The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-20
HELP STARVING ALBANIA

You good people Of Pennington and
st. Francois county, read this pitia-
BILE story and appeal, and let your
hearts be moved to give something,
however great or small, for the relief
of this starving, helpless people:
While the people of the United
States have been sending thirty mil
lion dollars worth of relief to Europe
and Turkey, two hundred thousand wo-
men and children in Albania have died
of starvation.
While each woman and child in Bel
GUM has had plenty to eat, women
and children in Albania have gnawed
at the carcasses Of dead horses in the
streets.
William Willard Howard of New
York, who has returned from his third
trip to this hunger zone of Europe,
predicts that the entire population of
Albania will die of famine and pesti-
lence unless helped. He says that in
Albania wheat is fifty dollars bushel,
flour eighty dollars sack, and maca-
roni five dollars pound.
"The tragedy of Albania" says MIR.
Howard, ais that nation is dying of
hunger, while the people of the Unit
ed States. laden with gifts for the rest
of Europe and for Turkey, pass by
on the other side,
"Thirty millions Of dollars have
been given by the people of the Unit
ed States for relief work of various
kinds in Belgium, Poland, Armenia.
Syria and the warning countries Of
Europe, while two hundred thousand
women and children in southeastern
Europe have starved to death un-
needed and uncared for. Not one
| woman or child has died of hunger in
Belgium; two hundred thousand in Al
| bania.
SIS it fairs it Humankind the
| innocent women and children Of Al
bania. who never did anyone any harm
should be trampled under foot and
left to perish. at time when all
others are fed?
as this American fair play?
81 have appealed for help in high
places. / have begged a crust of
bread of those who have given mil
| lions to Belgium, Poland. Armenia
and Syria. / have begged in vain.
"The Albanians are as much EMIT
led to sympathy and help as others
They have not taken part in the war.
They fed and sheltered the refugees
from Servia. even with the last meas
ure of corn that the famine-smitten
villages possessed They have not
done any wrong; yet armies have
swept over their country, taking what
could be found to take, leaving to the
starving women and children only the
carcasses of dead horses in the streets
81 ask only American fair play for
the furnished children of Albania.
ask of all fair-minded men. and wo.
men in the United States: Why should
| the Albanians-three hundred thou
sand of whom are Christians-be left
to starve, while we press forward, in
| generous rivalry, to feed the others
| The Albanians are more numerous
than the Armenians; yet we feed the
| Armenians and let the Albanians
! starve.
Having appealed to deaf ears II
high places I now appeal to the plair
! people-to fair-minded men and wo-
| men who would not let even q dog
starve to death, no matter what his
breed. / want to go back to Albania
with ship load Of food. have ar
ranged for q ship--a new American
ship, Just launched and fitted for sea
The ship is ready and waiting.
"a number of distinguished gentle
men in New York--mostly clergymei
and editors Of newspapers--will co
operate in an appeal for relief car
go for the ship. The treasurer elect
ed to receive contributions is the Rev
Frederick Lvneh, d. D.. editor Of th'
Christian Work and secretary of tn