Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-02


lon NJ. stone, the famous American
missionary whose kidnapping by BAN
5i.s some Years ago brought the
,bo'e world to her rescue, Joined to-
low in the crusade for the relief of
,se refugees Of Bulgaria and Albania.
Miss stone has spent many years
ii, the Balkan peninsula, is thorough
"a, -onyersant with the people~,and
conditions. and realizes the horrors of
tho nresent situation. Unless prompt
action IS taken and money sent in
large sums. she believes many thou
sands of refugees, men, women and
children will perish Of exposure. dis
ease and starvation
She said Il am with all my heart
reioicing that the Hearst newspapers
viii give their tremendous influence
and assistance to this most worthy.
needy cause.
stoo, 600 Not Enough.
our American people are noble
hearted and generous, but the great
trouble is that they become intense
IL interested in a great project like
This and then the interest flares down,
the people think the matter has been
attended to and meanwhile the star
walton and privation go on.
"If out Of their plenty the people
of the United States would raise
funds which would augment the s15,-
600 already sent by the American Red
Cross since new years, which Is but
drop in the bucket of the great
reed which even 100000 could not
meet hut which the larger sum
would put on a basis where many
thousands could be rescued, much
could be done.
The horrors of the famine and
Offering are difficult to picture.
am IN constant receipt OF private let
,ers and communications from
friends and fellow missionaries which
portray graphically the terrible
scenes of death, starvation, disease
and pestilence. From my long resi-
dence there and intimate and close
knowledge and understanding of the
ueope | can picture the situation
and it is one that fairly appals.
100000 Refugees in Bulgaria.
in Bulgaria there are upward of
S0o000 refugees who fled for safety
from the Turks in Thrace and from
the Greeks and Servians when they
occupied Macedonia, from which the
allies had just driven the Turks.
Ten thousand soldiers are crippled
with amputated hands and feet, fro
zen in The fierce winter last year as
they camped on the unprotected
plains of Thrace. besides the many
soldiers crippled from wounds in bat
lie. One hundred and fifty thousand
orphans with God knows how many
widows. al need succor and aid.
Forty five thousand of the flower
Of the army are dead ON the battle
fields and the treasury is practically
empty
The one bright spot in the dark
picture is that the sooner the plea is
met the sooner will it cease, for in
Bulgaria itself and in Albania the
people are straining every nerve to
cope with the extraordinary demands
upon them
Albania Also Suffering.
Surely we who are safe. warm,
Ted and in every way comfortable in
TINS blessed land of ours will share
with the muItitudes in Bulgaria, AL
oania and what was Macedonia in
ms their time of extreme need
The condition in Albania parallels
thar in Bulgaria.
me courage and bravery of our
Aloanlan mountaineers is beyond de-
Scriptlon. They have fled to the lofty
mountains above their villages to de-
END themselves against the cruel and
unjust advance of the Servians, who
nave invaded Albania many miles be-
1oha the boundary set by Europe and