Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-03-12
CHRISTIAN
PEOPLE EXILED IN
NORTHWEST PERSIA
HORRORS OF WAR BRING EXILE AND
SUFFERING TO HORDES OF
DEFENSELESS PEOPLE
CAPTURE OF CITIES BY TURKS AND
KURDS CAUSED THEM TO
FLEE III TERROR.

exile IL more than 10000 uffcn~rlr-~ Chris
tian people IN Northwestern Persia. ac-
cording to a statement gwen out hy a
newly organized Persian war relief com
mittec. The invasion NJ Persia and the
capture IN Turk and kurd- M thc critics
III Urmia. Tahriz and either cities which
had been held hy Russian troop-. drove
the A>>yrian and Armenian people. IN fear
of massacre. either ont of the country int"
Russia nr into the American missionary
compounds i'll I'mmia and Tahriz. The
flight from Urumai began "a midnight on
January ,. the people having only a few
moments notice of the approach of thu
kurd~ and the need Of flight.
Rev. j. u. Barnard. \ missionary NJ the
archbishop 81 Canterbury mission ~ The
Church Of England. who lett Urumia with
the refugees in view of the approach of
the Turkish troops. write: practically
the entire Christian population M thr Uru-
mia plain and ncighh"ring districts We're
III flight ~ we left. ~ far al the eve
could reach IN both directions. WAS a ron
slant stream of refugees. sometimes ~
dense that the road Wa blocked. II was
\ dreadful -iaht. and one / never want A.
80 again. Many uld people and children
died "a the WAY.
Most OF tie refugees who fled Ia Russia
made their way 10 the city of Tifli-. The
long tourney at the thnn~and- 1T fleeing
people wa- made from \ rumiu III thr depth
NJ winter with Nv provision fnr thr inur-
nrv. afnot through snow and rain and cold
One of the refugee. John Moo~hir. =
naturalizcd American citizen and ,upcrin-
.1cndcnt If the dav schools IN the Trumia
plain. writes from Tifli. During thc ten
day. Journey AZ have Witnessed Y lung
chain ~ mcu. women and children from
trumia g" Biuu''r. most of them walking
III cold and mud. without food ~ shelter.
We have seen many women and children
dead ~ thr way. ~ they could not endure
cold aud fatigue. The Christian inlahi
tarto Of Tahriz and Salinas have left. OK
cepi those IN Tahriz who are protected bV
the American consul"
From Tabriz Rev. Frederick y. .Jc-~ur
writes Everyone W seeking shelter with
a.. French. Belgian. Swcdc. Austrian. Ger
man. Turkish. Armenia aud even Mo~lcm~.
The Armenian are in great terror and
everyone dread The Hurl- and their com
ing. W. have been advised ~ our rnu-nI
~ withdraw from our other nrnnertir- and
Ia concentrate here IN the .rhool com
pound. We have permission To receive
Europeans and our own people among the
natives. For two dav- refugees have been
coming iu. AIl our school buildings NV.
Given over w them. An benches have been
taken out aud pcnplr are rnming an d,y
long bringing rur~. proyi-ion. and b,dd;,.
Som. refugee. from N,r,.bn bnvc al,
Intel, nothing Snmr h,,. walked the
iltv W. -iNt, mile ~ thr winter cold and
blizzard. leaving cvrr,tbiru. londino ~
carving children"
The American ,np~ul IN T,briz G,rd,n
Paddock. cables. ~Nnr.nt Red crn. ,rJ
friends tclrrruph munr, ,td ,u,u, tL,r
land destitute r.fn-rr--
The American consul j. T;u;. c,hl.
Fifteen thousand Persian Christian rcfu
laco. Cuuc,.u. I,.,l ,,,bor;ti.. a,;n.
best. Int fund.- needed return them home
Fourteen thousand refugee mi--i.n rrrw
Ii-r- Urnmin destitute. FIN, -h,r.,rI
dolar- u~rpcntl, needed Trlr.r,nb frn5.
lTabriz"
For over ~rvrntv-fvr y.,r- American
Christians hav. -nrrirL ,r mi,r.r,
work among these prnnlr NJ Vorthvcstorp
Persia and far ill., La.t .rr.r,,i.p ,u.r
can missionaries from ENGLAND and Roman