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TUB SUNDAY OEEGOJTIAX. PORTLAND. NOVEMBER SO, 1919. ALEPPO CENTER OF ARMENIAN RELIEF The CherfeeilL Ancient City Displays Lights and Shadows of Work. ORPHAN MINISTRY SET UP New York MinUter Heads Hun dreds or Boys, and Work for iMen and Women 'Provided. .BY WILLIAM T. KLLIS. Copvrisht by the N( York HrtM Com pany. Published by Arrangement.) ALEPPO. Syria. Short of the Cau casus, this is the central point in Armenian relief. Work in Constanti nople is chiefly administrative. This old city, now made new, is the most important railway Junction in the near east. Through it the far-scattered Armenian refugees are pouring to their homes, or to what used to be their homes. So this is a clear Ins house of tragedy. Aleppo, it will be recalled. Is the northernmost city of Syria. It lies Inland from the head of the Mediter ranean: its port is Alexandretta, and near by Is ancient Antioch, where the disciples were first called Christians. Countless historical and legendary in cidents are associated with this re gion, which since time beyond all rec ord was a highway for communica tion between east and west, north and south. Even the name carries a sugges tion of the remote past. In Arabic Aleppo is "Halep," or "White Cow," because tradition has it that Abra ham once dwelt here, in the castle which dominates the town, and benev olently milked his white cow every day for the benefit of the poor. Mr Interests Develop. In a life as long as that of Aleppo Hie Egyptian monuments of 2000 B. C. mention the city all sorts of inter ests have developed. The fact that most of the world's licorice root and most of its pistachio nuts are ex ported through Aleppo and grown nearby may not be generally known. Of wide lame is the "Aleppo button," a mysterious boil of unknown origin, which appears on the exposed sur face of the body, usually on the face. It runs its curious course for a year or two. despite all medication, and then leaves a scar like a vaccination mark, sometimes as big as a dollar. I have seen a cultured British lady with one of these "buttons" a-bloom on tlie'end of her nose. So seriously is the affliction regarded that Great Britain rebates a certain proportion of the terms of service of its repre sentatives In Aleppo. All the conquerors of the east have marched through Aleppo there are Hittite carvings inside the old castle and each lias left his trail of suf fering behind, but it is to be doubted if any caused worse misery than the Turco-Teutonio "deportation" of the Armenians during the war. These miserable victims from 'Asia Alinor poured through Aleppo on the way to the desert. Relief Made Official. Prior to the British conquest of Syria these Armenians were almost wholly dependent upon the bounty of Americans for succor. Consuls, missionaries and educators worked with splendid devotion and effi ciency. Since the arrival of the British re lief has been made official. 'Trans portation, shelter, food, clothing and medicine have been provided. Sixty thousand pounds a month have been gpent by the British government in relief measures. Army officers have the work in charge, and they have ystematically gathered up the refu gees and transported them to their old homes. In this work of repatria tion and rehabilitation they have done literally wonders. There is no starva tion anywhere in Syria today. Of poverty naturally there is plenty; it Is especially to his own homeland that the words of Jesus apply. "The poor ye have always with you." Dangerous destitution, however, has been over come. Iier-er-Zer and other depor tation centers have been completely evacuated. - In all this work the American re lief workers are taken into close and cordial co-operation by the British. 73'here is In Aleppo a great barracks where from six to ten thousand refu gees are kept pending distribution to their homes. This is provided by the British, who also furnish the food, but the administration is in the hands of the Americans, first of the Red Cross, and upon the letter's demobili sation, of the near eastern relief com mittee. . Spirit Is Broken. This particular refuge is an im pressfve picture of the plight of the Armenian departees. They have lived -tor years as hunted, hungry animals. -Their spirit is broken. Even here their home is but a spot on the earth en floor of the gloomy barracks. ,Their possessions are only what they can carry, and their clothes are rags. Literally for years they have been without facilities for cleanliness and sanitary living. The wonder is not that upward of a million have died and been killed but that any have survived. Now they simply sit around and wait. The men, said the relief workers, evade work, but the women ere of better spirit. Pastors told roe that interest in religion and even in the proepects of a new Armenia has slumped. These poor creatures are the Turk's handiwork, as fearsome as the onos whom he slew outright. v. nils 1 was present there was sjreat excitement over the arrest by the American Red Cross physician in charge of a Turk who had come seeking an Armenian girl. He car- tied a British passport to Mardin, -and. having accomplished so much, his audacity knew no bounds. He Tvas recognized by Armenians in the barracks as the late military gover Tor of Urfa. a ravagcr of girls and a Biurderer of Armenians. The American doctor, who has no Judicial or police authority whatever, held a formal trial and on the evi dence of 16 witnesses clapped the man in jail, where I saw him. Power ful influences had tried to secure his release, but the American, standing squarely on elemental justice, refused to let him go except to the highest Urltlsh authorities. That Yankee physician is the type who would set up gallows all over Turkey were they in places of responsibility, and by a Jew hundred, or a few thousand, tneritcd executions of red-handed murderers would establish law in the land. fullest Students AUt. There is a large unit of American relief workers in Aleppo, mostly young people; and their Qualities fill u visiting American with pride. These college girls and boys are "making Rood" with fine spirit and efficiency. They meet oriental conditions as "if to the manner born, and by char, acteristiu straightforwardness con Sound the guileful orientals. For there are all sorts of undeserving people who are trylns to "work" the relief agents. Many prosperous Armenians have insisted upon receiving a share tl alms, because the money was given n America for Armenians and they are Armenians! There is another element among the Armenians who are more Interested reprisals upon the Moslems than anything else; and they go in ac tively for the rescue of Armenian girls from Moslem homes. One girl. ike many, protested that she was not an Armenian, but a Turk, and work; a new boy who did not want to Place on Sale at Great Price Reductions a Every Suit, Coat and Dress in the Entire Stock This includes the very latest NEW YORK and PARIS CREATIONS of style, and the quality as fine as can be had. Elegant fur-trimmed SUITS and COATS, semi-tailored. Others with modish trim. Dresses, Velveteens, Chiffons, Pan Velvets, Tricotines, Serges and Satins. Princess Garments sold only at Gray's in Portland. One Lot Suits, Coats and Dresses, Carried Over Values $50 to $65. 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I happened upon one of the countless incidents of the day's had to be borne away to the Ameri can refuge by force. She refused to ; remove her veil, insisting that she i was a Moselm and always had been Moslem. "Whereupon one of the Armenian workers tore the woman's veil from her face, and spat into her face, calling her names the while Miss Quinn, the American girl in charge of the refuge, had one arm a bandage, but with the other she physically pushed that man out of the house, forbidding him ever to enter again, and giving him a sample of any American woman s contempt. Marriages Are Arranged. That same young American is a wonderful housemother for these Armenian girls- with their tragic stories and lifelong problems. She arranged the marriage of a number of them to Armenian soldiers in the French oriental legion. Life is not uninteresting for the girls out here. Home of the workers manage indus trial enterprises, such as knitting, embroidering, lace making and sew ing. 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