The Washington times., 1918-11-17

and Armenian refugees who had succeeded In hiding in
the hills and mountains and who crept in to ask pro-
lection Of the Russians helped too to comfort the girls
who had been bought of the harems by the American
missionaries. These few hundreds all that were
safe of the 100000 of my people The other
remnants now are starving in the-deserts
When General Andranik moved ON with the advancing
Russians the Grand Duke ordered that be escorted safely
to Sari Kamsh where the railroad begins and sent from
there to T the capital of the Russian Caucasus When
General Andranik bade me goOdby he said
"The Grand Duke has indorsed arrangements for you
to be sent to America where poor Armeninas have
many friends When you reach that beloved land tell its
people that Armenia prostrate and bleeding but
that it will rise again-f America will help with kind
thoughts and prayers"
As started away with the escort toward Sar Kamsh
where the railroad is General Andrank took from his
finger beautiful ring which, he said had been fathers
and his grandfathers and put my finger Il Is the
ring / wear now-a that is left to of my country
From sari Kamish the Grand Dukes escort sent me
to TAs There received by representatives of the
American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief and
supplied with funds sufficient to take me- with the Grand
Dukes passport, to Petrograd Sweden and America
But when reached Petrograd all was not well within
the city, Already the Gar had been removed and the
government of Minister Kerensy losing control Of
the populace. Rioting in the streets had begun and
the authorities whom the Grand Duke and the Amer
representatives at Tis had sent me had been re-
moved or executed.
Again was friendess and without shelter. had a
great deal of money. but could buy hardly any food
For fifty rubles could purchase only slice of bread
When became hungry stopped kind looking persons
in the street to ask them they could help me obtain
something to eat they would look sofrowfuly offer
handsu Of silver and gold and say they could give
that but not food Every seemed to have great
No dared to take me in. found the Armenian
church, empty and deserted All the Armenans who
had lived in Perograd had been frightened away They
had been the first because of their experiences in their
country to scent the coming of trouble and had dis
appeared remained in the deserted church for many
days afraid out in the streets where there was much
killing and robbery Only in the early morning, when
the streets quiet, would venture to look for
food.
At last saw American passing the church. I ran
out to him and begged him in French to help me- I
showed him my passport and he took me in drosehky
to the American Embassy Here every was kind I'd
My passports were changed and the next day was
started toward Christana, in Norway.
More funds from America reached me at Christanis,
and from there to New York. had looked for
ward to my arrival here with vague hope that would
find my lost brother Vahan almost as soon as arrived
But when the tall buildings of the big city doomed up
before the ship drew near knew that would be
disappointed. America is such large country-I have
not yet found Vahan. But some day know God will
send him to for He has proven that He has not for
gotten And hope all America will remember what
General Andranik said to Armenia trusting to
her friends-the people of the United States