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TflK GAZKTTK-T1MKS, IU-Tl'XKU. OHlON, Tl!f':si)A Y, SFJT. n i:21. vc,v, sr. J.J. HAHDSAKERWR1TES Of NEAR EAST RELIEF -ll.i.'l lllamr Taraa, I'Uj Tkt," Are Word ( Admiral Biialol, Part; Lravra I oaalaatlaupv fur I'aucaauaw Mure Mossey Mcwalea to Carry oa Work. On the Black Eea, Auguat 1, 1JJ1. To the Editor: "Don't blame thuae people, pity them. help them." These worua of Admiral Bristol ring In my ears as we leave Constantinople for the Caucasus after a wutik spoilt In and near Constant! nople, studying; the work done by Am ericans who are attempting to heal this "open aore of the world." 1 have seen poverty, so called, at home and 1 saw poverty of what J thought an extreme type during my resldonce In Kingston, Jamaica, but suffering here Is so wide-spread. Is caused by such vast movements of great peoples. Is so picturesque If you dare apply such a term to poverty Constantinople Is a regular Bargossa Sea where the flotsam and Jetsam of the seven seas Is gathered, not In In dividual cases as In other cities, nor by ship loads, but by fleets and almost by nations. Oppressor and oppressed. capitalist and communist. Christian, Mohammedan, Jew and pagan are one l their distress. 1 saw a Petrograd millionaire, now a Near East stenographer, gratefully working for a pittance keeping soul and body together. Incidentally, 1 may say his work was most carefully and painstakingly done. A general of the Csar's army Is a watchman at the personnel house of Near East Relief and the friends of Mr. and Mrs. Burt of Uend may know that she and others are guarded by this man who takes his duties as seriously as when he com manded thousands of men. These are but the commonplacea These are the fortunate ones. They ask and need no pity for they have what everybody In Constantinople seems to want and few can find, a Job. If hitherto virtu ous women are selling their bodies foi a pittance openly on the street In many cases. It is the only alternative to starvation tor themselves and loved ones. Many In Oregon will remember Mrs. II. 8. M. Ernerlch who visited Portland In 1918 at the time of the first Armen ian campaign. I spent two mornings with her In Investigating cases of need In the Armenian and Chaldean sections of the city. To my unpractlced eye, every case presented was worthy of Immediate1 and generous relief, but the care with which only the most deserving and the most desperately needy were sifted out would give pointers to welfare workers at home. In true Oriental style we were blessed by those who were to be helped and Mrs. Ernerlch explained that we were compared In beauty to the sun, moon and stars (to the .great de-j trlinent of those luminaries) and that we and our children would live for thousands of years If their prayers; were answered. Well, If somebody' brought life to you, you might be ex-' cuspd for being over-enthusiastic. Mrs. Emerlrh'a work Is confined ex-j cluslvely to children or to widows with more than one child under H. Tou have to draw the line somewhere. Those who remember Mrs. Ernerlch will know that she occasionally transgress ed the rule. I was about to say fre quently, but the amount of money at her disposal does not permit that. Still when a soldier with hands so deformed that he eouldd o no work and a "ho mnl," porter, In need of an operation wne In the line, he f.irgot the rules and gave them the cherished bits of paper. "I sums the Lord will send the money S'.rne way," she s.-ild. To uOlji) uf thu city',, hungry chiklien Mis. Kmoiiih Is giving, in u,a i,ame of America, two cans of milk per month and two loaves of bread per week. Ite cently Jnu of these children were weighed and all but 15 were found to be from five to fifteen pounds under weight. The question she asked me and which I refused to answer but one which she must answer la whether to go on feeding In this way 6000 under nourished children or to concentrate on half the number and let the rest die. o (u reuuinK mis ouuu miles away, I the alternative rouses a certain emo-1 lion, I know. It's different when you ; see the kiddles and see how attractive 1 they are. Perhaps I'll not be giving away any secrets If I quote Mrs. Ernerlch who calls the rule limiting her work to chil dren and widows with two or more children a "miserable affair." Bha told me of men who had committed suicide after month's of vain efTort to find work hoping their families would be helped if they were gone. "It's a necessary rule," says our director here. "You have to draw the Una somewhere." I think Admiral Bristol's words can well apply to our relief workers, "Don't blame them, pity them, help them." They are donlg much, they could do so much more with greater resources. I am writing this en route to the Cau casus.' Cuptaln Eckman of the U. 8. Army. Hegulatlng Officer for the Near East Relief at liatoum. has been giving us suggestions as to how we are to act while In the Soviet government and of the reception we may expect "Because America has established such a record for generous, unselfish dealing In the Near East you will De welcome by the Soviets. I doubt If a party of this slie from any other coun try In the world would be allowed to land," said Captain Eckman. We go at once to Tiais, a city of a million population without banks or restaurants, where the ruble, normally worth 60c was sellnlg a few days ago at ir,o,000 for II, and a few weeks ago for 60,000 for $1. The total output of the mint per day Is 80,000,000 rubles and one day a week the N E. R. sends a crew of men to take over the entire output For once in my life I'm going to be a millionaire Unless the presence of our party sends up the price of ru bles and Captain Eckman says It Is al most certain to do it, 17.00 will put me In the class of John D.I! I can poke fun at Tlflis now, but If It affects me like Constantinople did I won't do It when I leave We shall not be there long enough to discern wheth er their experiment Is the birthplace of a new civilisation or whether It la a vain revolt against what Is true In the very nature of things. That Is not our Job, anyway. We are here to carry out the request of many at home to learn the actual conditions as they af fect relief work. So far I've found no better words than those of Admiral Bristol, "Don't blame them, pity them." J. J. HANDSAKER. C. 11 Krwln was In the city Tuesday nf property that hl M!'!ten may be TV.ut'h nc. era! ar p.vls nt wheat on business. He reports that returns I'Hale'I fPse to good h- MmjIs. are iAy E'-ir.z -'jt fm-n the ware- wero very Ratliifnrtory on the farm out huuies arid elevat ,r! at I'lr.e, Jordan otith of Inn this season. He flnlhh- .stutt liithway Coli.:i.;lner W. II. and MrVar.t, there Is at present close ed his threshing early, got his grain hurralt ami family have returned from to Zi j,f-0 bushels In at'.ratra at the.e 'o market and disposed of It promptly, their summer's vacation, spent at Port- three points, arsrl It is comirfr at the lie Is moving with his family to Walla land and the seashore They drove in rate of several th'.naml bushels per Walla, where he experts to buy a piece flora Portland over the hUhway. dav lone Independent j 1 1 m 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 u n 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 j 1 1 w i m 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 u 1 1 1 1 1 1 : 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 n 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 m 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 n 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Era Maa Develops New Variety Melon. Ora Young has developed a new var iety of muskmelon after three years experimenting with crossing breeds, and the finished product Is one which will mnke a hit with melon lovers. 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