The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-07
Number
Total massacred in seventy-hve

Total massacred in seventy-five
years OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES fl,O0O
THE table makes no account of massa-
ores with less than 10000 victims, nor of
the hundreds who are more quietly put out
of the way in ordinary times One hun
dred thousand have been slaughtered I'M
der the present Sultan Abdul Hamid H.
whose Armenian victims alone exceed all
who persisted in the ten great persecu-
tons of the early Christians under the
heather emperors of Rome"
From Lev Bergholz, United States con-
sui at Erzeroum, the report quotes the
following Il want to make an appeal
through you, on behalf of the orphans by
the massacres of last year. conservative
estimate places the number at $4,000 Think
of $4,000 children-and in most cases With
out a male relative in the world-thousands
so young and helpless that of necessity
they must die. but thousands that can and
should be saved
The work of saving these orphans is one
in which the committee is especially inter-
eSted. The report says; me le sue "
thousands is entirely practicable Inc OF
phan work is under the special protection
or foreign governments, because II Is Cal
ried on unaer the personal supervision oL
the missionaries ana european cohsul .
In case of further outbreaks, Whlch II Is
hoped will not occur, the children would
be safe on the premises or the MISSION
aries where TOR the most part they are
cared for. ..a.. while q less
amount cas- low as 81 month in some sec
tions), has sufficed to barely save Vel
lives, $25 will now take one on tIteHe 80 i've
starving children from the streets anu 6LVe
il food. clothing and instruction In CnIls-
tian home ana school Tor Wiiole yeaiii
There are upward OF 50,OOO ofpndnas, et ~
the money thus far given mas PROVIDED Tor
onIv about 1000 or one in twenty-five LOT
the first year. The greatest care ~, - ro@St
in selecting only those VINO are elte nrnJn
balnless and at the same time most PROM
ising, of course, this orphan feature sa ~
the relief work at least, must 20 olt q tbese
wears longer for we cannot TN ueI G f3o
lender children back into the Iate lloiii
which we have snatched them. "a. ~
Money intended to reach ana oeI naae he he
bandad To Armenians or others VINO CLAIM
tn he featuring for the cause, put sIouiu
always be sent direct TO the dp,D}Iv send a
receint There is no objection 10 sNlhs
nroperly accredited individuals an opPol
tunity to speak, or TO reas I9nrod INT thev
safe them for services rendered. pus my my
should neither ask, nor be asked, 10 manure
the money intended for the sufferers.
"HaIf a million dollars from America anu
10 roe ei,ms from England and Europe have
aIreadv heen expended in various forms OF
relief such as the distribution OF 1000 anu
clothing TO the actually starving, SendlnS
nhvsicians and medicines to regions SInllten
with pestilence establishing ihuuStridl
bureaus where the people gladIy make
cloth and clothing from raw cotton ana
wool which is furnished them, providing
Tools for artisans and implements and cat
lie for farmers, aid in rebuilding their
mined homes establishing orphanages ana
sredeeming girls from the hands OF MoSlems
who had carried them captive. BY these
means tens of thousands have been saved
from death by starvation or exposure, and
partially aided to get on their feet. At least
two hundred thousand have been helped.
1.-TWO hundred and forty thousand dol
lars about half of the total amount Sent
from America, has been raised directly by
the National Armenian Relief Committee
agency continuing the work, temporary To-
cal committees and newspaper funds hay-
ing ceased. The total expenses of the COM
mittee for office, postage numerous meet
ingS throughout the country and for the
printing and distribution of over three
kinds, amount to less than per cent. of the
total amount 1T has raised, nearly SO per
cent. having gone directly 20 the sufferers.
The report arraigns Mr.. Cleveland's East
efn policy as follows: Sc far from having
done anything in the interests of common
year and a half to pass without securing a
cent of indemnity or the arrest of a single
offender in connection with the Harpoot
and Marash outrages, where over fifteen
honored American missionaries had their
homes bombarded and plundered and de-
stroyed by the Turkish soldiers and mob at
loss OF 100000 and great personal peril
and insult"
The whole report is interesting. Copies of
II may be obtained of the Rev, +. D.
Greene, Andover. Mass. All funds should be
sent TO Brown Bros. & Co.. bankers, No. SO
Wall street New York city who are the
only authorized treasurers of the National
Armenian Relief Committee