The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-31

ings used by military. Prices OF fooo
and other ncccssarics OF life. Increased
several hundred fold, going higher.
Needs greater because destitute people
moro numerous than Inst year. The
following quotations will still further
suhStantiute this portrayal. perhaps 4
faint conception nf tho terrible munger
experienced Ivy thousands may he gained
from this little Incident told by on" OF
III. returning cnnsulS: i was eating q
rircc uf melon he said. and was paying
Ii:;!r attention To the people around
me. | tossed aside tho rlnd. when III
s,aa;ly ~ man pnuncnd upon II like 4
hungry wolf. lie rhewrd on It, for q
few moments. and then he In turn toSS-
I'd j. a"id". Ann!hcr man who had been
watching linn with the eyes OF hawk
ricx.d il UP end dcvourCd the rest.
AN American doctor coming down tie
mountain side from the Lebanon NOTICED
in the distance a throug of children' ana
wondered VIII" 50 man. were gathered IN
one place. Upon coming near lie dls-
covered that camel had died by Inc
roadside, and these furnished children
were in desperation picking the last
shrrtls Of flesh from the skeleton oi the
fallen beast" Imagine such situation
AZ the following: "A hard task Is as
signed tho missionaries. TINT Of practi-
crlIv signing The death sentence OF chill
hrcn. For example in one case there
were i3n children. with funds Tor on!
seventy. The missionaries were tofccu
Ia St!rct the seventy and say no TO lhe
equally. or possibly more, destitute 3bo.
| wish there were time to speak OF the
story Of an Armenian bog who escaped
from, Turkey into the Russian Caucasus.
travelled through Siberia. Korea. CHINA
In
Washington. His hcartrending tale is
ono continuous recital Of crueties
hutrhcrics and wantnn atrocities perpc-
trated by The Turkish soldiery upon the
civil population OF Armenia And eb-
oerially he Il observed these facts are
by no means imaginary. but are rouch-
cd for and fully suOstantiated by the III
disputable evidence Of eyc-w!tDesses.
Such are the conditions which the
American Committee for Armenian and
Syrian Relief is trying to meet. TINS
committee was organized on OCTOBER |.
1915, and the effectiveness OF Its WORK
"a Infested BY former Ambassadors Nor
genthau. Elkus. and Stratus, BY Consols
Leslie a. Davis, and Edward !. Nathan
A # by many others Before the sever
ance OF diplomatic relations with Iur-
kew the funds collected by the commit
tee were NiEDuTSCu lHiodRi 1ii' Fr'hS'1
can ambassadors. consuls and MISSION
aries resident within the stricken dis
tricts. Now the ambassadors and con-
culs have been recalled. but there are
still more than one hundred American
missionaries and teachers In Turkey and
Syria, whose chief occupation now is
administering relief funds. So careful
and thorough has been the organization
OF the committees work that II Official
" promises that every dollar confirm
uted goes TO actual relief work. and not
one penny Ia meet overhead cxpcnGes at
home. The latter are taken care OIL
through private generosity. Every PEN
nv contributed here to-day Will there
fore 60 TO alleviate somebody's hunger
or suffering.
In conclusion then let us consider our
personal obligation In this matter. Here
is the need: we have seen something OF
Il. And hero Is the agency created Tor
the very purpose OF meeting those needs.
What can we d. as Christians IN the
face Of such a sItuation7 Here lies the
man. robbed. beaten, wounded. haIi dad.
In the middle OF the road. We must
either help him or pass him by. To DO
surs tho name Of the appeals 10 legion;
but not yet have We impovs.ished our
selves By our generosity. "Do some
thing for ali. II tie only motto for the