The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-29

would seem natural that the Armenians
would be looking for some way to throw
off the yoke Of oppression and Win their
liberty and freedom.
The Turkish Government deter
mined to transport the Armenians away
from their homes. but when they had
hacked all their belongings and were
about to entrain for some distant part
Of the Turkish domain, that was the be-
ginning and the end.
"Then the slaughter began, and thou
sands upon thousands of them never
cot any further, but were slain in
sight of the homes they had been forced
to abandon. Whole families were slain.
Ii wa, like digging race of people up
by tine roots, for II was indeed the as
saSSinatlOn Of a race. The roads Of
Asiatic Turkey still are white with the
bones of these people. One Of our con
suls in Asiatic Turkey recently report
ed that hc counted the dead bodies of
500 Armenian women along roadside.
each dead from a bayonet wound and
each naked.
Other women were marched into the
rivers at the point Of the bayonet and
A'l'' NHtl' uHlil IHtN were arrow utttl.
Millions of these wretched people have
| gone in these ways. Thank God they
have no pain. But those left behind to
take the living dcath-what Of them?
There are so many millions of
/ them still there 10 sutfcg. There are
more than loo 600 little children whose
/ parents have been killed. Hundreds
/ and thousands Of these children are
/ bcggars i'm the streets, this being the
+ onl.. way they can find 4 crust OF bread.
! One sees them not running about the
streets by day with outStretched hands
7 but living in the streets faint from hun
ger and remaining all through the
night. 1t not frequently happens that
when the morning comes one or two or
three Of them still are lying there, no
longer with pleadings for a crumb OF
bread. however, for their lips are
sealed in death.
"Ono such case was brought to my
attention. 4 little girl had been taken
TO a hospital in n dying condition. They
gave her some soup, that being the
only kind Of food She coud swallow, Tor
her threat was tender from the very
lack Of food. Reviving, she began tc
call for bread. The nurses told her she
could not eat bread.
'''I know ! cannot eat bread now,
said the feeble child. for my throat is
too sore. But just want it. | want
to hold it i'll my hand and take it It
sleep with me under my pillow ga tha'
when | do get strong enough to eat il
then | shall know that I have it.
This incident brought nome 10 n,
as II never was brought before. con
tinued the former ambassador, tina
bread is the staff of life. | though
how wastcful are we generous Ameri
!. cans. In our country even a hungr
: man will pass with disdain crust. 0
bread which these poor Armenian chi
; dreu lie in the streets all night Ion
: begging for
! II cannot move around Cur splendi
! hotels since ! have come home withou
. hearing that little girl : plaintivc CT
= for bread ringing i'll my ears. Than
Gcd the cry of those starving childre
has been heard in America and ha
q been responded to. ! cannot find were
! to give adequate praise 10 the Amer
4 can spirit that has come to the reset
4 ot the race that is being asaasslnats
i'm that far awa~ land. | can ney,
\ give full credit in mere words to tho
/ American men and women engaged
4 relief work there When they were to
1 they might come back to Americ
1 where they have relatives and friend
! they said: No; we will remain RIG
I here, for what would these people d
I They have learned 10 depend on us, al
our duty to God and humankind ~
h remain.