New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-02-15
] RELIEF
lPOTAMIA
18th and
6rtunity
81 five AmeFl-
kerably air
Ration Of sup
b relief distrl-
sritish lines.
gin a cable from
of Cairo, chair
fian and Syrian re-
Egypt, just as he is
Ea1 erusalem to organize
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Ave Ameri-
hra.bIy air
Ration Of sup
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of over ESP orphans in Turkey, begs
for larger Appropriations. The in
creased cost\ of supplies makes it al
most impossible for her to meet the
consta ntly increasing demands Of her
work"
Cahlegram enclosed in letter:
"Fowle December IA. Reports from
nineteen relief centers funds so anXi-
ously awaited by distributors bring
life and hope to nutitudes especially
thousands of orphans. Work and
workers everywhere are regarded as
truly serving generally treated accord
ingly. Emphatic plea for doubled ap-
preparations. Suffering appalling.
New Years Day greetings. (Signed)
Chambers
"Monthly remittanceS urgently So
licited in order to carry on the work
of relief in Palestine. Generous gifts
have been sent from England, but they
are not nearly adequate to meet the
pressing demands reported to us from
the Lebanon district where the distress
of the refugees has reached the most
appalling stages of starvation and dis
! ease.
"A dspensary has been opened in
| Jerusalem with two native doctors in
charge and a staff of nurses, but it is
| crowded far beyond it's capacity.
Or. Scrungeour of the new gov
eminent corps in Palestine, writes that
wheat and bread are so scarce in Jer-
| usalem that they can only be obtained
! at famine prices and that the short
! age of fuel is most acute.
STRAY refugee families need help in
| earning a living, some can get along
| if they have their rent paid for them,
! others have been helped by the dona
ton of a sewing machine; they are
| then employed to make much needed
| garments for the Syrian relief COM
mittee and are thus enabled to sup
| port their own families and ~at the
same time help the destitute Syrians.
THE Red Cross committee reports
that in Cairo the number of adults de-
pendent upon the diet kitchen estab-
lished for the prevention Of pellagra
is diminishing; there are now only
IT'S: but that the number of children
in need of this extra food is increas-
ing all the time.
1.-The city of GAIA has been almost
wholly destroyed by the constant
! fighting which has taken place there
since last April. Not single roof has
been left in place. The inhabitants
have all been driven out absolutely
destitute.
After wandering about, homeless
and in the most deplorable condition
for nearly three years, twenty-three
survivors out of a total of $50 Ar
menian refugees from a village near
| Caesarea in Central Asia Minor have
just arrived at the Port Said refugee
camp. The suffering these people
have been through is heartrending.
"I am hungry; Oh, SO hungry,
This plaintive cry arrested a mission
airy as he passed through a deserted
village. 1t came from the lips of q
little child outstretched in a DOORWAY
Too weak to keep up with the refu-
gees, she had been left all alone t.
! die of hunger. Four hundred thou
sand wretched little children like thi.
one have been found and gathered in
to orphanages in Western Asia. Il
Lebanon alone they died at the ratt
of one thousand a day last winter
Funds must be had at once if any
are to be saved this year. (Signed)
Stephen Trowbridge.'