Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-03-25
w atertoWn Leads.

Ihe following letter, received by Rev.
y. Z. Weiss from Rev. D. A Richard
son, assistant secretary of the Armen-
ian Relief committee of Chicago. is
self-ex planatory:
CHICAGO, March II, 1S98-Dear Brother Weiss.
Yours with enclosure of check for S3 25 came
duly TO hand yesterday, [ do think that Wa
tert0Wn has done we'll in proportion TO IFS
popuIatlon; ana think its contribution is the
largest we nave received from any one place
Our work is going on well Over AZ 06N hos
been raised, and SI0O more are in sight En-
closed l send you report OF what is baino
uon0 WITH oolde VI Ihe money. Yours truly
ID. A. RICHARDSON
Following is a portion of the report
alluded to in the letter. The work of
relief in Turkey is in the hands ofC. F
Gates, president of Harpoot college:
HARPooT, February ], 1896-We are spend
ing q good deal Of money here for relief
! treasurer, sends an occasional financial state.
ment, but you have a right to demand from
us something more general, which shall set
1Qriu IllG needs OF th9 district in justification
OF these large expenditures.
Toi5ay nothing of Diarbekir and its VILLAGES
there are IN tGe seven other districts about
two hundred villages inhabited by ChristienS
some OF them large, which have been raw
aged, and which look to us for relief Tba.o
are hundred thousand persons in the towns
ana villages Tor WhIch we have special care
who are actually needy and suffering Turk
lsh Official relief is without system and q farce
as IS also the restoration of stolen nr0nartV
NOBODY VINO is not actually in the midst of
IL can nave any comprehension of the extent
or the deSolatIOn about us, and of the derree
of suffering endured. Every place is re-
CURED to prepare careful list of the most
needy, giving the number :of adults. and Of
GnlluIen under ten years of age in each fam
lily. ThIS list ls submitted to q central oon1
m1ttee of nine or ten of our most reIia hIe and
sbarpest business men, for their careful scru
tiny, ANY person whom they find uDOn this
list, VINO is able to squeeze through the win
ter without starving, is stricken from the
list 70 as many as possible of the needy
work is furnished both to men and women IN
the city, in order that they NAV provide
themselves with bread. Daily rations of
bread, amounting to two cents for adults
and one cent for children are given to more
than sixteen hundred in the city, mostly re-
fugees.
We have had DO assistance from the govern.
ment, and fortunately, no active opposition
The government has urged that the work
should be done through mixed commission
two Moslems and two Christians-but this
oeslqes oelng very unsafe land wasteful
would tie our hands and delay the work in
every direction. We have appointed GOOD
Armenian committees in every place. hit in
some places, like Palu, Choonkoosh and Mala-
ia, they nave been afraid to touch the
money Ine committee in Malatia are begin
nnlng to work in quiet way.
This work which has been providentiauv
thrown upon US, is very laborious and very
exnaustlng. Ihe money which is sent To ia
we regard as sacred trust, and we use greaf
care IN It's administration. / can saw that
our treasurer Is more careful think. in it's
use, than he is of his own money