2012, ISBN: 9781236088987

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… Mehr…

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 Excerpt: ... poor men wbo will be out in the cold all winter. Remember that for two years all our industries have been interfered with by the wars, and our commerce as well. All our trade has been with Austria, Germany, and Italy. The latter will not sell anything to our Red Cross on the pretext that she may need them herself. Russia, too, needs all her own reserve of material. England and France are so rich and have such resources that nothing will be lacking there. And they are caring for Belgium,which, next to ourself, is the most distressed country of all that are at war. Servia is cut off from everywhere. The Turks and Bulgarians cannot be expected to help Roumama needs all her stores. Greece has sent us surgeons and other aid only quite recently. Unless help comes to us from America the winter will be one of the most appalling in history. A LETTER FROM AUSTRIA DEAR:There is a possibility of sending you a letter through our consul, who is on his way to America, so I am writing to you and hope you will get this letter in due time. We all here are very anxious that public opinion in America should know the real truth (not tainted and falsified by the press of our enemies!) about us, the war, the reasons which led us to the war, etc., and, last but not least, about our behavior in general and toward the foreigners who happened to be here when the war broke out (English, Russian, Belgian, and French in particular). Personally I should hate the idea that my American and my many English friends should believe all these newspaper lies. 1 have no doubt whatever that they would listen to me and believe me, could I but speak and explain matters to them; as this is impossible and as the people--the fair-minded--in England and America cannot communicate with us, some of us, l... Weight:1.64 lbs, RareBooksClub.com, 5/17/2012 0:00:00<