Arizona republican., 1913-01-07

hospital there. There are now plenty oi people ready to do the work. bu. they did not know of the conditions. one bright side of this dark pie
 ture is the way in which all the
 communities, foreign and native are working to relieve suffering and save life
 The American Red Cross is with drawing from it's hospital work. be- cause other agencies are now organ 1 ized to take up that work and carry II on; but ii is turning it's attention 10 the refugees who have fled from
 their homes in European Turkey. Tn many cases their houses have been burned Some will never return to their old homes. They came into Constantinople in ears or on foot Some had few household goods with them, thers fled in rags. The gov eminent wisely sent them on into Asia as fast as it could, and is try ing to feed them. The ordinary food allowance i2 one loaf of bread d day for adults, and half q loaf for chil-
 drer. This sounds small, but it pre- serves life, which is the main thing now.
 Of course this flight entails untold suffering Husbands have lost sight of their families. Soldiers returning from the war do not know where their wives and children are. Will they ever find them again? There are q great many children in Con stantinoplc who do not know where their parents are. The British Red i c. oss is trying to provide for them. The Red Cross and the Red Crescent Societies of different nations are try 1 ing to care for the refugees in Con stantinoplc The government is build. | Ing barracks out near the walls to l shelter thcm The American Red l Cross has turned its attention to the refugees in Asia. IL is especially | qualified to do this work because i.
 can fall upon the American mission aries stationed here and there all over | the country to aid in organizing this l work of relief
 1 Already it has found 12,oOo refugees 1 at Brusa. where Miss Lilloston is ! organizing work: 10000 at Konieh. 1 V here Dr. Willard Post is organizing 1 work The Relief committee at Sal hnica has 5000 under it's care. and l this is only the beginning. The cir i ell. of of refugee work is sure to go l un widening continually. And it viii | be q long, long work We are GiV- l ing out clothing now and packages of 1 cloth with needles and thread so that ! ;hc women may make up garments 1 for their families We must find the refugees in the cities, where they are 1 crowded into hans, or campcd in the | atrsets: we must find them in the villages to which they have driftcd, land where they will soon be for 1 gotten. unless some one hunts them 1 up.
 l think that il is q moderate e5- ] innate that there will be 200,o0o
 i souls to be cared for through this
 1 winter. and many of them will need 1 help to set up life in new quarters. ! | think that many of these refugees l will never return to Europe, where 1 they would be under Christian rule, 1 but will help to populate Asiatic | Turkey Turkey has not ceased t0
 exist Her kingdom will be an Asi-
 | atic one. and she will need to organ 1 izc that.
 America is free from the strain of
 these events, which set the nerves of 1 Europe to tinGlin6; she has q boUnt- 1 iful harvest and great prosperity. l l am sure that the people of America 1 will give generously to save the lives and relieve the sufferings of these 1 peoples The American Red Cross 1 Society is receiving and forwarding 1 all donations. but they should be des- 1 ignated to the country in which don- 1 ors wish them expended. as the Red 1 Cross jig carrying on work in the | Balkan states also.