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COAVE MENACE TO U. S. A
European Ruin Would Involve
. America—~Starvation and
Disease Rampant.
Des Moines, la.—Spt’uking before the
Ceneral Conference of the Methodist
i Fipiscopal Church, Henry P, Davison,
Ichairman of the Board of Governors
‘of the League of Red Cross Societies,
rald
; As chairman of the Convention of
'Red Cross Socleties, composed of rep
iJesentatives of twenty-seven nations
‘that met recently in Geneva, I am-‘cus
'todian of authoritative reports record:
’.‘!ng appalling conditions among mil
‘flong of people living in eastern Eu-
Irope, .
4 One of the most terrible tragedies in |
‘;the history of the human race is hein;
jenacted within the broad belt of terri
jtory lying betveen the Baltic and the
ißlack and Adriatic Seas, |
! This area includes the new Baltic
{States—Poland, Czecho-Slovakia, the
| Ukraine, Austria, Hungary, Roumania,
|Montenegro, Albania aid Serbia,
: The reports which come to us make
[it clear that in these war-ravaged
ilands elvilization has broken down.
ll)lsense, bereavement and suffering
|are present in practically every house
hold, while food and clothing are in
isufliclent to make life tolerable,
! Men, women and children are dying
iby thousands, and over vast once-civi
jlized areas there are to be found nei-
Jther medicinal appliances nor medical
jskill sufficient to cope with the devas
ylating Flaques;
: Wholesale starvation s threatened
!in Poland this summer unless she can
Iprocure food supplies in large quanti
lfies. There are now approximately
;:.’;')0,000 cases of typhus in Poland and
;in the area occupied by Polish troops.
{ Worst Typhus Epidemic in History.
+ This is already one of the worst ty
"ohus epidemtces in the world's history.
+ln Galicia whole towns are crippled
iand business suspended. In some dis
itricts, there is but one doctor to each
150,000 people.
! In the Ukraine, we were told, typhus
'and influenza have affected most of the
‘pupulutlon.
: A report from Vienna, dated Febru
"ury 12, sald: “There are rations for
hree weeks, Death stalks threugh the
Fnreets of Vienna and takes unhinder
jed toll, .
| Budapest, according to our informa
tion, is one vast city of misery and
tluflorlng. The mumber of deaths is
,double that of births. Of the 160,000
lehildren in the schools, 100,000 are de
'pendent on publie charity. There are
'150.000 workers idle,
{ Typhus and smallpox have invaded
the four countries composing Czecho
klovnkla, and there is lack of medi
ines, soap and physicians,
‘ In Serbia typhus has broken out
imgain und there are but 200 physicians
ito minister to the needs of that entire
lcountry. .
. In Montenegro, where food is run
ming short, there are but five physi
g(-inns for a population of 450,000.
America Overflowing With Riches.
" Returning to the United States a
ifew weeks ago with all these horrors
irlnglng in my ears, I found myseif
wonce more in a land whose granaries
iwere overflowing, where health and
'plemy abounded and where life and
‘actlvit_v and eager enterprise were in
‘the full flood.
I asked myself: *What if this plague
and famine were here in the great ter
ritory between the Atlantic seaboard
nd the Mississippi valley, which
roughly parallels the extent of these
wravaged countries and that 65,000,000
;of our own people condemned to idle
mess by lack of raw material and
iwhose fields had been devastated by
rinvasion and rapine were racked by
[su-u‘vation and pestilence and if we
jhad lifted up our volces and invoked
'the attention of our brothers in hap
|plor Europe to our own deep miseries
and our cries had fallen on deaf ears,
Iwould we not in our despair exclaim
fagainst their heartlessness!”
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{ . Only Three Ways to Help Europe.
. There are only three ways by which
|these stricken lands can secure sup
‘plies from the outside world. One is
iby payment, one by credit, and the
!thlrd is by exchange of commodities.
