The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-27
.American Aid n Turkcv.

just now. when Turkey is so much
IN the public eye. what Americans
nave done for the empire is of much
interest. United States Consul Gener.
al q. Bic Ravndal. a native Of Nor.
way. who has been fourteen years III
the consular service, talked entertain.
ingly Of the work American mission.
aries have done and are doing in the
land of the sultan.
incidentally. l want to add M,
voice to h appeal that is being made
for contributions to the Red Cross
fund" said Mr.. Ravndal. by way OF
preface. The American nation car
40 no nobler work Just now than to
help in the work of relieving the
stricken families in Turkey. Cholera
has added its horrors to the distress
resulting from the war. 1t is impos-
sible to picture the awful conditions in
Turkey.
ut is gratifying to Americans to
know that the American missionary
has been among the foremost in
spreading christianity and civilization
IN the near east" continued Mr.. Ravn-
dal. American missionaries have
rendered invaluable services to the
countries of the near east. not only
along missionary lines. but in intro
duclng economic improvements. Tur-
Key owes to America the potato, the
hrst telegraph instrument. the cotton
gln' the exploitation of the hair OF
the Angora goat, agricultural and
milling machinery. The American
in Turkey, have had to be all things
to all NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., mechanics.
saving banks, and legal advisers. l
once saw an American missionary,
who recently died in Sidon-the Rev.
DR.. Samuel Jessup-within an hour
converse with a native mule driver
and hand him a copy Of the new
testament, produce from his pocket
plaster for a wounded hand, repair a
badly damaged music organ, and ad-
wise some tillers Of the soil regarding
machinery for crushing olives.
The American missionaries created
the lace industry in Turkey. which
has become a national asset. This
year the expectation Of Turkish cot
ton lace to America will moun to
about 100000: as against half OF
ing schools have been started in
Turkey by American missionaries. SO
also model experimental farms. AT
Robert College in Constantinople
there is an ~up-to-date engineering
school-,he only one in Turkey-and
at the Syrian Protestant college in
Beirut, there is a school Of commerce
lAdl is Dy lar the pest OF It's KIND In
the Ottoman empire. In Constantine
ople also is published the only Amer.
lean newspaper in the Levant. 1t is
called the Orient. On the Bosporus
are going up great buildings intended
for the American College for Girls
which soon Is to be transferred from
Scutari.
There are nine American societies
working in the Turkish empire. in
Guiding Syria. carrying on educationaI
phtlanthropic. and general missionary
work. The total number of American
workers supported by these societies
is about $50. and they have associated
with them a force Of educated native
helpers numbering about $3.50. The
educational part of the work sustained
BY these societies embraces ten col.
leges. with 1850 students. and eleven
theological schools and classes. with
173 pupils. But the school system in.
cludes high schools. schools Of indus.
trial training, primary village schools
and kindergartens. which bring up the
total to $40 institutions. enrolling over
10000 pupils"