Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1918 — AUSTRIANS ARE STARVING [ARTICLE]

AUSTRIANS ARE STARVING

Relief Must Be Rushed Within Fourteen Days, Says Red Cross Official. Berne, Nov. 15. —-A trainload of food will be sent into Austria immediately by tire American Red Cross in Switzerland to relieve the terrible suffering of the Austrian people, United States Commissioner Bennett announced here. American Red Cross men will accompany the train. Part of the food will go to Roumanians, Serbians, Russians and Austrian prisoners. Secretary Epstein of the Austrian Red Cross, now in Berne, told the correspondent that the Austrian civilian population must starve within fourteen days unless relief Is sent immediately. “The are fighting for hotel garbage,” is the way he summed up the situation.