{lt these peoples tried to buy materials
|and supplies in America at the present
‘miarket value of their currencies Aus
itriu would have to pay forty times the
toriginal cost, Germany thirteen times,
!Greece just double, Czecho-Slovakia
;rnurteen times and Poland fifty times.
iThese figures are official and are a
‘true index of the economic plight of
ithese countries.
* It is clear, therefore, that they can
'mot give us gold for the things they
jmust have, nor have they either prod
juets e securities to offer in return for
tereci'. If only they could obtain raw
metrial which these idle millions of
:flxelrs could convert into manufactured
products they would have something to
ltender the world in return for its raw
material, food and medicine, But if
itbey have neither money nor credit
how are they to take this first grea:
latep towards redemption |
' One-half the verld may not ea:
while the other half starves. How
ilong do you believe the plague of ty
lphns that Is taking a hideous death
}toll in Esthonia and Poland and the
{Ukraine and eating along the fringes
‘of Germany and Czecho-Slovakia wil’
confine itself Yo these remote lands?
Oply last Saturday our h&-:ml: con
" missioner of New York, Dr. Copelani.
sailed for the other side just to meas
ure the danger and take precaution
against such an invasion.
This is one menace at our threshold.
The other, more threatening, more ter
rible, is the menace of the world's ill
will. We can afford to die, but to be
despised forever as a greedy and phar
fsaical ration Is a fute {hat we must
not incur. - 5
The French government has many
serious problems to solve, but the
French peasant is working and the
French artisan, while still sadly in
need of raw materials, has not lost his
habit of industry and thrift, The most
encouraging fact about France today
is that her people are alive to the se
riousness of France’s problem, and
they are going forward bravely to
solve that probiem,
Italy, despite her great shortage of
raw méterial, is looking forward and
not backwiuird, Italy can he relied
upon to do lier part!
England is meeting the problemis of
reconstruction just as those who knew
_l‘x__g; past _§_hould have expected her to
meet them, ;
Plan to Aid Central Europe.
It is not for me perhaps to give in
detail a formula for solution of the
worid's ills, but as I have been asked
many time«, “What would you do?” I
am glad to give my own answer,
Accarcin:'y, 1 would ask:
1, That Congress immediately pass
a bill appropriating a sum not to ex
ceed $500,000,000 for the use of Cen
tral and Eastern Europe.
2. That Congress call upon the Pres
ident to appoint a nonpolitical com
mission of three Americans, distin
guished for their character and exec
utive ability and commanding the re
spect of the American people, Such
a commission should include men of
the type of General Pershing, Mr.
Hoover or ex-Secretary Lane. Iwould
invest that commission with complete
power. :
3. I would have the commission in
structed to proceed at once, accompa
nied by proper personnel, to survey
conditions in Central and Eastern Eu
rope and then act for the restoration
of those countries under such condi
tiong and upon such terms as the com
mission itself may decide to be practi
cable and effective. Among the con
ditions should be provided that there
should be no local interference with
the free and untrammeled exercise by
the commission of its own ‘prerogative
of allocating materials. Governmental
politics should be eliminated’; unrea
sonable and prejudicial barriers be
tween the various countries should be
removed, and such sulstantial guaran
tees as may be available should be ex
acted in order that tl:e eonditions im
posed should be fulfilied.
4. As to finuncini terms, I should
make them liheral. 1 would charge no
interest for the first three years; for
the next three years, 68 per cent, with
provision that such interést might be
funded if the economic¢ conditions of.
the country were not approaching nor
mal, or if its exchange conditions were
so adverse as to -make payment un
duly burdensome, I should make the
maturity of the obligation 15 years
from' its date, and I should "have no
doubt as to its final payment.
5. Immediately the plan was adopt.
ed I would have our government in.
vite other governments in a position
to assist, to participate in the under
taking. i '
6. To set forth completely my opin
fon, I should add that in the final in
structiopns the American ' people,
through their government, should say
to the commission :
“We want vou to go and do this job
in such a manner as, after study, vou
think it should be done. This is no
ordinary undertaking. The American
people trust you to see that it is done
right.”
