The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-24

UAOA - says GuLope L1oINS f11n IN
Respect.
CHICAGO, May 24.-Henry Morgen-
tlau, formerly United States Ambassa-
dor to Turkey, addressing the Wo-
man s board of missions of the Inter
Tor, told of the conditions which led
to the massacre by the Turks of thou
sands of Armenians and Syrians. and
said that the remaining half million
people of those races now face death
by starvation and exposure unless i'm
mediate aid was given to them.
The time has come Mr.. Morgen-
than said, for tlis country to assume
the role of big brother to all the suf-
fering now in the world. We can
raise il this country easily, if proper
ly organized, $500, 1000. 900. That is
only 80 per capita. On the basis of
our average wealth this is less than
one-third OF one per cent. Something
must be done, and the United States
is the only nation now in the world
that is in a position to do relief work
on tae immense scale it has got to be
done. -
Following the declaration of a state
of war between the Entente and Tur-
key the Turks warned the Armenians
not to aid the Russians, the Ambassa-
dor said.
Nevertheless some of the Armen-
ians did aid Russians he continued
and instantly the Turks were upon
them like a lot of wild barbarians,
merciIessly striking right and left
Before they could be stopped hundreds
OF thousands Of Armeniaus had been
killed, and the rest driven far from
their homes i'm utter misery and desti-
tuition.
"Those who did the killing thought
they could annihilate the Armenian
race before tle rest of the world know
what was going on in the interior
Messages / sent in never reached their
destinations; messages sent out to me
never arrived. But the veil of secrecy
could not be kept around so vast an
affair, and word of it got out and
measures were taken TO stop the
slaughter, and it was stopped. But
the misery and restitution and need
of aid for those hundreds of thousands
of homeless survivors remains. and it
has got to be ameliorated or the toll
by starvation during the coming win
ter will be terrific
In an interview before the meeting
Mr.. Morgenthau said, in discussing the
political situation:
''No Republican viii be elected this
year. Wilson will be nominated aud
elected, and he will be the best Presi-
dent this country can select in this
crisis. He is the best posted of any
of the candidates ON the conditions
and wishes of all the nations, express
ed and uneXpressed. He will lead the
country cautiously and with delibera-
ton.
president Wilson is regarded in
Europe as a man of mshakable resolu-
ton. He is spoken of in those quar-
tiers, where respect is of the highest
Importance, as a principal factor in
the international situation. He has
kept out of the war and at the same
time retained the admiration of all
those powerful influences which recog-
nize that he has not deviated a hairs
breadth from his original policy with
regard to the position of the United
Staes. His victories have been those
Of man of peace, but they have made
tremendous dent in the armor of
war.
Speaking of Presidential possibili-
ties, the Democrats viii probably not
nave much to say until the Republi-
cans have nominated their man. The
public is not much interested in dis
cussion as to whom the Democrats nav
nominate, because the public knows
who that man viii be- When the peo-
pie realize, as they are going to real
ize. that the quiet resolution and alb
solute justice of Woodrow Wilson