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Show EUROPEANS PLEADING FOR THEIR CHILDREN Elder Generation Sacrifices Sttf That Hope of Future May Receive Means of Life. The one optimistic note In tn desperate des-perate need prevailing through the war-torn war-torn areas of eastern Europe la the extraordinary ex-traordinary and touching faith of the people in tho children. The elder generation gen-eration has put alt Its hope and trust In the future of the generation now In Its enrly years. In fact, In many Instances In-stances It Is deliberately sacrificing Itself It-self for the children, the Europe of tomorrow. to-morrow. In tho wnr-ravaged districts supplies necessary for maintenance of Institutions Insti-tutions nrc lacking, but It has been noted that always tho request for outside out-side aid emphasises the needs of tho orphanages. How mnrked Is this Inclination In-clination wns Indicated by the fact that one district of Poland the authorities, au-thorities, appealing to nn American .relief .re-lief organization for assistance, asked ; assistance for only one mllltnry hospital, hos-pital, four genernl hospitals nnd twenty twen-ty orphanages. The appeal has reached America with the result that because they know that literally millions of European children chil-dren face starvation and death from , disease unices the aid that only this ' country can give Is forthcoming, eight great American relief agencies hnve banded togother under the name of the European Relief Council to raise $68,-000,000 $68,-000,000 needed to tide the baby generation, genera-tion, of Europe over possibly the most critical winter it has yet faced. Tfeeae 1 are the American Relief Admbalstratloti, the American Red Cross, the Ame .caa Friends' Service Committee (Quakers), , the Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Commit-tee, the Federal Council of Church of Christ In America, the Knights of ! Columbus, the Y. M. C. A. and the Y. W.O.A. |