1921

The letters begin with Hurley's arrival in Vienna and proceed to the earlies days in Russia, but with a great deal of detail about people and places:

Highlights include:

1921 5/8. Wilbur Thomas and Rufus Jones to sail for London, and one thing to be decided will be whether or not to continue commissionership; would like to be posted in Russia, Poland or Austria, and is not sure how valuable is what she personally is providing (not the job itself)

1921 4/5. on Germany: the course of the future of Germany and even Europe is whether France is joined by US to choke Germany or allow it to go to work

1921 4/13. Adolf Schwindt, formerly editor of the German Arts and Crafts magazine was a guest. He had fought in the war, but as it was against his convictions -- much like Barbusse and Romain Rolland -- he resigned his commission, and when he could not be convinced, authorities sent him home, as if mad, where he discovered others in the same situation. He was not imprisoned or shot because, as he stated, he was an officer and was well known. The idea of a future war with France is common among young men who have not seen much service, and of course, the pacifist stance is not popular with them.

1921 4/26. Description of areas near the Rhine, followed by a conference and political inclinations of France, in the same way that it took Morocco

1921 5/12. Differences in the way English and Americans think could lead to problems and America needs a fair-minded man as ambassador to England -- and Harvey is not such a man. Wilson's 14-point peace plan was just a ruse to get us disarmed; the Germans "will not be cured by the treatment [steep penalties] they are getting

1921 5/25 and 5/31. Detailed reports attached

Vienna, 1921 10/17. The American Relief Commission is feeding several thousand school- age children, but not tiny ones. The former prosperous middle class is wiped out and there remain the rich, including profiteers. The government is conservative and too weak to carry out decrees, but the socialists are strong enough to put through measures. Exchange worsening all the time. British Food Mission doing excellent work in feeding some groups; 500 children had been sent to Sweden and Switzerland (for improved living conditions?)

1921 11/17. AFSC certification for Beulah Hurley to transfer her work to Russia with an accompanying testimonial acknowledging she would continue her work and had the right to purchase train tickets and receive appropriate assistance in Russia

1921 12/26- 1922 1/3. A digest of activities for the week