h ree W ays to Help Europe.
“T h ere a re only th ree ways by which
th ese strick en lands can secure sup
plies from the outside world. One is
by paym ent, one by cred it and the
(riird is by exchange of com m odities.
If th ese peoples tried to buy m aterials
and suppl es In A m erica at the present
m arket value of ih etr - c u rten cies
A ustria w ruld have to pay forty tim es
the original coat, G erm any th irteen
tim es, G reece ju st double. Checho
slo v a k ia fourteen and Poland fifty
tim es. T hese figures are official h > I
a re a tru e index of the econom ic plight
of th ese countries.
“ It is clear, th erefore th a t they can
not give ua gold for th e things they
must have, n er have they eith er pro
ducts or secu rities to offer in return-
for Credit. If only they could obtain
raw m aterial which these Idle millions
of th eirs cotfld convert into m anufact
ured products th ey would have some
thing to te n d e r the world in retu rn for
Ita raw m aterial, food and medicine.
But if th ey have neith er m oney nor
credit how a re they to take this first
g reat step tow ards redem ption. One
half the world m ay not eat w hile the
other h alf starv es. How long do you
believe th e plague of typhus that ia
taking a hideous death toll in Kathonia
and Poland and th e U kraine and e a t
ing along th e frin g es of G erm any and
fa e c h n S lovakia will confine itself to
these rem ote lan d s?
"Only last Saturday our health e/vtr-
miaaiouer of New York, Dr. Popeland,
“ I would also say to th e com m is
sion :
“ ‘U se as much of th is m oney a s ia
needed.’ P ersonally 1 am c o n fid en t
th a t w ith th e a ssista n c e and co-opera
tion which would com e from o th e r
p a rts of th e world th e sum of 9500.-
000.000 from th e U nited S ta te s w ould
he m ore th a n enough to s ta r t th e se
co u n tries co th e ir way to self su p p o rt
and th e re sto ra tio n of norm al condi
tions.
“T he whole plan, of course, involve»-,
m any p ractical con sid eratio n s, th e
m ost serio u s of which is th a t of o b tain
ing the m oney, w h eth er by issu in g ad-
d ittcn al L iberty Bonds, an in crease in
the floating debt or by taxation. But
I th in k we could properly say to th e
tre a su ry d e p a rtm e n t:
“ 'W e know how serious y o u r fin a n
cial p r o b le m s a re : we know t h e dif
ficulties w hich a re im m e d ia te ly cob - *
fronting you; we know th e im portance
of deflation, and w e know th a t th e
governm ent m ust econom ize and th a t
Individuals m u st econom ise, but we
also know th a t th e A m erican govern
m ent advanced 910.000,000.000 to ita
allies to a tta in victo ry and peace. C er
tainly it is w orth m aking th e ad d itio n
al advance in o rd er to realise th e p cac»
for w hich we have alread y stru g g le d ,
for nothin g is m ore c e rta in th an th a t
until norm al conditions a re resto red
in Europe, th e re can be no peace.’
“Above all th in g s. 1 would say th a t
w h atev er action is tak en should b »
taken im m ediately. The crisis is so
scu te th at the situ atio n does not adm it
of delay, e sc e p t w ith th e possibility of
consequence« m e h ard ly d a re s co n
tem plate.
“T he situ atio n th a t 1 have sp read
out here is fa r beyond th e scope of
individual charity. Only by th e action
of governm en t, o u r own and the o th e rs
whose resources enable them to co
operate. can aid he given in sufficient
volume. I am also confident th a t our
action would be followed by th e ;rov-
ernm ent of G reat B ritain, of H olla *
of th e S candinavian countries,
I
¡Spain and Ja p a n , * n d th at F ran ce a 1 1
Belgium and ttaly , notw ith stan d in g ..!»
of lh e ir loesee, would help to tbe Is ,t.
of th e ir a b llltr."