Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-04
For Armenian
 and Syrian Relief
CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED vESTER
 DAY
$5,OOO,OoO IS WANTED
An Exhaustive Summary of the Situa- tion Will be Sent to Ministers of 10000 Churches all Over the Coun- try.

. Washington, Oct 3.-The greatest American relief campaign to be under taken since organization of the Bel gian Relief Commission was launched today by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief. An ex- hauStive summary of the whole Ar menian and Syrian situation was made public and will be sent to ministers of 120.000 churches all over the coun- try and to many leading citizens and relief organizations. A fund of 1000, : coo is called for to relieve 1,000,0 destitute eXiled and starving Armen- ians and Syrians scattered broadcast over Turkey, Persia, Syria and PaleS- tine. The appeal declares that of nearly two million Armenians origi- nally in their native country, three quarters of a million have been mas sacred or have died of wounds, dis gan.
 Turkey Has Consented.
 The state department, through ur- gent negotiations, recently secured Turkeys consent to extension of American relief, provided it is distrib- uted jointly by the American Red Cross and the Turkish Red Crescent Today it was announced that the all lied blockade had been lifted to al low passage of the supplies. October q and 22 have been set aside by pro- clamation by President Wilson as re- IlGI QdyS ana lI0 appeal DelnS sent broadcast by the committee calls for sermon in every pulpit of the country and articles in every newspaper.
 Some Armenians Cannot be Reached.
 Some of the Armenians cannot be reached at present, since Turkeys consent has not been extended as yet to Armenia proper. Many thousands will be found in Persia, however, and in the sections recently conquered by 
 this latter section, the appeal declares, the situation has been made even more terrible by restrictions of the allied blockade and the scarcity of Turkish railroads, by the eXpOrtation of sup plies for the Turkish armies and by the destruction of other supplies by virulent locust scourge.
 People Eating Grass and Locusts
 People were found eating grass, herbs and locusts." said the committee in describing it's investigation of con ditions there, and in desperate cases dead animals and human bodies are reported to have been eaten. In some cases men were lined up so that several could be shot with one bullet in order not to waste ammu- milton. A mother said that not a girl above 12 (and some younger) in the village of (-) escaped violation. The people kill and eat street dogs. A SlIOA LAA44O eAoO I11SJ tAA1ASNe c"AAd chSO Ge dying man.
 Daughters Outraged, Then Killed.
 of 450 from one village only one woman lives; she saw her husband and three sons tied together and shot with one bullet to save ammunition. She saw her daughters outraged and then killed. She was carried away by a Kurd, but escaped by night, naked and after terrible suffering fell in with some refugees.
 'In the literal sense of the word, 100000 to 120,000 Armenians arrived St Etchmiadzin, stripped even of their outer garments. There 11,000 people died and 10000 more in the country.
 Hundreds Dying of Starvation.
 'In Aleppo relief funds are so in adequate that many eXiles in the des- titute places have only grass to eat and they are dying of starvation by the hundred. Erzrook seems to have been dealt with most savagely. Less than 200 Armenians out of 10000 have escaped death or deportation.
 Of the first caravan of 600 people sent from Deir For to Ana the Arabs killed 500 on the way. In a native letter from Haleb last week the num- Der of orphans at that place was es- timated at 25,000. Some of the vil- lages lost more than one-third of their population"