The Mankato free press., 1917-09-28
an and Christian and belonged to
Christian institution.
College Was Seized.

an and Christian and belonged to a
Christian institution
College Was Seized.
DIR. White related how in May, 1916,
the remaining inmates of the college
had to leave under Turkish military
order. They were told that owing to
the approach of the Russian army, the
college would have to be used for
military purposes. The place was
seized with it's seven school buildings
and smaller structures and made into
Turkish military hospital.
The speaker stated that not the
Armenians alone, but the Syrians as
we'll were suffering terribly under the
frightful rule of the Turkish govern
ment in time of war. He blamed the
situation not on the masses of the
Turkish people, who would welcome
peace, but on the government, and
particularly on the minister OF the in
terror and the minister of war.
He said arrangements had been
made through neutral diplomatic
channels to carry relief to the vast
number of starving victims in Turkey.
There were 2,140,000 of them in all,
it was estimated, who were in need
and should be fed. These included
Armenians, Syrians, Greeks and other
nationalities. Ten cents per day would
feed one human being and save life.
He appealed. to his hearers to spare
that much. One American could thus
save the life of human being in
Turkey until the great war passed
over. He remarked that already IN
America in less than year the total
of four and a half millions of dollars
had been given for this relief work.
Cease Smoking and Give to Armenians
w. D. Willard stated that the rally
of that evening was primarily one OF
education. He wondered how many of
the men of this city smoked up ten
cents or more in cigars every day,
and how many people used that much
on candy or something else that they
could go without. How long did it take
to burn up ten cents worth of gasoline
in an automobile ride? These people
had not really begun to give. They
had not begun to know what sacrifice
meant. ..
Mr.. Willard called for pledges on
the part of men present to give enough
each to feed one of the starving war
victims in Turkey. 1t would mean ten
cents a day, So month or $50 year.
Quite a number of pledges were Sc
cured then and there.
Mr.. Willard assured the peopel that
their gifts would go in their entirety
to the beneficiaries. DR.. White also
spoke on this point and gave the same
assurance. Mr. Willard called atten-
tion to the fact that Charles H. Grie-
bel had kindly donated the use of
the theatre for this rally, so that the
only expense on the committee would
be the actual expense on the theatrical
house for the using of the building,
mainly the lights. He also remarked
that this meeting was just the begin
ming of a campaign to raise an
Armenian relief fund in Mankato.
The meeting closed, all rising and
singing the national hymn, America"
Subscriptions Last Night.
The total subscription at the meet
ing last night was $577.19.
C. NJ. Palmer subscribed $1OO and
the following gentlemen each sub
scribed So a month for year: T. j.
McGovern, M. D. Fritz, ]. w. Andrews,
C. HI. Cooper, r. J. Sperry, J. s.. Hol-
brook, W.iD, Willard, H. Merrifield,
L. w. Andrist. "