Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-08-21
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Condition of AfmeoIso eseets,

Sonolbon - Sfn1e01e0 P00OlSs
Mr., Bdltorz win Y08 kindly permit
Us 70 bring to the notice Of yeffT rSS11
ers tbe present SAD condition a the
Armenian ptSpis IN their native land
Among The greatest sufferers by flSS
European WsT have been the lFf8S-
hisHss Their condition ~ even v6fsS
man thst ~ The gegsisgs, HsssaeFss
broken out, accompanied with stf1sE
Ties, 4 H7eItlt0as ~ AffBs6fsHS
whose homes bs1 been ruined s61
gsfBs1 BsVs GS1 asfsss me frontiers
from Turkey sHd Persia into ttsssf6,
Tiers are about 10000 ~ these FFfs-
gees, mast 6f them women ss1 si,ft-
ofsTk Never ~ BSI ne have ! seen
syn suffering" writes TSisf0K,s
daughter, Alexandra, who l. serving
NitB tbs ned cross HssF ths frontier,
had H6d their hands aBd feet eat IN,
~ were sBasetstsd aHd 10 tattsFs,
They are not only 6sstftsts but bF0k-
en- -BssFtsd, many bAViBb seen their
husbands and children slaughtered be-
fore their eyes, Age0FGlHE 90 q later
August 10th, $4,000 AFBgsHiRHE have
| abandoned their country with the re-
I treating Russian army, and are taking
refuge IN TRBE -caiLeRsia,
IN Turkey, where every sbls-b0died
man has been f1reed into the army,
the condition of the women and chill
| dTen is even worse, the Fayakes Of
famine and psstilsncs being sddsd 10
those Of Kurdish saVagsry, II one
Town not grown person was found,
| only 500 orphans,
The AFrneniaps Of Van were success
fnl 10 repylsiBg the attacks Of the
kbrds and Turks until the arrival OF
| the Russian army. Thus they saved
themselves and upwards OF $1,000
| helpless men and women with chill
1 nFRn who had HnNIrad fhaEa al h.
surrounding villages. But this heroic
deed caused intense irritation 10 the
/ Turks and Kurds. and IL cost the lives
| OF many more thousands Of Armenlans
in the districs Of Bitiis. Nardin and
| DiarbeIir.
Speaking of the Christian pouIa.
! ton OF these regions, a circular Of thu
American Board of Foreign Missions
under date Of August 4, says: This
| suffering among them Is beyond de.
| detate and overwhelming"
Most heart-rending is the fate Of
the inhabitants Of many towns in Ar.
menia and Asia Minor, who have beer
exiled wholesale. and whose homes anC
lands have been given to Mohamme-
dan immigrants from Balkan coun.
tries The men of these families hay'
been detained for some unknown pur-
pose, and the women and children
sent to distant parts in Mesopotamis
| ana honlas 10 i've In unheaithy places
or rather to perish, far from friendi
| and co-religionists.
From under this terrible weight o.
woe Armenia appeals to the kind
hearted American people. The Ar.
menian colonies established in thu
United States and in other parts o
the world have made great efforts u
relieve their people in the mothe
country. They have already raiSsS
among themselves, and sent to tn
proper agencies for distribution, hun
dreds Of thousands Of dollars. Blu
the misery is so great and so wide,
spread that helr- from other sources 4
urgently needed.
| The American Armenian Relic
committee makes the present appea
to the American public. in the firu
hope that, moved with Humanitarian
feelings. the men and women Of thi
country will extend . helping hand 4
this unfortunate and long suffer
, ing nation OF the East.
|, Contributions TO the American Ar
menian Relief fund may be sent Il
Brown Brothers & Co, treaSurers, 8
| Wall street New York city.
= Sincerely yours,
III ]. A. ROWEIIA
III Secretary.
New York. August is. 1918.