The times., 1898-02-23
RELIEF FOR ARMENIASS.
Noble Work to Aid the Children of
Martyred Parents.

The horror with which all Christendom
contemplates the fiendish atrocities oi
Spain cannot divert the attention of hui
name. God-fearing people from the sur
ferings of the Armenians at the hands oil
their Turkish oppressors. The practices
pursued by both nations in the accom-
piishment of their barbarous purposes are
/ substantially the same and equally aO-
horrent and the universal sympathy feli
for the poor prosecuted Armenians has
taken practical form in extending nnan-
| cial aid to the unfortunate people.
The national Armenian relief commit
tee has just issued an interesting and
! comprehensive report giving the latest in
! formation at their command from Tur-
! key This information is embodied in
communications received by the commit
| tee from American missionaries dipio-
mats and Christian workers OF all de-
| nominations now on the ground, ana
1 clearly indicates the necessity for prompt
/ and liberal contributions to the Armen-
ian relief fund. that there may he no ces-
sation of the work now being carried on.
| Mr. w w Peet treasurer of the Amer
! lean missions in Turkey, writes:
Don't relax your efforts. 1t simply
wont do to let this matter drop. In some
way we must carry our children through,
or the latter end of this relief Will be
worse than the first. There are now at
least $3.50 children in the care of the mis-
sionaries and many more are in need of
care. The future of only 1000 is provided
for b. pledges. They should be kept for
FIVE years. We simply can't ignore the
situation. The ability to meet the needs
OF these orphans is the one thing that has
supported the missionaries through the
trying times following the massacres.
This is surely humanitarian appeal to
which people of all creeds and of no
creed should respond.
The orphan homes at Harpoot are un-
der the efficient management of Mrs.
Mary +. Barnum, who cites numerous in
stances of the results of Turkish out
RACES that have come under her immedi-
ate notice, and of which the following
may be taken as a fair example:
"In one of the homes is a young girl
with a SCARED face Her parents were
both killed and she received a cut across
her nose She held the parts together as
she fed to the house of q Turkish neigh
-bor. and the wound has healed. One lit
tie boy of six has misshapen head be-
cause part of the skull was cut off
with a sword. He is a dear little fellow.
Another boy was wounded in two places
on his head, and his left hand is disabled.
Many of the parents were killed. others
died from want, fear and suffering after
the massacres. and the children were left
destitute. Some have mothers who are
barely able to keep themselves alive by
begging. work is not to be found. In
a few cases the mothers have married
again. but the step-father has been I'M
able or unwilling to care for her children
too
All communications received by the
committee from Turkey prove conclusive
ly that the Turkish policy toward the Ar
menians is that of wholesale murder with
the amiable desire of exterminating the
race. and in the opinion of well-in-
formed writer. it is apparent that ''Tur-
key will never organize practical re-
forms. Not all the powers of Europe can
force them on her. She doesn't know how
to reform. is quite content to remain as
she is, hates all innovations, even when
they come in the shape of improve
ments."
The national Armenian relief committee
is now the only organization in this
country raising funds to save some of the
50$00 helpless Armenian children or
phaned by the massacres and, except for
the efforts of this committee, about 1000
of these poor, homeless. friendless chill
dren would have been cast out again into