Child Victims of the War

The Zurich international conference on the care of child victims of the war held in September, iy45, a few months after the cessation of hostilities, jyas at once an opportunity and a challenge. Beside he creature sufferings of those deprived of the ?are means of existence?hungry, without shelter, '^adequately clothed?there were known to be nousands of children whose framework of life had Deen shattered. At last such a conference would give the opportunity for expressing the needs of the children in each country. It would also challenge every nation 0 strain its energies towards recovery within its own rentiers and to give what assistance it could elsewhere. Even the countries devastated by fighting ?r paralysed by enemy occupation might have ?mething to offer. Only by co-operation would ?.e Possible to alleviate the mass of suffering. The care of the homeless, restoration of family "e> education in its widest sense,?these problems j^ust be tackled after immediate first-aid remedies nave been given. Plans must be made now, or it be too late.