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T MU! TNTHAU PLEADS 1.1 HlPiNG HAND III Ttl£ HEAR EAST Forrr r Amb.m'Mor to Turkey Say Amorici Should Not Let Aimeman Allies Starve. Near East Situation Now “Most Desperate in World.” Says Hoover. II • r b • r l Hoover, WOMEN WAR WORKERS, EAGER TO SERVE, GO TO AID ARMENIANS littrlap Ha% His Only Garment PROMINENT MEN IN XMAS APPEAL FOR ARMENIANS w lio nun now he* com# a m#<n her o f llio K«- reut Iva Com Mary Vail Andrees, Only Woman to Receive Distinguished Serv ice Medal, Heads Party. Former President Taft Leads In Eloquent Plea for Support of Near East Relief. inlllou o f Nenr M aat By M E N fìv "O flC E N T H A U , Fornirr Amba or to Turkoy ^ Lrader In N rar Eatl RaMaf. and Itrllrf, wblrh la car In a ior uenrl) •¿.ouo.uuo Ar ttienlnu n n il DlBHAtlafled with nrioventful civilian Ilf«, a fter two yrare’ vivid ex|H#rlence hm w orker» abroad In the world war, a party o f young women, led by M l»» Mary Vail Andrei*», o f New York Oily. I have Ju»t g o o « to the Nrnr East. T o *av# the live* o f 800 000 people In Armenia and other western Aslan countries and to care for more than Syrlnn refu 2.VI 000 orphan* who are homeless ® WH». llmierwtioa ' . there form er President William How * Undurwuotl. - u" d W " ° ’ ard Taft. Henry Morgenthnu, form er Harbart Hoovar. ,f a|i«uk» w l t h ambassador to Turkey, and Alexander J. Hemphill, Ihe New Tork hanker, a* auiliorliy w;hcn ho lolla of hu* member* o f Ihe Executive Committee iniiu »iiffcrlng, aay» In u formal o f Near East R elief the former Am en itaieniont: lean Committee on Armenian amt “ In my oplnlon, llio allunilon Syrian Relief, have Issued a (Tirlst- n llio Nrnr Kaat la tliu uioal ma* appeal for continued support o f loaprrnlo In tho «rorld.“ thl* organization and It* work. Mr. Iloover I ih » »«n t a lotter Near East R elief I* now operating Io Olevelnnd II. Dodgo, trensurer under n government charter and I* j i Nrnr Kn«t Relief, I Mndlson practically alone In the western Aslan avrnuo, Now York, In wlllcli In; field, the Red Cross several month* »ny » : ago haring announced Its withdrawal. “ In acrrptlng your Invitation jm . The iTirlKfmns letter, a classic o f It* Io liectun« n ment her o f ihr Kx- kind. Is ns fo llo w s : vCiitlvo Conimltlve o f tha* .V or “ Dear Friend— Another llftle child Kant conimlltee, I do an w l'h ha* shriveled up and_d!ed. rollirtnnre, Iml Olli o f n SollHc tif "T h e mother, creeping hack, gaunt duiy low u nl» «no o f Ihr iiioh I and cotd. from Ihe desert, has pot dlllicult »I nun Ion» In Europa. down the thin little bones with thoae UDIIi noiur [Mtlltlenl »ctilcincnl that strew the road and -has *unk be CHII hu oblullirtl for Ihr Nrnr side them, never to rise again. Kn»t mul nollio go verum eilt «•»■ “ Only a little child and a mother *~¿H' luliilahrtl in rettpotmlhlllly for out on the bleak Armenian road! But tlie rnro hik I .epnlrlntlon o f fite what is that vision hovering there and An lonlnn (oipulntlon In ihr Cnti* what l* that voice the cold wind* bear riiHU», llil» iiiii . hm o f |M*o|do Innwl pW to the ear* o f our souls— T was hungry 1^ lirrrly l>y Ihr rhnrlly o f ihr and ; « gave me no meat; I was naketf l'n ltrd Srnloa. T liere nro In lli« and ye clothed me not.' ( ’. nana npnroalmalcljr l> ri M IS3 M AR Y V A IL AN D R E E 3, "Trelay— ye*, today— while we ar# 000 Artnonlnna, o f ivliom SlO ino Olttinguiahed Service Heroine Whc preparing our gifts for Christmas, •iro «n llroly doHtltut« refuge-** Now Goes to Near East. many more o f these little children— from Turkoy and unionaH* ilioni