| Show OUR COUNTRYS GENEROSITY The three hundred thousand dollars carried in the Senate Joint resolution resolu-tion in addition to the 3 200000 appropriated appro-priated on Monday will bu none too much for our share In relieving the awful distress and 1 agony of thoye afflicted af-flicted people of Martinique and surrounding sur-rounding Islands 1 who arc our near neighbors The scenes are appalling in the highest degree while the rand r-and suffering are distracting and pitiful piti-ful It la impossible to do too much for a people so jjxveeplngly I scourged us these remnants of a once thriving and happy population The world must take them t to its heart and comfort and care for them The nourishing mother earth on whose bounteous I bosom they have thrived has turned sterile to them and has presented a frowning front of such severity that they arc made outcasts for whom nothing but the deepest pity can he felt There is nothing left to t thorn but the claims of a common humanity but it is pleasant to nil that those claims will be ungrudgingly un-grudgingly and abundantly recognized It In also n joy to see that this great and rich country steps forward romu p thy and with I bounteous hand and swiftmoving feet conveys to the destitute the prompt succor of which they so much stand In need The appeal ap-peal 1 of Presldctn Kooscvclt will meet with a quick and generous response from the people of this country who are noted for their freelumdedncss In appeals for help to those III distress |
