Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-11-12
FOR RELIEF OF ARMENIANS
An Affecting Appeal to the Wo-
men of America.
ISSUED FROM CITY OF NEW YORK
Turkey Permeated by Horri-
N.5e BILE Blight.


Armenian Relief Association, Mail
and Express Building, New York City;
10 the Women of America: Some
animal life produces devastation and
some vegetable life produces poison,
and II is a necessity in the economy OF
nature that there shall also be other
forms of life which shall counter
influence these and produce what vie
call physical equilibrium. Moral laws
run parallel on higher plane. Who
shall say that the condition oil untold
and unreliable moral 4eprosy which
permeates the land OF Turkey to. day
in a state of epidemic excitement is
not at this moment casting blight
OF contamination over the whole world
The Institution of home is recog-
nized by all civilized people to he
Fundamental. essential and holy.
Motherhood is hold sacred by nations
ia direct ratio TO the exaltation OF
their moral standards.
Ii had voice which could reach
into the heart Of every American
woman, would speak aloud and call
thom to come and gather upon the
brow of tho hill of this fair, free land
of ours, while our fathers and brothers
and sons are attending TO political mat
ters.
. would call them to stand and look
with me upon a mighty onslaught
which is being made in the light of
day upon the institution Of home--an
onslaught which is being made with
fixed purpose to annibilate that insti-
tuition, to blot it from the face of an
entire country. / would call them to
turn their eyes away from their chill
dren, their young babies and their
maiuens for they are safe in our land,
and to set them upon the records OF
history which show that for 500 years
the Armenian people have been suffer
ing all humiliation, and bearing all
burdens, and serving in all service.
and enduring all privations, for the
sake of their homes. with great
courage. with an astonishing tenacity
to their mighty faith in God which
: they have hold fast as an entire people,
generation after generation.
Those Armenian mothers, in an
atmosphere of jndeseribable moral con-
tagion, have walked 10 queenly before
their children, and have taught their
SONS after SO womanly fashion, that
those sons have come up to manhood
and have gone out into the unclean
world about them to hear a language
full of nameless vieness, and TO face
every temptation which the enemy OF
decency could put before them; they
have gone out from before their
mothers face to be met by brihes of
wealth and Office il they would enter
into poiigamy ana they have refused.
And now, to-day, it is sworn in the
name of murderer and thief that
these Armenian people shall te ex-
terminated, because they have refused.
Our fathers and brothers and sons
would get up from their gold and silver
catechisms with great noise and they
would fight hard fight if an enemy
were coming to break down our doors
and hurt us.
They would not go with open palms
and plead in Diplomatic phrases about
palliation and amelioration and con-
cessions. These same fathers and broth
ors and sons may hear us il we go to them
and talk little about the women of
Armenia who are doomed, with their
doomed homes and their little children,
il the women of America do not do
something about it and that quickly.
Europe is playing child's game of
soap bubbles with the life blood OF u
nation.
The Christian church is summoned
before the tribunal of the Christless
world and stands accused of rank
hypocrisy and of unfaithfulness TO her
own, moro cruel than the cruelty of
wild beasts, unless abe does the utmost
possible to secure deliverance and pro-
lection to her 1efepceless children in
Turkey.
If the records of this generation are
not TO be written in one great stain of
blood, to shame tho generations of
future days, We must arouse from our
indifference and put away the things
which kill our time and stupefy our
reason, and befog our recognition OF
Justice; we must gather money out of
what seems possible and out of what
doesn't seem possible; and we must
Rond it to feed and cover and protect
the Armenian people; we must give to
the uttermost and without delay, for
the honor of our kind and for the
saving of the day, that disgrace be not
fixed upon us forever in the distruc-
tion of helpless but noble people
which We might have saved.
1t is useless to discuss the RESPONSE
bility of governments. But we can got
influential men to write letters to
Secretary Olney and to the President;
and we can get women's clubs, both
political and otherwise, to pass and
Read in resolutions to influence our
government TO proifer her support to
England il England will take the
initiative and go forward for the pro-
lection of the Christians Of Turkey.
We can go to the woman who is a
friend and say "Oh! my friend
i Listen! There is woman who has
little children she lives in desolate
country: an enemy is preparing to
destroy her and her children and her
home!, She has q father and hus-
band and son, but thoir hands are
hmpty; they have been robbed of every
Etii}d of weapon; and they are full OF
o. p, 'terness because they love the woman.
ilease help me and we will send money
10 save her ~
Money for this purpose should be
sent to Charles II. Stout treasurer oi
sne Armenian Relief Association,
SSatlonal Bank of the Republic, No.
Wall street, New York City. And
any who wish to correspond upon the
subject sus may address me at room No.
So9' So9' Mail and Express Building, No.
10 hroadway, New York City. II
uonds Of service, am very faithful,
'ouEs, Williamina Il. Armstrong.
,,at. s;-When sending money please
''a'o TO the treasurer "E'aS th'