not a hundred nor a thousand, bur n ircmriukitM iiiuxa of chlldrcu. where nearly a million people are 2«0 0(in o f them— are »till wandering “ I tun not lou »trongly urs« suffering front disease and starvation. nueared fo r and alone In that de-td itpon A i« nirnilii-r» o f iho reiu- Ml>*s Andrees hud returned lo (his POSTER BASED ON A C T U A L PH O TO G R A PH T A K E N A T E R IV A N , A R land, ’their weazened skins clinging tlx nilMrr und their aupptirlor« ihr country a fte r serving for the Ited M ENIA, BY DR. M. S. L IT T L E F IE L D . fear to their rattling hone*,' and they eritlrnl liere»-»m- o f roncrlil I'RI- Cross, hut wlieu slut rend o f th « suit are crvlng out with gasping breath, ‘I lag avrry p o »»"tlr rfTort io »up- plight o f llie Armenians, she at once He I* only one o f ibu.m*) helpless child victims o f Turkish cruelty and am hungry. I am hungry!’ And the pori Colonel tlusi.rii » ndinliils- offered her service* to Near Eust Be oppression In Western Asia. Clad Just a* he stand* In the picture this forlorn voice o f one who watches us as w# trat Inn ln lli« nmnuni» ihm he lief, ihe form er American Committee little fellow, with hunger-stricken cheeks, hopeless mouth and frail, starved prepare gifts to celebrate his blrth- rrt|ulr«a: othcrwlne w « »hall on Armciilun anil Myrlan Itellef, whh*ti body, was found wandering In the street* o f Igdir, Armenia, by Dr. Milton dnv come* again to the ear* o f our wltncH» on« o f ihr greate*t trug already has saved thousand* o f lives S. Littlefield o f the N i - ht East R elief He was taken to a Near East R elief *oi:l*— ’I am hungry! I am h u n gry!! L edle» o f lli« «n tlr « war.“ In Western Asia. M l*» Atulree* Is the orphanage, where II wo* found that his only earthly pos-.e..*ion was the *!n le a m h u n g r v !!!’ only Amerlcnn woman war worker “ Now. the chlldren and the mother* garment In which he stood—a worn, pntchivl blanket made from a hur'ap sack I who was awarded the L>i*tlngul*lieil In Armenia are dreading the winter. “ I saw this ragg. I little fellow on one o f the busiest business streets o f Service Medal hy Congress. Most of Erlvau, not far from the orphnnage," said Dr. Littlefield. “ He was wandering I ‘.Tost human remnant* they are, not ihe other member* o f her purty llke- Copjrlaht I y I ’ nrlerwmill A I'tulerwo id 1 ulmleosly about and no oue was paying the slightest attention to him. I did protected, many o f them, from the e le 'v :« served with honor fo r the lied H E N R Y M O R C E N TH A U not pose h im ; the picture show* Just the way he stood when I backed him up , ments h.v even the dignity o f mgs. Cross and oilier wur service organ I The most favored have merely shred against a nearby w all." the Amerlrnn propli* They !<•"!< In ti U v e » o f ihousands o f Arinenlan rations. How shall we sing o u r The photograph Is the basis o f a striking poster now being distributed ded rags.’ Among the other member* o f the ll» 111« liiminn agency to «M r:cni*| ehllilren already lune been saied hy Christmas songs and laugh nnd light by Near Eust Relief. group are the Misses Krnnrc* ».nil Ihe N'ear Itoti Itellef lukilig over thè thrni from the frightful m -lmitton « | the candles and give beautiful g ift* 11 liloll they h a ir been left 11» u roll», Armenlan orpluimigi's, accoriling to ile- Petty Anderson o f New Canaan, O w n , while thnt pleading voice cries In tho queue# o f ihr war. (allei) re pori», ivlileh b a ie J iisi renehed who were decorated with the Croix He ears o f our soul*. ‘1 am naked and cold If w e ahoultl fall m aid lliem, «ta