Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-25
Many ARhEN|ANS
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Native Land and Scattered
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APPEAL TO AMERICA #rot
...s FOR FURTHER HELP,
Homes Are Ruined and tho
Inhabitants mastered ~ 7.
ss5ns Turks and Kurds, Id

Among the greatest sufferers by the
European war have been the Anmeni
ans. Their Sconditiontiis even worse
than that Of the Belgians. Massacres
by t.le, Knrds and Turks have again
broken out, ACCOMPANIED with atroci
ties. A multitude Of Armenians
whose homes have been ruined and
burned, have fed across the. frontiers
from Turkey and Persia into Russia
There are. about 100000 Of these ref
qlgees, most Of them women and chill.
dren. Never in my life have. /. seen
such suffering" writes Tolstoy's
daughter, Alexandra. who Is serving
with tie Red Cross near, the frontier.
Some of the refugees in her hospital
had had their hands and feet cut of.
All were emaciated and in tatters.
They are =, not only destitute, but
brokcn.hearted, many having seen
their husbands and children slaugh.
tered before tleir eyes. According
to later dispatch from Tifis, under
date Of August 10, 255,0Oo Armen:ans
have abandoned their country with
the retreating Russian army, and are
taking refuge in Trans. Caucasa.
|, H. Dreaded Pesti:ence. 49,,
In Turkey, where every able bclied
man has been forced into the army.
the condition OF the women and chill
dren is even worse. the ravages #
famine and pastilence being added to
those Of Kurdish savagery. In ore
town not a grown person was foun,
only 500 orphans. ,.... ..,..,.-.. .
The Armenians OF Van were sue.
cessful in repulsing the attacks OF
the Kurds and Turks until the arrival
of the Russian army. Thus they saw.
ed themselves and upwards OF $4,000
helpless men and women with chill.
dren. who had focked there from the
surrounding, villages. But this heroic
deed caused intense irritation to- the
Turks and Kurds, and 1t cost the lives
of many more thousands Of Armeni-
ans in the districts of Bitlis, Mardin
and Diarbekir. 4.,..,.. %
Speaking OF the Christian popula-
ton of these regions, a circular, Of
the American Board Of Foreign Mis-
sions, under date OF August 4, says:
The suffering among them Is beyond
description and the need Of help i'm.
mediate and oyerwhelnipg.'",
Many Are Exi!ed.
Most heartrending is the fate. OF, the
inhabitants Of many towns in Armenia
and Asia Minor, who have been ex.,
He'd wholesale, and whose homes and
lands have been given to Mohamme.
dan immigrants from Ealkan coun-
tries. The men of these families have
been detained for some unknown ipur,,
pose, and the women and children
sent to distant parts in ,Mesopotamia
and Konia. to live In unhealthy plac-
es, or rather to perish, far from
friends and coreligicnists. 5
From under this terrible weight Of
woe Armenia appeals to the kind.
hearted American people. The Ar.
menian colonies established in the
United States and In other parts OF
the world have made great efforts to
relieve their people in the mother
country. They have already raised
among themselves, and sent to the
proper agencies for distribution, hun.
dreds of thousands OF dollars. But
the misery is 80 great and SO wide
spread that help from other sources
is urgently needed. u ,.s. !. !.
The American Armenian Relief
Fund committee makes the present
appeal to the American p,ly,ic. in
the firm hope that. moved with hu.
manitarian feelings, the men and wo-
men Of this country will extend a
helping hand to this unfortunate and
long-suffering nation of the East.