▁har sh ▁criticism ▁of ▁the ▁Roman ▁Catholic ▁Church , ▁but ▁he ▁took ▁a ▁rather ▁novel ▁approach ▁at ▁evalu ating ▁the ▁Re formation ▁in ▁the ▁larger ▁political , ▁social , ▁and ▁economic ▁context . ▁ ▁War ▁relief ▁efforts ▁In ▁Switzerland , ▁Pur ick is ▁joined ▁Lith uan ian ▁cultural ▁life ▁and ▁became ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁R ū ta ▁and ▁L itu ania ▁student ▁soci eties . ▁In ▁December ▁ 1 9 1 5 , ▁he ▁became ▁the ▁secretary ▁of ▁the ▁Central ▁Committee ▁for ▁the ▁Rel ief ▁of ▁War ▁Vict ims ▁in ▁Lith u ania , ▁cha ired ▁by ▁Bron is ław ▁Pi ł s ud ski . ▁A ▁number ▁of ▁Polish ▁nobles ▁belonged ▁to ▁the ▁committee ▁and ▁soon ▁Lith uan ian ▁represent atives ▁began ▁cl ash ing ▁with ▁them ▁over ▁the ▁political ▁issues ▁of ▁future ▁independent ▁Poland ▁and ▁Lith u ania . ▁A ▁particular ▁issue ▁was ▁ 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁Swiss ▁fran cs ▁raised ▁by ▁a ▁Polish ▁committee ▁led ▁by ▁Henry k ▁S ien k iew icz ▁and ▁Ign acy ▁Jan ▁Pad ere w ski ▁and ▁sent ▁to ▁Vil nius . ▁At ▁least ▁a ▁third ▁of ▁the ▁sum ▁was ▁supposed ▁to ▁be ▁given ▁to ▁Lith uan ian - spe aking ▁residents , ▁but ▁according ▁to ▁Swiss ▁Lith u ani ans ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁money ▁were ▁used ▁for ▁Polish ▁refuge es . ▁Therefore , ▁Lith u ani ans ▁decided ▁to ▁separate ▁from ▁the ▁Central ▁Committee ▁and ▁establish ▁their ▁own . ▁They ▁collected ▁about ▁ 1 0 , 0 0 0 ▁fran cs