I would also say to the commission :
“Use so much of this money as is
needed.” Personally, I am confident
that with the assistance and co-opera.
tion which would come from other
parts of the world the sum of $500,-
000,000 from the United States would
be more than enough to start these
countries on their way to self support
and ghe restoration of normal condi.
tions,
The whole plan, of course, involves
many practical congiderations, the
most serious of which is that of ob
taining the money, whether by issuing
additional Liberty bonds, an increase
in the floating debt or by taxation.
But I think we could properly say to
the treasury department:
*We know how serious your finan
cial problems are: we know the diffi
culties which are immediately con
fronting you:; we know the importance
of deflation, and we know that the gov
ernment must economize and that in
dividuals must economize, but we also
know that the American government
advanced $10,000,000,000 to its allies
to attain victory and peace. Certain
ly it is worth making the additional
advance in order to realize the peace
for which we have already struggled,
for nothing is more certain than that
until normal conditions are restored in
Europe there can be no peace.”
Above all things, T would say that
whatever action is taken should be
taken immediately. The crisis is so
acute that the situation does not ad
mit of delay, except with the possibili
ty of consequences one hardly dares
contemplate.
The situation that I have spread oui
here is far beyond the scope of indi
vidual charity, Only by the action of
governments, our own and the others
whose resources enable theni to co-v
erate, can aid be given in sufficic»
volume, I am also confident that ow
action would be followed v the §
ernments of Great Britain, of Wellu:
of the Secandinavian countries, of
Spain and Japan. :d that France and
Belusium and Italy netwithstanding all
of their losses, wou.d Liclp to the best
of their ability,
THE COEDELE SENTINEL, oonlfifi:. GA.,, MAY 20, 1920.
WANT
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‘also on toll. Modern Flour Mills,
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FOR SALE—Jersey Milk Cow with
heifer calf, See J. R. Bridges at
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WANTED-—Competent young lady
stenographer desires position. Le
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LADIES—If you have corns, call
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WLL PAY CASH—Georgia Wheat
also on toll. Modern Flour Mills,
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FOR SALE—I Good second-hand iron
safe; also 1 Detroit Automatic
scale. Heard Grocery Co., Cordele,
Ga, _ 108-12 t
FOR RENT—Furnished front room
with connecting bath. Apply
Phone 386, |
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For sale—Majestic Range and large
refrigerator. Suitable for large fam-}
ily. Mzs, J. B. Ryals. 219-2t‘
R e e i S
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR BAR
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MONEY—
Look over the list below of useful,
everyday household needs and farming
implements and coeme around to the
DIXIE SBED FARMS WAREHOUSE
and we will sell you at your own price
if you are at all reasonable.
1 Studebaker Automobile, 1917
model.
1 Ford Truck.
1 extra Truckford Attachment.
1 large iron safe,
300 vegetables crates, or hampers,
1 bushel size.
iOO corrugated cardboard cartoons.
7 tons baled rye straw.
One single barrel shot gun.
1 washstand and 1 dresser.,
1 prairie state incubator, 150 eggs.
1 wall clock.
-1 waste paper baler,
1 range stove, several chairs.
" 1 water ' cooler and several dozen
fruit jars.
1 large dining room safe cabinet
with secreening.
1 wheelbarrow. 1 post hole digger.
1 pair cotton steelyards.
1 iron gate with post.
1 iron tree guard.
Several long pieces of piping and
joints, and many other articles too
numerous to mention.
The above items left here by J. R.
Kelly, who has moved to Florida to be
disposed of to best advantage, and if
you are looking for a real bargain come
at once and make your selections.
DIXIE SEED FARM WAREHOUSE.
Corner 14th Avenue and Eighth St
On G. 8. & F. Ry Tracks.
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Attorney-at-Law
Money loaned on farms. five and I(
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uncultivated. Georgia Company. Mon
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Veterinary Surgeon
Office: Pless and Williams Stables
Telephone: 242
Residence Phone 304
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