Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-07

! Y. NJ. G. a. Building and use /, as an
office and storeroom. and We had 10
ais" lake over British clubhouse and
! We had to clothc and feed these
people in addition TO the thousands OF
| out and buy clothing for them, No
had to CONTRACT to have the cloth made,
and then had to contract for having
/ made. First. we had to have the i.ath-
! CT tanned and then the shoes made
,m %nsa'e, n nerd s,S ss.Irins Ones.
/ great numbers pf people VINO we're
| OH the verge OF. or actually were.
| starving. and VIC were receiving large
friends OF thcs? people IN America TO
be given 10 Il number OF individuals.
These. Of course. had 10 be found and
/ tho money given to them. That was
| done through the embassy star and
I through our consuls and through
teachers who were there. most OF them
Americans. We used some of the
money to establish soup Kitchens.
/ Thousands upon thousands Of men Gold
men mostly, because al the, other mon
had been taken to the WARP, women
and children were fed. and IL was one
OF the saddest sights one could see
I" observe long lines OF women ana
hour TO get Just enough food 10 keep
body and soul together for another
day.
My observations then convinced me
systematized work Of relief from
night be disIrbuteG i' than For ''1 the
friends and ireia.iyes. OF IN; stricken
their donations directly TO their loved
ones o,',i Too often often, the money .hus sent
relief w nefet w reach enc for whose
TIC people Of the Near East ST. are 'H for
the Near East RELIEF to "' handie i Inc
American fund that is now being raised
home and pu, them ON their feet 50
That they may start lie all over again
win W., such n, grace as lhey may command.
existence which has hitherto been more
or less frsd,a mere histoG!ra conGsption,
need rslief% The answer can be read sat
Of the country--disp pa tches which tell
~ %. CON inued suffering. continued III!
70 their former homes. They arc now
T Ssi &c yar cd for IN very great meas
Near Eas, kei It S"s '"F0us" inc
ahyc before Inc the copy OF a
InodGe. ,reasi,rer OF me Near East Re.
iiei; frGm Colonel William n. Haskell.
Ioimt niSn comm issioncr for Armenia.
After an inspection just completed
find tina! relief measures in Armenia
the Government OF Arm.nis IS isI IN S svme
pathy with Denikin and the anti Boil
sheVist movement the districts az
Georgia and Azerhaijan arc hostile.
The Tartars. assisted by The Turks.
have compelled the Armenian popuiao
lion TO abandon lsdir and arc pressing
largely INCREASED tho numbcT ' or
refugees to be taken care Of ana also
makes shipments Of food supplies from
the koub2n district uncertain.
This means that the only depend
able sources Of supply are the United
states and the Western European coun.
tries. estimate that there arc 500
600 destitute Armenians who wiz re-
quire assistance until next years mar
amount TO 1000 tons of hour monthly
rom December l. until the harvest or
1920 besides one full cargo for adj
ditionai relief to 10000 children for
three months. For food relief. csti-
mate that tho Caucasus will require
5000. 900 monthly from December l.
Additional personnel for the super
y!si9n OF railway transportation
When | read this report which gives
there, | think again OF tho great work
ms country, and the people Individu-
ally of this country were doing when
IL came under my observation. Above
All, think again OF these American
teachers ana nurses and workers who
TeiuSed 10 come away even when rc-
lat!ons were severed. preferring TO face
death and remain there to take care
or these unfortunate people. Is il any
Wonder that the Armcnians who arc
sands. looS TO America as their only
hope OF Salvationo" '