Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-04-11
RELIEF WORK PROGRESSING.
Great Good Already Done in Armenia but
More Funds Are Needed

Boston. April l0.-Frank II. WiggIn
Somerset street, has received the fol-
lowing from the treasurer of the inter-
national relief committee. CONSTANT
nople: The demand made upon us by
our relief centers is urgent IN the ex-
IRENE; and the more We examine into
the great calamity. the more extended
and dreadful the suffering appears
You have asked in regard to our
success in sending money into the in
terror. We have been very successful.
thus far. and have succeeded in over
coming every difficulty which has pre-
scented itself. An our remittances have
been fully acknowledged. and up to
this time not a single plaster has been
lost. or failed To reach its destination.
"Wh, reVer we can do so We pay
money upon drafts drawn by our rco-
pie IN the interior: where this is i'm
possible. We are obliged To- remit in
other y avs. ana in this case We have
arrangements hy which absolute
safety is assured
\ correspondent from Harpoot
writes: II think there will be no diff
Guilty il getting money tn those for
whom it is Intended. They throng
upon Us in crowds. We ought to have
So 600 additional at once. We have
already assisted some 60.eoo persons.
aud after a most careful wedding out
Iof those who can care for themselves.
The number increases. We can give
only a very small sum t. each individ-
Hal where there is such a multitude
Many come from places two or three
days quincy distant"
y correspondent from Erzroum
writes: "The relief work here is on Il
large scale. In this city we are now
supplying daily bread rations to nearly
io0o. y neat is given every Fortnight
Ia the villages Of the Erzroum plain.
About 1000 are thus helped, Large
quantities of clothing sent from Com
stantiuppie have been distributed here
and in the towns and villages through
ont III" provinces. over 1000 thick
Wadded quilts nave been manufactured
by women and girls Who are on our re-
lief rolls ana distributed,
extreme restitution, co-extensiVe
with tie bounds Of the province and
embracing at least half of the Arme-
Man population. exists, and over $4,000
cold. hungry. suffering men, women
and children lift united voice for help
thousands Of widows and orphans are
istil mourning the sad loss of husbands
land tfthers. and remnants of deci-
mated families. inmates Of plundereG
homes. relate tales of woe that are
heartre nding.
We are now assisting ?00oo
throughout the province. and this
numbe- must be gradually increased
to at least 10000. In no other way can
these people be kept alive. There is
! absolutely no hope that the present
condition of the Armenians will be
materially changed. unless indeed for
the verse until September, when the
harvest Will be garnered."
From Marash comes the following:
Last week we were helping 1000 peo-
pie iii Marash and three neighborin@
villages We give them, on an aver
age. ore and a half piasters a week.
We distribute. in addition to money,
clothing. shoes and bedding. Zeitoun
refugees have begun to come to Ma
rash. Our funds are inadequate for
this large undertaking and are nearly
exhausted"