rin ; ihe headqunriera o f (bui orgnnir.nlImi. '¡n e ire h.v the French Government*; —raked and cold?’ lion and the winter a mid ivould go f i r ! These Insili ut loti* hnd been rim hy ihe Miss Margaret M ine o f Washington, “ But we can feed and clothe these- to ronipleilnc ill# work done h> the! Armenlnn» ainr# (I h * heglnnlng o f thè * C „ who was a member o f (he perishing ones— some o f them— before unspeakable Turk wnr lo rare for lite cltildren wltose Hoover Itellef Conttnlsslon for Itu- It Is too late. Herbert Hoover has ca I have not »ecu with my own r i « « , Ini reti ls lutti been utunlered hy Ihe 1111111111, uml Miss Alex Sidney, an Eng bled from the Caucasus. ‘It Is Impossi Motherless, fatherless, homeless III« inl.«cr> In which llie Armenian1, | Turks. lire « use o f luck « f food. lish tvotnnn who served for three vtars ble that the loss o f 200,000 lives can ot nameless, hungry a. d clad only in nmv exist. I hum hren »,-i,rcd that. elotlilng miti tnetllclne, thè tienili rate with the I'rtllsh Itellef Comttiisslint in this day he prevented, but the remain nigs, the pathetic little three-year-old Iliil Hi« rrpi'. i" which have h r m ! timone thè ehlldreu In Illese Itisillu- Serbia. Miss Itoris Kevin, anot.ier ing ."(*>.000 enn possibly be saved.’ shown at the left wandered Into a brought In hi agent* o f (lie Nenr Ku»t Iloti* sveruged ms Itigli us Iwenly or member o f lit» party, I* n dnughler They need not starve and freeze and Nenr East R elief orphnmige In A r R elief and h.v repri »«illa tiv e » o f the Ihlrty u (Thy In aonio easiw. ■>f thv lute Ethelhert Kevin, (he com die If we will save them. In the name menia. Another photograph o f tho I’rnrc l« n fe r ; n< iw liit n picture of Wlieti Armenlan fumi» heeantc In- ftoser. of him who saw the multitude ‘as same child, shown nt the right, was wrvirhcdni**-* liti-«i.celvnl»le to those ndeipmte thè Netti' Enat Itellef look Col. W illiam N. Haskell, continls ■ß 3 sheep not having n shepherd and was tnk« n a week Inter, this time showing who luiic i n fli l and imprc»»lun citar gè o f Ilio orphnenge. Situi* timi sinner to Ihe Near East for the Paris moved with compassion toward them,* hint happy, well clothed anti well fed. o f the h i - c ,i of the MhKNiilinau. lim e thè dentli rute hn.s heen grenlly Peace Commission and official repre f who exclaimed when Ills disciples » *. Somewhere In Anteriea Is tin- imppy roduecd. Olven good food a ni cure sentative o f the Near Eust Itellef, lots E lied rre m H em .». would turn them away. T h e y need not tnntt or woman who contributed th** Sit depart, give ye them to e a t !’ open Kit-re the lie. eh lit; o f flio ivnr Ihr lite ehlltlren n r« quld.ly rcturnlng to rallied that the relief worker* now in v’jê1 hill which wrought this miracle More (lie Held are overwhelmed by ihe ntug your heart nnd purse nnd give to Turkish Arnicu: < • have been largely itormal phyaleal unti mentiti conditimi than a quarter million other helpless It ls estlmnlcd hy persnns ulto hnve ttltude o f their task. Col. Haskell say» these Christians whom he loves, w ho refugee» from iln-ir homes. A simple little victims o f Turkish cruelty and are suffering for h'm and with whom agricultural piHipl«. 