Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
FOR RELIEF OF THE
 WAR STRICKEN SYRIANS
One Dollar Will Keep a Person Alive
 For a Month or More.

Under an act passed by congress the president of the United States, on August 31st., 1916, issued a proclama- tion appointing Saturday, October 21, and Sunday. Oct 22, 1916. as joint days upon which the people of the United States may make contributions for the aid of the stricken Syrian and Armenian peoples. Similar pToclama- tions have been issued by various state and city officials. fixing the same dates for this purpose. While no spe- cial proclamation or suggestion of this sort has been made locally by the state or municipal government there doubt less are many who will wish to con- tribute to this cause if the need is explained.
 Many additional calls for contribu- tions for charitable purposes result ing from the European war as there are, the plight of no people is more pitiable than that of the Syrians and Armenians in Turkey. Persia, Syria and Palestine. These peoples, who are governed by the Turkish empire have bodied men for the fighting forces of Turkey, as has been the case with many other peoples in Europe during this war, but the non-combatants have been persecuted by a systematic plan of massacre and pilIage.
 From April, 1915, until the following November, this process of massacre and deportation Twas systematically carried on with the evident purpose of eXterminating the persecuted peo- pies. While the story of suffering is almost too awful for words to de- scribe, the result is that some $50, ,0OO people have perished, either by mas sacre, disease or starvation. There are left 2,000,000 survivors, mostly women. old men and children, in dire 1I -p,a$-, less assistance is given from some outside source The bread winners are gone and the means of livelihood destroyed.
 Henry Morganthau, the former am- bassador to Turkey states, after in vestigation, that s5, ,o0O,O 900 is needed at once to save the lives of these people. The Turkish government has finally consented to the distribution of relief to these suffering people, and the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief, with headquarters at 70 Fifth avenue. New York city, has been organized for the purpose of raising funds in the United States for carrying on this work.
 Through the personal contributions made by the members of the commit tee, who are prominent and well known American citizens. all of the expenses of the administration of the funds received by the committee and the dispensing of them has been taken care of. so that every dollar which is contributed to the commit tee will be cabled directly to the af- f1icted countries to bring It's full value in relief furnished to alleviate the suf- fering.
 The committee states that s1 will keep a person alive for the period of one month. or longer. The need is so urgent, and the opportunity for doing good so tangible that it is hoped with reason that the citizens of Norwich, many of whom have already respond ed generously to similar calls from other parts of Europe during this war, will make an extra effort to assist in this cause also.
 All contributions may be sent to Charles R. Crane, trea asurer, at No TO Fifth avenue, New York city.