The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-27
Mass Meeting i'm Auditorium
Last Night Attended by
Large Audience
PLEDGES AND CASH
AMOUNTS TO OVER s4OO
Organized Campaign for Funds to be
Made Later-Need of Syrian and Ar
menian Relief Outlined by Ralph Har-
low Of Boston-Judge Tyler Presided.

low OF Boston-Judge Tyler Presided.
An audience of more than 500 persons
showed its interest in the cause of Ar
menian and Syrian relief BY attending
last evening" the mass meeting held in
the Auditorium under the auspices of
the Brattleboro committee, which was
formed through the initiative of DIR.
c. Z. Clark of West Brattleboro. an
American Board missionary in Sivas,
Turkey. The speaker of the evening
was Ralph Harlow of Boston, who spent
year and half in Y. NJ. c. A. work
in Smyrna, one of the most important
cities in Turkey, and participated in re-
lief work before leaving that country
He is field secretary of the New Eng
land committee and is supposed to be on
vacation, but is giving much of his
time to speaking in the interests of the
sorely distressed Armenians.
| At the close of the address pledge
cards were distributed through the au-
dience, giving people opportunity to
pledge definite monthly payment for
q certain number of months; definite
sum for the support of orphans at the
rate of 50 month; or a definite lump
sum TO be paid as desired. Not so
much stress was laid on the filling out
of the cards AZ this time as would have
been made had it not been planned to
lsecure more pledges later. Anyone
wishing a pledge card may secure it of
Miss Florence NJ. Hemenway- Wells,
secretary, or Carl s. Hopkins, treasurer.
and payments and pledge cards should
; be placed in the hands of the treasurer
in order that Brattleboro NAV receive
proper credit. The amount of pledges
and cash payments up TO last night was
over $400.
the pledge cards and any money or
checks handed in as soon as possible TO
5 Treasurer Hopkins.
Judge James NJ. Tyler, chairman of
the Brattleboro committee, presided,
: and preliminary to the speaking Miss
2 Alice ID. Butterfeld and Frederic C.
2 Adams rendered solos and a duet, Frank
e NJ. Cram being the accompanist. The
n music was thoroughly enjoyed
: Mr.. Harlow presented vivid picture
e of conditions in Turkey as they affect
I the Armenian people For hundreds
= of years Turkey has not known period
of % years without a horrible mas
d sacre. When the young Turks came in
|. to power there was promise of better
t conditions, but under German influence
II conditions are extremely bad. A mil
d lion and a half of Armenians have died
S, since the war began, and about half
r of the number have died of starvation.
German officials might interfere, but
they say such interference would hinder
the attainment of their military goal
As matter of fact, however, German
officials have sanctioned and even as
ID sisted in the dastardly work, despite
the protests of German missionaries
The Turkish government has infiamed
lie the minds of the Turks by distributing
Il fake photographs and circulars repre-
V. senting the Armenians as numbering
n. Turks and being guilty of other indig
st mites.
Two questions which continually arist
Id were answered by Mr.. Harlow. Are the
Armenians worth savinga That is, car
we spare the money and sympathy and
help in view of other great demands OF
the present time? Does the money
u raised actually get TO the suffering peo
pie?
The Red Cross, which knows where 1T
at money goes. has voted 100000 montl
re to this work. This ought to be a sufli
O. cient guarantee that the money goe
of where it is intended. This is not suf
N. ficient to keep alive a million persons
of and $2,000,000 a month is needed. TIL
ey speaker told just what the avenues wer
through which the money goes and tn
supplies are distributed.
: When the war is over, the speake
nd said, it is believed that Asia Minor wi
have a righteous government, and tn
on only people who can make it demo
a.. leratic government are these remnant
~. of the Armenian and Syrian people
NO They are 90 per cent better educate
nd than the Moslems, and they include til
To- bankers, commercial leaders and trader
ev of the country. 1t is in part because {
be their superiority that they are pers
"a. euted by the Turks. These people, no
lin refugees in Caucasus, if they are save
,Ik are coming back to Asia Minor TO
oh the foundation of the democracy that
ir. to be.