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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 189, 9 May 1944, Page 4

War orphans in enemy-occupied territories seem likely to present one' .of the tragic problems of post-war rehabilitation. According to the London correspondent of the “New York Times” there are 400,000 of these in Yugoslavia alone. Hundreds of these, he states, had their identification papers taken by the Germans, with the result, that in many instances no one, least of all the children themselves, now have any idea who they are or where they came from. The problem recalls a somewhat similar circumstance after the last war, when scores of waifs roamed all over Europe and parts of Asia, living on the country and developing the habits of outlaws. Part of this vagabondage was ascribed to the backwash of the Russian revolution, which disintegrated whole families, and made nomads out of thousands of young people.