New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-01

the playthngs for the tribesmcn who
drove them.
So tho torn, helpless fragments OF
the earliest Christian nation are held
amid tho barren dunes, waiting for the
end that cannot be fsr OF. In another
year. unless help comes, the last OF the
Armenisns will he swallowed by the
desert.
Cave Dwcllers Envied
There is little food. and this sells at
unheRrd-of prices. There is no shelter.
A few wretches have dug caves In the
bank Of the Euphrstes. They are en-
WED by their miserable fellows who are
too weak TO follow their example.
Last week Abram |. Elkus, United
States Ambassador to Turkey, cAbled 20
the relief committee, speaking of the
great need OF more money for Ar
menisn relief work. The report issued
by the committee yesterday ILLUSTRATED
graphically and terribly the urgent need
for immediate help.
"As on the entrance OF Dsnte Gate
OF He'll" the report said. "the follow
ing should be written at the entrance
Of these accursed encampments: All
hope abandon ye who enter here
Mounted gendarmes make the
rounds. with orders to arrest and nog
all furitives. The roads are well guard
ed. And what roads! They lead only TO
the desert. where death is as sure AS 1t
is under the bastinado OF the guards
| have met in the desert at different
places six of these fugitves, dying,
abandoned by the gendarmes and sur
rounded by hungry dogs, waiting Tot
their last hiceoughs OF agony to feasV
upon their prey"
The camps" themselves are peopled
with spectres-gaunt, moving sKelelohS,
half mad with hunger. Much OF whSt
The observer saw there is unprlntaole
old women and men tearing ohal IKE
MIXTURES. pitiably thin children gruo-
hing I'm the roads for anything that tney
can chew. ,.,.,.-.r
"When exhaustion overcomes hunger
for tims they lie down in the sand
and drop away into stupor. NoI '"
frequently they never rise again. -,
"Some shelter could be constructed
the report said, "such as nut OF q
shed Of earth. II at least they haa
homes to remain where they are my
could attempt some farming. 80 80
this hope is denied them. Ihey "eI.,
any moment, TO be obhged 70 enSns 81,
their places Of torture, TO oeeln nc"
marches. without bread or water IN
der blows OF the horsewhip' he~ S
ferinrs. bad treatment worthy % s,e %.
dealers in the Soudan! IneTe are W
Tins all along the road Oh inns S'V"
Unable Calvary
MANY Buried in Mounds d,
"The impression which thls uIsnI~t
Plain Of Meskene leaves, the repGr'
declared further on, rs SAD ana PI.Is.
bis Information obtained on the spot
,.-,,its mo 70 state that almost 6O,OOO
krr,snisns are buried there, carried
~ NV hunger. BY intestinal diseases
snd resultant typhus. As far as the
svs can reach mounds are seen, con
tsining 200 or 300 corpses. burlea III
tba oround pell mell-women. children,
old men. belonging TO different lam
lilies" -. ro
what he could Of the food that he had
With him 10 the starving about hlm.
'rTbev threw themselves upon II IKE
dogs diving of hunger, and took u INTO
their mouths with hiecoughs and cpl
lentical tremblings,' he sald. III
formed by one Of them, 240 persons
or. rather, hungry wolves, who had nag
notbing 10 eat for seven days-rusheu
to me from the hill, extending thelr
enaciated arms, imploring, with tears
and cries. piece of bread. They were
mostly children, but there were about
dozen old people. On my return !
bropght them bread, and was during
tbree-ouartcrs Of an hour the plying
but unfortunately powerless spectator
Of 2 rapacious fight for a piece OF
bread such as savage famisheo beasts
would have exhibited.
Only one hope for the future OF the
Armenians is held out by the compiler
of the report. II money is sent i'm
mediately. food in sufficient quantity 70
sustain life can be bought from the
Turks. II the winter passes without
relief there viii be no more Armenisns
when spring comes.
The Office Of the American Commit
tee for Armenian and Syrian Relief IS
at 10 Fifth Avenue.