The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-06
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scenes were perhaps at ST. Stephano.
This station is on the railway between
the Tclatalla lines and Constantinople.
1t became / sort of receiving station
for the sick. Cholera prevailed,
though I think much what was called
cholera was not true cholera.
These sick men We're taken off the
train at st. Stephano in order not to
bring contag ion into the city, but
pains were not taken to see that ar
engagements We're made for caring for
them. Sick men, wounded men who
We're also sick. and dead men lay
around up IL the ground without
shelter. II e dead We're not buried.
often a sick man was found with his
head pilloWed upon a dead man. The
sick were c; lling for water. 1t was a
sicHening Sc enc. and many were fraid
to help the BE sufferers from fear Of
contagion, md man knew nothing
about the sad conditions prevailing
there.
The Amer lean Red Cross discovered
this plague spot through Mr.. Hoffman
Philip, first secretary of the American
embassy. N r. Philip. the Rev. Robert
treW and pr. Ford, with two Swiss
ladies, went there and set to work.
They buried the dead; they cleaned UP
the place and disinfected it. They fed
the sick and gave them drink. When
they went there $50 died in "a hours.
After a weeks work there was a day
with no deaths.
Mrs. RocShill, wife of the American
ambassador, stood back Of the work
~ers, bought Supplies and forwarded to
them, brought the conditions to the
notice of tn e authorities, and stirred
them up to 10 something, and showed
great execut I've ability in dealing with
the situation Three members Of the
English Red Crescent, who were wait
ing for their unit to get together. went
out to st. Stephano and organized a
tent hospital at the expense Of the
American Red Cross. And now the
Egyptian Rel Crescent is organizing a
large hospital there. There are now
plenty of people ready to do the work,
but they did not know Of the condi-
I.tions.
one bright side Of this dark picture
is the way III which all the communi-
ties, foreign aud native, are working
to relieve suffering and save life.
The American Red Cross is With
drawing from its hospital work, be
cause other agencies are now organ
lied to take up that work and carry it
on; but it il turning it's attention to
the refugees who have fled from their
homes in Ecu ropean Turkey. In many
cases their homes nave been burned.
Some will never return to their old
homes. They came into Constantinople
in carts or On foot. Some had a few
household g PODS with thom, others
fled in rags. The government wisely
sent them on into Asia as fast as it
could. and is trying to feed them. The
ordinary food allowance is one loaf If
bread a day for adults and half q loaf
for children. This sounds small, but it
preserves lifd, Which is the main thing
now.
OF course, this flight entails untold
suffering. II ushands have lost sight
Of their families. Soldiers returning
from the wan do not know where their
wives and children are, Will they ever
find them again? There arc d great
many children in ConstantinOple who
do not know where their parents are.
The British He'd Cross is trying to pro-
vide for then The Red Cross and the
Red Crescent Of different nations are
trying to Cd re for the refugees in
C~onStantinOple. The government is
/ building barn aCks out near the walls
to shelter tn em. The American Red
/ Cross has tn 1ncd its attention to the
refugees in Asia. 1t is especially
qualified to do this work because it
can call upon the American mission
aries statione d here and there all Owe
the country TO aid in organizing this
work Of relidf.
Already it has found 10000 refugees
at Brusa, WI, ere Miss Iillotson is or
ganizing work; 10000 al Konieh, whore
Dir. Willard Post is organizing work.
The relief &c mmittoe at S%olonica has
5000 under it's care, and this is only
the beginning. The circle of refugees
work is sure to so on widening con-
tinually. Ami it will be a long, long
work. We ark giving out clothing now
and packages of food with needles and
thread so that the women may make
up garments for their families. We
must find the refugees in the cities,
where they are crowded into hans, or
campcd in the streets; We must find
them in the villages to which they
have drifted, and where they will soon
be forgotten, unless someone hunt
them up.
think that il is a moderate eSti-
mate that there Will be 10000 souls
to be cared for through this winter,
and many of. them will need help to
set up life I'M new quarters, | think
that many of these refugees will never
return to Europe, where they would
be under Christian rule, but will help
to populate Asiatic Turkey. Turkey
has not ceased to exist. Her kingdom
will be an Asiatic one, and she will
need help to organize that.
America is free from the strain OF
| these events, which set the nerves OF
Europe to tingling; she has Il bounti-
full harvest and great prosperity. am
sure that the people of America will
give generous y to save the ives ana
relieve the su fferings of these people.
The American Red Cross society is
-,nSi,i,r o,1 |FDrt,r, rJinr . II donations