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Three of the great nations have
ratified the Peace Treaty and il is
now announced that we have peace
In the world, but the fighting is
going on.
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Good timers are still with us.
They like dancing, card parties and
picnics and they usually albion the
church. AS rule they are devotees
of sickness and the physicians car
or buggy is usually seen at the door.
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Some people spend ninety percent
OF their time in talking and about
ten percent Of their time in doing.
The result is that they are always
behind.
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Another misrepresentation of the
colored people is exploded. Colored
people are not given to either rcvoIu-
people seem to be given, or at least
some OF them seem to be given, to-
misreprescnting and maligning one
of the kindlest races of people on
the face of the globe.
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The high cost of living under
judicial investigation and prosecution
by the officials Of the Department of
Gn) Justice mounts to higher levels,
while the appropriations made by the
Government disappear in little or no
time.
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People who elect to the chief Office
little men with little minds or big
mon with little intellect, must pay
the price by having the organization
i'll endless trouble. Do not forget
that.
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In slavery time, when a person
would not work, that person was
forced to take heavy dose Of castor
Oil and calome1. AS result, few
people we're sick. Some would work
when they were sick. No one likes
that kind OF medicine.
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This has been a "hoyday" for
cranks and theorists, but the thought
ful people have about decided that
this class Of people. have had their
innings and must get out
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Steady work will break down the
best constitution and therefore re-
creation is needed, but some folks
want recreation all the time.
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Some women give men trouble and
some men give women more trouble;
both manage to get together and stay
together somehow
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Prayer is all right, but some poo
praying TO God for certain things
than they do on their feet working
to get them.
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Some folks will not work and
some folks Will not play. They just
want to loaf and they are experts at
that kind of business
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When some folks get a little money
ahead, they feel sick and cannot work
until they have expended the last
cent Of the amount accumulated.
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We can all pray while we work,
but there is no need to stop work to
pray. God is lover of industry and
not much an admirer Of illeness.
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People are still marrying and Civ
ing i'll marriages. People are still
divorcing themselves and still getting
divorces.
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We cannot have everything we
want or keep away from ourselves
everything We do not want, but we
can live happily il we try.
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AS you live in this world and your
life companions pass away, a feeling
Of loneliness takes possession of you
that is understandable.
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Some men almost die to get wife
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Seine people will not do right
They were born crooked and they
insist upon walking and acting that
way.
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People, who die will live again,
but if some OF them thought they
woul have to live in this world, they
would not want to live again.
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Sunshine and shadows, one follows
the other throughout the lifetime Of
every Individual
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Quarrciing is sometimes n neces~
sary evil, but as general proposition
IL should be avoided.
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Grumbliug sometimes does good,
but too much OF it does harm.
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Colored folks learned to fight long
ago, practicing upon each other.
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Trying TO live upright is difficult
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more trouble.
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the lives of our boys to make the
country safe for democracy, we do
not understand what the word
MEANS"
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Entered ut ihe Rozt Oillce at Richmond, Virginia
~ vecoDd-clnee matter.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-01-10
TRAGIC SITUATION
IN WESTERN ASIA

At least 100000 Armenians and
Syrians in Turkey have persisted dur
ing the past three years from mas
sacre, deportation, exposure, starva-
ton and disease.
Nearly four million are now home
less and in dire distress.
100000 of those in need are orphans.
100000 refugees have fled the
Turkish dominions and in their tenn
porary homes cry for help.
The military successes of the allies
and resultant political changes seem
certain to render all easily accessible
soon.
Little children scarcely able to feed
themselves live absolutely alone in
deserted homes.
$4,000 children under twelve years
of age are starving in Syria and the
Lebanon alone.
Sufferers in the Lebanon district re-
Gently were dying at the rate of 1000
a day.
Distribution is wisely and econo-
mically made by absolutely reliable
agents.
Three dollars per month will save a
child; $500 will save its mother.
All remittances are sent through the
State Department.
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AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT
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American diplomatic and consular
representatives and other American
residents recently returned from
Western Asia assure me that many
thousands of lives were saved from
starvation by the gifts of the Ameri-
can people last winter. They also
bring full assurance of the continued
effective distribution of reliefs and re-
port that the suffering and death from
exposure and starvation will inevitably
be very much greater this winter than
last unless the survivors can be helped
by further contributions from Amer
lea.
Reports indicate that of orphans
alone there are more than 100000, be-
sides women and other dependent
children, reaching total of more than
100000 destitute survivors. The sit
uation is so distressing as to make
special appeal to the sympathies OF all.
In view of the urgent need call
again upon the people of the United
States to make such further contribu-
tons as they feel disposed, in their
sympathy and generosity for the aid
Of these suffering peoples. Contribu-
tons may be made through the Amer
lean Red Cross, Washington, D. C.,
or direct to the American Committee
for Armenian and Syrian Relief,
Cleveland H. Dodge, treasurer, One
Madison Avenue, New York City.
WOODROW WILSON.
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INTERESTING FACTS

