The Indianapolis journal., 1895-08-25
STARVING AND NAKED
ARMENIANs STILL SUFFERING FROM
THE CRuELTIEs OF THE TURK.
Thousands Are Homeless and Living
on Greens and Leaves Of Trees
DR.. KimbaII Appeals for Aid.

NEW YORK. Aug. 2I-There are still
great suffering and danger OF widespread
famine among the Armenians who live in
the SassouE, the district in which the Turks
committed their atrocities several months
ago. DR.. A. Ayrazian the secretary OF the
committee which was recently formed IN
this city to work with the English relief
committee. has received the following urg
ent appeal from DIR. Grace ~. Kinball. an
American missionary now working among
the Armenians:
Van. Turkey. July %. 1895.
Dear Slr-My plan is 10 give work the
people, instead OF gratuitous aid, and Il
works finely--too well. alas, for the cash /
exaggerate If / tried. | have been simply
amazed at the horrible state of the people
is simply no limit TO the misery. and thou
sands of liras are needed 10 barely Keep
the people from starvation; and when cold
weather sets in, the Lord have mercy on
them. Every person aided is required TO
bring certificate or need from a reliable
source, but the number is so great that hun
dreds have been sent away empty handed.
some of them weak and sick from hunger,
and ragged almost to indecency- / have -ss
persons on my working list. who represent
about abe iiOS souls with pay roll OF about bout
ton and wool and have it washed carded,
spun and woven into cloth by the people
VINO are aiEt3uy ShlileQ IN SuCn WOlh Inc
product could be sold to the poor at a dls-
count if anyone had any money with which
TO buy, but they simply haven't. Once the
for cetbne viii % be 'n and If Me
can only afford II, every stitch could we'll
be given away
such is the industrial relief work which
finds itself we'll nigh bankrupt already. The
distress Is unparalleled. l hope and pray
that help may come. If it does not. may 1
not be here to see the onset of winter"
Mr. Graves the English consul ErZe-
roum. writes the following to Sir Philip
Currie, the English ambassador at Constan-
tinople. under the date of July is. 1895:
Il am informed there is much sickness.
including smallpox. among the returned ref
ugees, and that the still unhealed wounds
of many of them are in very bad state
from the heat. In this connection / have
the honor to transmit copies of an extract
from a private letter from Moush. dated
June a. Which gives h paInf% account n, nanie OF
whose condition is far worse than that of
the other Sassounlis, both because they are
more exposed TO the attacks of the kurds,
enable them to plow and sow for this years
summer crops. This letter Is of special in
in se SO 6ar as 1t f gsss dene es to
be provided for, and of the daily cost or
supplying them with rations of bread. The
letter from Moush says. in part:
'TalvOrig was composed Of a number OF
villages of which thirteen are now abso-
lutely in ruins. No inhabitants remain, no
buildings, not SO MUCH aS OIL Oh tlmper.
The former inhabitants are wanderers; last
winter they took refuge in Psants district.
which comprises more than thirty villages
containing from 20 to $50 houses each. while
some of them were scattered about Diar-
bekir At the beginning of spring oppres-
sions began at the hands or the nomad
Kurds and others, and the villagers then
decided that it was best to return to their
former homes There are about $50 of these
houseless wanderers now living in the woods
and mountains, in caves and hollow trees.
half naked, and some. indeed, entirely with
out covering for their nakedness. Bread
they have not tasted for months, and cur
died milk they only dream of, living, as
they do upon green's and the leaves OF
trees Living on such food, they have be-
come sckly, their skins have turned yellow,
their strength is gone. their bodies are swoi-
len and fever is rife among them. L do not
know what to suggest. There are more
than 5000 of these Sassoun people destitute
and hungry.
Mr.. Spencer Trask is the treasurer of the
New York relief committee. and contribu-
tions may be sent to his Office at q Pine
street.