Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1920 — EUROPEANS PLEADING FOR THEIR CHILDREN [ARTICLE]

EUROPEANS PLEADING FOR THEIR CHILDREN

Elder Generation Sacrifioet Self That Hope of Future May Receive Means of Life. # • The one optimistic not* In the desperate need prevailing through the war* torn areas of eastern Europe Is the mtraordlnary and touching faith of the people In the children. The elder generation has put all Its hope and trust In the future of the geoeratioa now la Its eafly years. In fact, tn many Instances It Is deliberately sacrificing lb self for the children, the Europe of tomorrow. In the war-ravaged districts supplies necessary for maintenance of institutions are lacking, but It has been noted that always tbs request for outside old emphasises the needs of the orphanages. How marked la thla Inclination was Indicated by the fact that one district of Poland the authorities, appeal'ng to an American relief organisation for aaalataDce. naked assistance for only one military hospital, four general hospitals and twenty orphanages. The appeal "has reached America with the result that because they know that literally millions of European children face starvation and death from disease unless the aid that only thla country can give Is forthcoming, eight great American relief agencies have banded together under the name of the European Relief Council to raise $83.000.000 needed to tide the baby generaUon of Europe over possibly the most critical winter It has yet fared. These are the American Relief Administration, the American. Red Cross, tha American Friends’ Service Committee (Quakers), the Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. the Federal Council of Churches of Christ In- America, the Knights of Columbus, the Y. M. C. A. and the Y. W. C. A.