All relief is sent in the form OF
money credits. Owing to the diff
culties of transportation it is impos-
sible to ship food or clothing.
Supplies are purchased on the open
market by relief distributors.
Food, though scarce, can be secured
when money is available.
Audited reports are filed with the
representatives of the American gov
eminent in Constantinople, the Swed-
ish ambassador now acting in that
capacity.
Relief is distributed according to
need, not creed.
Neutral consuls and Swiss distribu-
tors are supplementing the American
workers.
1t requires seven days to travel from
Beirut to Constantinople.
The journey from Aleppo to IRE
bizond overland takes two weeks.
Mount Ararat is as high as Pixies
Peak.
The Russian Caucasus is about the
same latitude as New York City. Win
ter there means suffering.
One hundred cents of every dollar
goes for relief. Administrative ex-
penses of the American Committee
are met privately.
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DETAILS OF NEEDS
IN NEAR EAST GIVEN
A THRILLING STORY OF SUFFER
ING AND OPPRESSION.

Comprising a brief summary of the
dire need, the American Committee
for Relief in the Near East, formerly
the American Committee for Armen-
ian and Syrian Relief, has had pre-
pared a leaflet giving the following
facts:
You are asked for $S0,000,000 to
sustain the lives or 3,950,000 Chris
tians and Jews through the winter,
through their return to new life
free from religious and political per-
secution.
America entered the Great War
that the rights of small nations may
never again be trampled upon. The
noble little nations of the Near East
have kept the faith and borne the
burden of massacre which thousands
of miles have kept from our homes.
Victory has come. And now these
bravest and staunchest pilgrims, in
sight of the goal of freedom, stand
for lack of $4,000, 000-your SIS and
$40 and $50-in immediate danger of
starvation or of death from the dis
eases of war and hunger.
The Red Cross found the machinery
of relief already at work in the Near
East-the missionaries, who know the
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-01-10
NEED $3O,OOO,OOO TO SAVE
SUFFERERS In NEAR EAST

trious, and will eagerly avail them
selves of every opportunity to rees-
tablish self-support and their once
prosperous homes.
No Government Aid Available.
1--WE rejoice that our own govern
ment is able to loan millions of dol
lars to Belgium, France, Serbia and
other allied nations with which the
war orphans and other dependents OF
these nations may be supported. I'M
fortunately, there is at present no
friendly, paternal government to
which our government can legitimate
ly make loans for use in behalf of
these millions of homeless destitute in
Western Asia. Therefore, our task is
not merely that of supplementing by
charity government grants, but rather
task of governmental magnitude. in
which, temporarily at least, the. full
responsibility rests upon the Shout
ders of private philanthropy"
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FIVE RELIEF CENTERs

Organization in five relief centers
in Western Asia. Constantinople is
the gateway to points within the
Turkish empire. Funds are trans
mitted from America by the way of
Switzerland in the form of credit. In
Constantinople the relief is sent to
twenty-six relief districts, where the
funds are administered to the Greeks,
Armenians and Syrians and subject
races of the empire by American mis-
sionaries, teachers, neutral consular
agents and Swiss distributors. Audited
reports are filed in Constantinople
with the Swedish Legation, which rep
resents officially the United States
government All the committees COM
munications pass through the State
Department. One hundred Americans
are still within the Turkish empire adj
ministering relief.
Southern Palestine is reached from
Cairo. The capture of Jerusalem made
$4,000 sufferers accessible for inn
mediate assistance. These must be
garnered.
The British authorities are giving
the fullest possible cooperation in ad-
ministering this relief.
Lower Mesopotamia has been
opened up by the advance of the Brit
ish lines. Refugees find their way
through these lines and receive tenn
porary aid, becoming selfsupporting.
Persia is divided into what is COM
monty called Central and Western
(Urumia), in which the latter section
suffering has been particularly in
tense and special relief work has been
organized.
In Tabriz and vicinity, the Ameri-
can Consul, Mr.. Caldwell, together
with teachers and missionaries, are
trying to stem the tide of distress by
famine and war.
In the Russian Caucasus three hun
bred and fifty thousand Armenian
refugees are seeking new homes. Here
in the very shadow of Mount Ararat,
here working hand in hand with the
head of the Armenian church, the Re-
lief Committee, augmented by eight
additional helpers who recently ar
rived from America, carries on its
ministration of love under the super
vision of Mr.. Smith, the American
Consul
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SOLDIERS HELP ORPHANS

