The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-14
BIG AMOUNT
IS SENT IN FOR
XMAS VESSEL
Which is To Sail Shortly Garry.
ing Gifts to Sufferers from
the European War.
.srEelAL e &c TELreaAM2

NEW YORK, Dec. 16.-A few days
before the sailing of the Christmas
ship, $4,000 was cabled by the Amer
lean committee for Armenian and Syr-
ian relief from New York to Tfflis In.
the Russian Caucasus, to Tabriz, Bel
Tlltt Jerusalem and several other inland
cities fof Asia Minor for the relief or
starving and homeless thousands ac-
cesstble from these centers.
In addition to this the committee
appropriated 100000 to be sent carry
in January. legally binding itself to
this amount although the treasury was
practically exhausted. 1t also gave
assurances to the distribution commits
sions in the field that still another
100000 would be forthcoming In jan
suary, If it could possibly collect the
sum
The cabling of the $4,000 within a
few days Of the departure Of the
Christmas ship, with its $3.50, 900 worth
of foodstuffs. clothing and medicinal
sunplies.sets what is perhaps a record
for relief work within al single week
The need. so intense that it led the
committee to appropriate in advance
half million dollars. is practically
indescribable and will continue
through the winter and indefinitely
thereafter. with sufTerings multiplied
by increased cold and hunger. Only i.
generous and continuous response by
people OF this country can enable the
committee to save the thousands IN its
care.
In Its little more than a year OF
existance the committee has collected
two and a half million o1iars-a little
less than 10000 OF this was received
within the last thirty days. Every cent
of the gifts sent to the committee has
| beef applied directly to relief. the ex-
l.penses of collection and administration
being met privately by certain mem
abers Of the committee
The Caesar was placed at the COM
amittee's disposal by the secretary Of
the navy at the personal request OF
President Wilson.
The plight OF the Armenians. Syrians
and the Christians in Palestine ana
kurdestan was so desperate that as
long ago as last summer the prest-
dent officially recognized their urgent
iSneed by appointing October 81 and %
as national Armenian and Syrian re-
/ lief days.
Christmas cargo. no such typica1
4 Christmas gifts as toys or. sweets art
4 5included, but only the material to re
\ lieve most elemental wants. The cargo
includes condensed milk for children
rice. lima beans. wheat. -four, petrol
cum. cotton seed oil, sugar and grea
quantities of warm clothing besides
4 large amount OF medicinal supplies.
The cargo will be distributed anon;
y the most needy Of the one million des
! titute Syrians. who are cut on iron
food supplies. and to the Armenian
! refugees who have struggled into Syrii
e from deportation camps further inland
2 Altogether there are now in need q
! relief in Syria. more than one million
persons. Aside from Syria. and de
e pendent upon the work OF the commit
= tee are another million of Armenian
= and HISTORIAN Christians The carg
: llFof the Christmas ship. Of course vii
! be Inadequate to meet the needs OF al
3 these persons.
{ Theineed in Syria Is instanced BY til
fact that bread sells IN Beirut 70
r thirty-fiYe cents a. pound All tn
: wheat barley, millet, figs and pome
& granates produced in the country hay
been cpnfscated for i1itary use an
) ifno -four or grain whatever are obtain
4 J. + z + q a