Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-03
War Between Turkey and Balkans
Has Been Of Continual Surprises
Owing to Lack Of Organization

drink. When they went there $50
had died in "a hours. After a weeks
work there was a day with no deaths.
Mrs. Rochhiu. wife Of the American
ambassador, stood back of the work.
ers. bought supplies and forwarded to
them, brought tine conditions to the
notice Of the authorities, and stirred
them up ito do something, and show.
ed great executive ability in dealing
with the situation. Three members
of the English Red Crescent, who
were waiting for their unit to get to.
lgether, went out to st. Stephano and
organized a tent hospital at the ex.
pense OF the American Red Cross.
And now the Egyptian Red 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 conditions.
One bright side OF this dark pic.
ture is the way in which all the com
munities, foreign and 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 organic
ed to take up that work and carry it
Ion; but 1t is turning it's attention 20
the refugees who have fed from their
homes i'm European Turkey. In many
cases their houses have been burned.
Some will never return to their old
homes. They came into C~onstantino-
pie in carts Or on foot. Some HA a
few household goods with them. OtA.
ers fed in rags. The government
wisely sent dhe:n on into Asia US fast
as it could, and is trying to feed them.
The ordinary food allowance is one
loaf OF bread a day for adults, and
half a loaf for children. This sounds
small, but it preserves life, which Is
the main thing now.
OF course, this flight entails untold
suffering. Husbands nave lost sight
of their families. Soldiers returning
from the war do not know where their
wives and children are. Will they ev-
err find them again? There are a great
many children in Constantinope who
do not KNOW where their parents are.
The British Red Cross is trying to
provide for them. The Red Cross and
the Red Crescent Societies of differ
ent nations are trying to are for tine
refugees in ConstantinOple. The gov
eminent is building barracks out near
the walls to- shelter them. The Amer
lean Red Cross has turned its atten-
ticn to the refugees in Asia. 1t is es-
pecially qualified to do this work be-
cause it can call upon the American
missionaries stationed. here and there
all over the country to aid in organic.
ing this work of relief.
Already it has found 10000 refugees
at BrtNsa, where Miss Tillotscn Is or
gambling work; 10000 at Ko1ieh,
where DR.. Willard Post is organizing
work. The Relief Committee at Sa-
lonica has 5000 under its care, and
this is only the beginning. The circle
of refugee work is sure 10 go on wild
ening continually. And it will be a
long, long work. We are giving out
clothing now and packages of cloth
with needles and thread SO that the
women may make up garments for
their families We must find the ref
ugees in the cities, where they are
crowded into hans, or caMped I'M the
streets; we must find them in the viii
lagos to which they have drifted, and
where they will soon be forgotten, ua-
less someone hunts them UP.
l think THAT 1t is a moderate esti-
mate that there will be 200, 900 souls
to be cared for through this winter,
and many Of them will need help to
set up life in new quarters. | think
'that many of these refugees, will new
er return to Europe, where they would
be under Christian rule. but will help