11 icy huie been mntle a survey o f Armenia liuti l “ (),tu») mmi . inni Armenian* will starve before oppression are knocking nt flic doors he ls suffering. They need not die. exile» fin:.i lii-it fartr», deprived of chlldren wlll die dttrlng fliu n «xl veur the next harvest unless they are given o f the Near East R elief orphanages in Give ye them to ent. all op|»iriunity In auidmrt thenidolveA unless ihey are gl veti forni and cure. nld aticl 120.0U0 orphan children face Weslern Asia. U-.uy more American "F ifteen dollars a month will pro Year by year their aulTcriiig» luivu In- Near Eusl Itellef !s thè onl.v organi- dentil from hunger mid exposure. >2 hills are needed now to let them it: Thousands o f refugees are dully be vide food, clothes, shelter nnd educa cn ii e'l. Now, it year after II; htlng xnllon now operatlug In Western Aula and to care for them until they can tion toward self support for one o r ha» rem-. I, they arc mill living the, and II ls tiuikii'g tilt appeal to sa ie ing brought to the relief centers from A rT E O , cure fur Uutiuselvej. the desert*. phan child. Ilf« o f nomads, nhlo in continue tc theae C'hrlsiliin rhddren. “ Ton dollars a month will provide k«cp n'lve only by virtue o f Aiocrlcm: food, clothes nnd shelter for one or plillanlliropy. phan child. These lionicle s people— “ (llihy lull “ F ive dollars n month will provide d e l»' to the Tu ik were giant rnnugl food for one orphan child. to exert iheir poor might In our hr “ He fed 5,000 hungry people In th# luilf while llie war trni »till In the wilderness and said to his follow ers. balance. Mussnrrea o f n half century T h e things that I do ahull ye do also, Imd not no broken ihclr »plrlt tlml and greater things than these shall ye they dared not light for right and fm do.’ Today nearly 800.000 destitute deniorrui'y when J iin II c « was llie Issue. Armenians— Ids people— need food anil \Yo aerepleil Ihclr aid then. Surely clothing. we shnll not |ui»» them by without “ He took little children In his anus conipiisslon now. and blessed them. Today will you take The day tin* passed when any self one or more o f these sad. cold, hungry respeeilng mull dure» permit absorp- little children of Armenia Into your tlon in Ills own prraonal nfTuIrs to ex- arms and heart In Ids name and give elude eonslderntlon o f hi* neighbor'* The most arbitrary city boss 1n the them food and warmth and life? well being. No honofahle man mu world. It seems safe to say. as well aa “ What a joyful Christmas It will be knowingly allow I i I m neighbor to hun the most unscrupulous politician of when with your songs nnd your lAugh- ger or to go unclothed. The Christian modem times, has turned up in Alntab, ,er yvu hear a voice o f wondrott* people* o f the Nrnr East are our Armenia, to Judge from an official re sweetness speaking to you, ‘O, y# neighbor*. The money needed to re port recently made by M ajor Stephen Messed o f my Fnthei, I was hungry lieve them ran he xpured ivltlwiut causing nny man, woman or child In Trowbridge, under Gen. Edmund H. H. and ye gave me meat, I was naked anil ye clothed m e ; Inasmuch as ye hav# the United Slate* lo suffer. Allenhy's orders. done It to these, my brethren, ye hnv# Must Not Raet on Part. He Is a Turk named Beslnt Bey. Until done It to nte.’ In other yenm o f our own free will the Near East R elief agents stopped “ iu his name. we sent mlsslomirlea to Turkey. Our him, he practiced upon the terrified “ Faithfully yours, achoola and college* and hoaplta.. Armenian* such form * o f suiter-graft "W IL L IA M II. T A F T . have played a wonderful role In Im “ A L E X A N D E R .1 H E M P H IL L . us might well make every other cor munizing that dark spot In the world. “ H E N R Y M< tR O E N TH A U .” rupt politician In the world green with Our Ideas, our educational resources, For Executive Committee, Near East envy, and such cruelties as make all our material equipment, have