Spain’s Children are Hungry

Spain’s Children are Hungry

On this pamphlet the suffering of the Spanish population is reflected in the expressions of their children. As propaganda both directly, for monetary support of Quaker relief work in Spain, and indirectly, against the war which necessitates such relief, the relief pamphlets of this era exemplify the greater Quaker pacifist position. “Spain’s Children are Hungry” typifies relief pamphlets through its depiction of civilian suffering and clear monetary requests from the reader. On the right-most column one can clearly see what relief specific contributions will provide, situating a child’s unavoidable suffering beside a negligible sum. Therein lies one aspect of the Quaker pacifist claim: peace itself is within the reader’s capacities to create, if only they would take action against war, proposed here in the form of donations, and remember the expressions of Spain’s hungry children.

London: Friends Service Council

William Edwards

Pamphlet