, 1874-07-15
THE FAMINE IN TURKEY.


Letter from I'm American Missionary.
From Tho B0ston Journai.
we hAvo received the following lotter written
by tue Rev. ]. .. uarrows, q missionary OF tLo
tnpse dss.noa IT, aey af IN woh he gyes
tan1il,o in that country. 1t is dated 1tarsovan,
Alay ~. Tho writer was on his way 10 STEAMBOAT
to attend the annual meetlug of tho mlssiouarios.
and as showing Que effect Of tho famine, states
tbat ho ha1 to pay twelve times as much for
feed Tor LIS horHo az lie usually has paid. Ho
nAys;, .-.-...
We hnvo lad our worst antlcipations Of tho
fanino more than realtzod. We first catno to
QUO OF our outatattons, where thoro wero yerv
few peoplo left. Formerly, aa We haye driven
up, to tho place, crowd would immediatoly
gatnef about our wagon, Professionals and others
Wkdl pnt now only @ one or two solitary individuals
Al right just %, from habit, they always
answer but then they won't on to toll in whit
condition they really were. QUO Of tho princi-
psl men Of tic v,ilage. Protestant. ono year
number OF cattle, sheep, and camcls; now Io
has remaining two or three oxen, Que or two
COWS. and three oamo's. 7 think he said that
seven sss !, o. t hls sheep wero alive, no bad sot
There is granasS in the village full Of Wheat.
but this Hod BY the owner,a rich mai, in Yozgat.
at most exorbltant price, and only for ready
money, no 90 What what can those poor yl!Iagers do3
outstations. Thore tho crops wero better tl,an
at tho former village. but tho brathron
arc mostly worry poor, and Inst fall, having
.,e,I no ready money With Which to add anything to
sne as s5ofen res, tGs the T,ne when the
both for themselves and their cattle, voro ex-
haustod, aud very great suffering would have
beou the result had not the preaeher by prom-
luing, to ! Pay himself. obtainod from Yozgat
left this village also, and others aro trying to get
away. These little Protestant communities 1ra
greatly weakenod; for the present, ali1oat
DfoKen up: we hope however, that bettor
haryests this Year will onabe largo part to got
=, "Bnt We came on to Yozgat, and here no ssv
tho famine in ita moro appalling aspects Tho
eisy Is hl,ed Tth hungry, emaolated, dying mon,
GSon Goa fr aa ontlaren Mary poor vager has
30 fur aa can learn. tho Protestant brethren
have done worry well In tho relief OF tic poor, but
wtsat a are they among 70 many1 The city has
been literally filled with tho poor villagers, who.
% soon q as tue roads were sufficiently opon to a.
10" them to move from sheir places OF oonfiuo-
ment and starvation, fled to the city hoping 10
get inorsol Of bread. They crowd around tho
public ovens and roach out their bony, blackened
hands,, crying piteously for something to ap-
peaae the raging Of terrible hunger. Mothers
with children at their bteasts, aud other littlo
ones clinging to their tatterad sklrts old men and
tho sok, unable to atand those that were strong
be loft to die. Oh, tie scone was too leartrend.
inS, aud begKars description.
"Ihe Mussu'mans through these famine
stricken roElona have done very little, and In
pis'9s n1in at a for the poor oven Of
E1!hoir houses, lock their doors, aud III tic
poor die III the streets. Many Of those who
pave grain arc In league with the local Goyern-
oHs and 80 they arc not compelled to sell. Such
y Hhe oase in Yozgat. In Cosarea the local ar-
hive done better.
i n one OF tho villages botwoen CoAarea and
Yd$at thorc Was one Protastant family. Dur
ng t4s sslonely winter their scauty stock Of pro-
siSsots ~ was exhausted, and, az no one in tho
village would ronder any assistance because they
<eg& g&proseatants, they attempted to get away.
hor has died. and the rest, Il living ara
BIT wretchod condition.
PIhls famine extends beyond Yozgat to An
CORA. aud III many places there is nothing loft to
.ubsst on but grass, aud tile wratchod inhab-
tants arc dying in large numbers. The Goyoru-
nent a. stamboul is talking ovor the mattor and
LONG something TO supply this want, but
,hnes Of this kind In Turkey move so slowly,
'hat few hungry moutha are really reached. Our
2l,tHtatlon OF Sungmrlu lies OH the road from
I fozgat to Angora, aud hers the suffering is be-
coming intense. Many Of the brethfen arc in great
'onId soil for little mouey, with which to got
'sead, and now they havo absolutely nothing
GIT. Thoy must beg or die: aud perhaps ii
hoy beg they will still did, When reachcd
kOAbAt tAo uIGLuI0ll tuaEG Wef0 Lying TO send
! little relief from their own scauty stores. +
lad two liraa ($60) contributed by kind friends
y Couatantinoplo, which I could giyo. But
laoao who hold the wheat in their hands demand
uoh exorbltaut prices that a fou dollars arc
oon expended, and then the poor arc loft again
Without broad.
Herc at Maraovan the pressure ia not 80 So
ere, though the city ID flooded with boggars
rom the City Ut Angora. Az We woro coming
lere wo found by the roadside two young men.
Is soon as they saw lib they camo to our wagon
egging for bread, and crying Just like two little
lildron. AtnrBt VIC offered them 4 ittis money
With which to get broad, but they refused it.
What is that to us2' they aaid. Give Us
read or we did, We found that wo had little
Oft tn our wagon md gave 1t to thcm.
II they aoizod 1t they sat right down
n tho ground In the road, and began to
at, taking no moro notice Of us or anything
round them. As they cralnmed the bread nta
aelr MONTHS they would oxclaiu, Allah, Allah,
'htah, ishtah '-'oh God, my appetite.' TAii
20 III Illustration of what appetite may become,
;hicA hope mAy never Witnoss again. Would
hat sonle who speud thousands In needloss lux
ries could 500 one such caae as this. Woul1
Int sone kind friends would put into my hn1,d
,onoy TO aaye from hiB creditors the poor
roaohor ut Jutirli, who has spant his al to kceP
Is aook from ataryatlon."
I0YenEo for u ThrGIlt Agft$nzt a DQRs