Show IN INI I a DIRE PERIL OF DEATH CLAIM starvation During Dunne o Winter Threatens Nations Nation's Life Plea for Aid l Says Washington Jan 9 B By the Asso- Asso ted elated Press An An appe appeal to tho the thomer Amer- Amer American ican l people to extend aid to threatened with ann anarchy and eath leath h liv by starvation atlon during during- the winter lias has been beon forwarded to Washington ton by Baron who Is Js head of oC the tho Austrian Aus Aus- Austrian trian peace delegation The representatives cs of or tho the allied and associated powers In Paris are arc ful fully aware of the terrible distress b by which Austria Is actually afflicted says bays Baron Eichoff's appeal It H resulted from tho plain figures which have o been laid It before tho reparations committee with ghastly ci evidence That on the end ond of or the present month the Austrian people literally will perish b by cold and starvation star star- tar tar- atlon This ls Is u LL fact nobody calls Into question i Credit dU Arc Are It has been established b by tho the de le- le I liberations of the reparations committee and of oC the council that Au Austria trin I scan can only be saved fia by granting her necessary credits and solely the tho hope that the till powers would do rIo so 30 holds up as yet to a certain extent tho the morale of tho the suffering people At tho the present moment this situation hn has come com to a specially critical phase tho the J European Powers having declared that the they cannot canI cannot can can- not grant those credits nn and American I operation co-operation offers tho the only chance for saving sa Austria It It I la Is therefore tho the sacred duty of oC i er c every representative c of or the Austrian people and and I might sa say of everybody knowing ln g the utmost t distress of or this people to address a most moat ur urgent appeal for Cor or help eP to tho whole population of or tho the thoI United States o of oC f America American Wo We ou ought ht to lo I point out to lo every man and and every even woman in the tho United States Stales which Tall all times limes has been the champion for liberty and for justice that the they alone can save c acour our people and that by refusing refusing- their aid they the would woul abandon seven BeYen millions of or human creatures creatures' to certain death front from cold colel an and starvation Wo 0 beg to Inform tho the United States SlateR of oC our suf sut- sufferings and to transmit the cry of ot distress distress dis dis- I tress of oC a starving tar people to the noble- noble minded American nation to which Austria Austria Aus Aus- I tria trl confidently has recourse In this supreme moment I |