The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-12-31
scriptions.

this noon with attendance at LheellHS
in the interest OF the ArmenlanS or
America to protest against the Turkish
outrages. Mayor Curtis was unable to
be present, and Mayor-elect Josiah pre-
sided. He said that the Government at
Washington was unanimous in the
opinion that something should be done,
and thought that anything in the way
OF Offering subscriptions that could be
done at this time should be done with
out delay. He then introduced Miss
Clara Barton of Washington, an officer
Of the Red Cross, who addressed the
meeting. Miss Barton said, in part:
Three weeks ago l had no idea of
being called in any way to this work.
l had read, like others, of the dreadful
| things that were going on, but it had
never occurred to me that L or my asso-
ciates could be of the least use. l was
almost startled, if | may be permitted
to say so, at the request. 1t looked like
a doubtful undertaking, but L replied
as l could only reply that two condi-
| tions must be complied with before we
could attempt the undertaking. The
first was that the call should be unani-
nous from the country, and that being
settled she said, we must then know
that the country that asked US to go
and take this relief would give us the
funds to take. We could not carry on
the relief if they did not They must
assure us that they had what they
asked US to carry, and we must be as
sured that there were enough of it to
make the mission respectable.
The last question appears to be the
l.
been assured that funds are ready. We
were asked what funds we thought
would be needed. We referred the
question back to those who asked it, to
the people of your city, and asked how
much they thought we would need.
| They made the statement which has
| doubtless been made to you 1t is suffi-
cient to say that the estimate was
! theirs. We acceded to it, and have said
| from that time to this that whenever
| we received the unanimous request of
| the people of the United States, backed
by this sum, we have no option left
''The Red Cross never" Miss Barton
! said, asked for cent. We have carried
that organization now over twelve
years We have carried it through some
! sixteen or seventeen fields of relief or
national disaster; fields too great for To-
cal aid, and we have never yet said to
any living person that we wanted one
dollar or one pound. Gentlemen, 1 think
1t may become me to say just here that
we never shall.
1--WE have always taken the field: we
have always had of our supplies suffi-
cient to do some good work when we got
there. The people have understood
when we went on the work that we
meant work; that we meant help; that
we meant relief, and they will have de-
| sired 10 get their gifts and relief to
that field. have asked US to take their
funds, their boxes, their barrels or
whatever they had to send and to do
the best with it. We have done so. In
! looking over it, all I can say is that we
have in every case done the best we
knew. Whatever occurs, whatever may
happen, the Red Cross in view of what
it is, and what it has done, will sleep
well at the end. (Applause)
Miss Barton then told how the Red
! Cross came to be organized in this
country. America did not become a
member until thirty-two Governments
had joined. She became a member in
1882 Turkey joined in 1864. She made
but one condition, that as her people
had been educated to fight the cross,
and would cause trouble if that symbol
were used the Red Crescent should be
substituted in Turkey. This was ac-
ceded to, and to-day the Turkish mill
tary hospital flag is a red crescent.
The society has no knowledge that
Turkey has changed her attitude
| toward the society" said Miss Barton.
! '"The Red Cross knows no race,no creed,
no nationality; it's care is humanity. 1t
would do for wounded Turk as quick
| ly as a wounded Armenian, and this I
say without any intention of wounding
the sensibilities of any Armenian pres
ent. I went through the front of the
civil war here, and never once did I
knowingly step over a soldier in gray
who needed help to succor a soldier in
| blue. l do not say that / even think we
can enter Turkey; I only hope so. We
can knock at her doors, proffer aid, and
I believe that we will be given permis-
sion to enter; that is all"
Resolutions were adopted by the
meeting providing for the appointment
of thirty to inaugurate a plan for OBJ
tanning subscriptions throughout the
city, and the cooperation of Govern
orS, city officials and citizens generally
throughout New England were re-
quested to aid in the work. The Chair
appointed thirty prominent business
men as the committee, with Jonathan
A Lane, who presented the resolutions,
as Chairman.
G. H. Pullman, a member of the Red
Cross Society, declared that if the Red
Cross went to Turkey on this mission
to Armenians it must go unhampered
by any conditions attached to the
funds. He said that 100000 had been
in the hands of the society.
Other addresses were made by Mr.
Lane, Eor. Robert Treat Paine ard
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe in support of the
movement to raise funds for the support
of the Red Cross work in Turkey Mrs.
Howe's address was a most impas-
stoned plea for civilization, for
Christendom, to repress the Turk and
put an end to the massacre of Armeni-
ans.
DYING FROM EXPOSURE.
LONDON, Dec. 30-The Daily News
will tomorrow publish an address from
its Constantinople correspondent say
ing that the Turkish soldiers who were
investing Zeitoun were suffering terri