New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-30
New-York. July d. 1885,
nor.prrtr. RELIEF WORK IN TURKEY

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FINDS FOR SUFFERERS OFTEN co AsTRAY-
prRroT DESTRUCTION ADVISABLE
T, the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir; cable dispatch from Constantnople APP
,,o,r, IN The Tribune OF to-day announcing that
s,,scrintl,n has been opened 10 raise fund for
~. relief 81 the sufferers OF last weeks eartn-
ouekes there The dispatch states that the sultan
has headed the fund with subscription OF LOW
Turkish pounds and tha, " Cambon. the French
Ar,h,ssodor has presented 800 from French SUD
scr ibers.
7, - ,erv doubtful whether the fund which IL 70
M raised will ever offer relief to the unfortu-
n,fe sufferers For q has become something OF
usual occurrence IN Turkey 10 raise luhuS Io' ''0
ro, ~ tho sufferers OF a disastrous fire. famine
or an e,rihquake which afierward Instead OF oeins
distributed 10 tho unfortunate sufferers go aS'rhS
,,1 are used for other purposes according TO me
discretion ~ the Turkish officials who have charee
~ the funds Cnsrs Of this nature are numerous
r, illustrate - the American public what he'"opS
sre employed by the Turkish Government IN using
such funds l shall relate an incident OF recent
occurrence
90, March . 1914 Malatia a town OF large popua-
.,o, ~, Armenia vas shocked by earthquake Sew
er,l %, IN. houses ruined and the remaining
structures were made unsafe for hapitauon. "a"S
lives wer~ lost. The Topulace fed 70 the anJaoe'
fields and plains and encnmp"d on the snow VIII
no, describe their suffering from the severe co'n
-,ts-l ,or IN. relief u me stricken people The
Armenian colony In America also fastened - s'h'
, sum A usual tho fund was headed by ne Sul.
IAN who subscribed f5'0 Let me adn Ins
she Sultaus subscribing sum 20 su'n n, .,,aiiy
., re~es sarilN mean that that sum Will hc'
h. yv.o rom his purse He often suhscrioes sums
f,r charitable lurpo-e- and Is prS'" 10 I'VE
,,.,,,,. ,, i,,, seldom l. The money given, WHOM
iac, the press docs not mention sf'grws s,h omnss
.hor, space 81 time about 'Sp az de appI has
n greater significance In Turkey than IN ln.S
~,tnirv not cen, was distributed 70 ne DIS
~, lac, II 90 ,yer. distributed but in most
lnqulious manner The Christians rec'ivep ho.n ns'
Il was distributed exclusively 20 thr MahvIl'n,,t
while the fund was raised cherry by w. SUI
s.ri,,llns 81 tho Armenians. and the number or
Armenian sufferers exceeded that 81 me Mahorne me.
,ans And what became Of the remaining t'"p
a rrv mosque FOR the Moslews. which receiver
,he name II the sultan This ended me natter
vol that Ufe-im,rsonm"nt was the penalty ior
such an orence- hat s. for protesting against an
r,Ae.i The recent earthquakes in Constantinople
AMI IN. nrgboring cities must have brought thou
sands ~ mon. women and children 10 utt"I 'sss
ton AMI misery. and mad" urgent h"eI OF tSSlS'
anc. IL Is pleasing 10 see that the French ana
british AmbaseaAors In Constannople hnvs D,n
m,ncsnF , TrsT % 9ru. %'' their money in
he hands u the Turkish officials IL Is matter %,
painful doubt whether the miserable sufferers VIII
.ver receive any fraction OF II. The best way for
tho foreign Amba adors 10 MAKE ther Kli's rracn
,he distressed peop.e IL 10 distribute the donations
directly 10y their own agents. IL ~ ot no use 20
lntrust their money % the Turkish Government
which has never learned 20 give. but ever u take
r. il 20 be hopel that the Americans also VIII
mt be less br'TF Tpench ana Win heir innate GEN
crosby will extend kind hand or assurance 20
their oriental brethren. which assistant may refch
its destination directly through the Amei'ca,' ,'e
CATION at Cons:1ntlnople a. r. v
New York. July ls lN'