been Relief. other heartless rulers, from Nero leaven In the Near East'. Because we down, seem sweet and gentle char have done well In tlmea past wu hnve this great opportunity for the present acters. His office was that o f Munic The Armenians have been treated aa ipal. Chief Accountant o f Alnlnb; but, perhaps no people In history have hren as nil dishonest office-holders know. treated becnusr they are the spiritual Because he and members o f hi* It Isn't the Job thnt tnntters, hut the brothers o f w estern races. sugni plm s that go with If. Beslm party were iidMtaken for Armenians» W ill America help them? There Itcy piv.i-k ■ I sugar-plum* with horn MaJ. Gen. Janies G. Hunbord, head o f enn lie hut one answer. Th eir neces the American Mission to Armenia, luttais, il, , i.i and dug. sity Is dire, hut our (oiwer Is great. t E '. mi ihsp'red city bosses have their narrowly ««raped death nt the hands W e are wealthy. We lire a member of ¡day. L» .c. L ey ’s came when the o f n hand o f marauding bandits n few the fam ily o f nations. Our brother* M ajor Near K:isi R elief agent* found that n « miles from Mount ArurnL A D O P T E D -ARM ENIAN W A IFS call us. Komi, clothes, money, are Ini* I thorough Ant- n!nn relief work could General Hnrbord lias Just returned mediately wanted. If ever unmerited j T iter« a r« *1 leant three happy little Armenian* In thl* holiday *cn»on at i „ ths more than » q-arrer o f a be done In ti nt city while such coud: to the United States and made n re suffering culled for succor the plight j million pitiable little w aif» who are Innocent victim* o f Turkish hnrhnrity I nr «t three hnvo fourni fuit r r| t!-,. , - o f l i qi it existed. General vert to I’ rcsi lent Wilson on the dis o f toe A n .' Minns aho'ild he heeded ■ mother* In th e»» famott* American women. Mrs W « vlm w Wll»<'n w ife o f t! I’ ' -nt; y < er TI tressing condition* In the Near East, now. A few month* more and It may Mrs. C arri* Chapman CatL It I* hoped that t! . :■ ;» o f .. cr At: lim n v :i.*n will f. How 'iteso d in - .»* ! iv le ro American charity Is saving he relief will he too line for thus# leaders and slgnallk* the glad holiday »cusjit In America hy making happy in the uani« way thottsHcils o f - -N r tl ■:ramis o f lives through the Near city, and I'.« niyi . . « I « i i only w « u u suve. I n little orphan* In Ute far-off stricken lund where thuy uow uro being cured for hy Near East Relief, 1 Man 'it A v e Lutl R elief, Ley quuli. v.i, .al, for first pi, ahull nut full them. Ulte, ,N. Y. __ _____________ _____ ^ . I- IT il v » i l e tfimil «notigli lo flght limi d i» l'or il« wlien wh ii.-.-<U'<l tlielr I i ji ► n ilr ll Ilici uro good l'IlOIIKll limi lo aliar« anni« im-uger U lti« l'i'ilnlix frmii « o r pieni/ w lieti Ihjjjr Im i« iioitilnic. « lidi tiundrvds o f fbou- »nini» o f thi'in nr« homeles», uni Imi, fornili" nini llircHidiad urlili exlcrinl- nui i’ii iiy tlo'lr «n«utl«a nini olir orni. Noi fur frinii « iii IIII oii l'lirlHtluna Im i« I>i'«n murili noi hy ili«lr Turklah oppre»* * or» llungry, terror alrlrkdi li li li ilr> tu o f ilo - mia o f refugeea ioni look to ili« I ' iihim I Mimo» for «uc- cor Hava T ru -’ In America. \V» innnoi rei . Next lo tli«li fu il li In Iòni li i r Irli»! Ili Ilio -II* linoro < ■! ,oo<l « i l i unii noi.oro»lly of r ? c Æ- m Jfi ‘ ’ & ' 4 '-M'- I M m &M è \ miß' DEATH RATE DROPS WHEN RELIEF ARRIVES t r ? ■ w m m r a ALLENBY STOPS GRAFT OF TURK Persecution of Armenians and Confiscation of Property Pre vented by English Officer. BANDITS ATTACK HARBORD, THINKING HIM ARMENIAN