The British army in Mesopotamia,
which was victorious over the Turk
ish forces, was responsible for the
saving of the lives of many of the
Armenian children, who were orphan
ed by the wholesale murder and de-
portation of their parents at the hands
of the Turks, according to advices re-
ceived from field workers.
There are two small boys, named
Pat and David, respectively, aged APP
parently about four years, who were
picked up by the British soldiers and
carried along with the regiment until
a place of asylum was found" says
one of the workers. "The children
salute in the most approved fashion,
and are only just getting over their
sorrow at parting from the soldiers,
to whom they owe their lives. For
months they were cared for by the
'Tommies' and were found wandering
about, too small and wretched to be
able to tell any story, even had their
Arabic been understood by Tommy
Atkins"
The army ration department is al
lowing us to purchase most of our
food at the military rate, which will
save a considerable sum each month.
Lastly, we have obtained first order
of work from the ordnance depart
ment, for the washing and mending of
a large quantity Of army clothing. We
hope to give the satisfaction necessary
to obtain further orders. Everyone
recognizes the necessity of getting
work for the bigger girls, in order
that they shall not only assist in their
own support, but also that they may
not remain unoccupied during great
part Of the day. OF course the little
boys and girls go to school. AS
number of the inmates of the orphan
age are reported to be skillful with the
needle (many of the Armenian women
of the North do extremely fine work.
they will begin to prepare articles for
a sale of work later on in the year.
We are glad for the funds that are
coming. They relieve lot of distress.
1t is a great satisfaction to know that
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SUNDAY SCHOOLS HELP
Children Being Aroused to Give
So. 600 600.

100000.
w. c. Pearce, field superintendent
of the International Sunday School
Association, who has been loaned by
his association, for three months, to
the American Committee for Relief
in the Near East to promote a con-
tinent-wide Sunday school visitation
day, is making tour of the continent
in the interest of this work. His tim
erary includes principal cities where
he is calling together leaders in the
organized Sunday school movement
from nearby states to hold an all-day
meeting and place before these lead
ers the details and plans of the visi
tation.
In a recent letter Mr.. Pearce said:
THE conferences with the general
secretaries and association officials in
the cities l have visited were largely
attended and most enthusiastic. There
is every reason to believe that we
shall be able to reach and enlist thou
sands of schools that did not give last
year"
The work being done by Mr.. Pearce
is in the interest of having the boys
and girls in the Sunday schools of
America give 100000 to this fund.
Announcement is made that already
$4,000 Sunday schools, with a total
enrolment of 100000, have been
reached by the appeal of the Sunday
School War Council and have pledged
their quotas for the campaign.
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ported women and children of the
subject races of Turkey, and its pres
ent program of relief and rehabilita-
ton is worthy of the fullest possible
support"
Henry M. Morgenthau, Former Am
bassador to Turkey: at has been to
me source of great satisfaction to
know that the relief work carried on
under the direction and with the sup
port of the American Committee for
Relief in the Near East has contin-
ued without abatement since my with
drawal from Turkey. From all that |
have learned through conference with
American representatives who have
recently come from Turkey, am con-
WINGED that the work is still going on
with increasing force and effective
ness.
at is gratifying to learn that the
Turkish officials have promised to CO.
operate in the matter of caring for the
terrible restitution which so widely
prevails in the country. They could
do no less since the destitute Protest
ant, Catholic, Jew and Mohammedan
alike, is fed and clothed. Need,
not creed, rightly defines your field of
service.
Let us hope and pray they have
seen the error of their ways. The
needs of these poor, furnishing, shell
terless and scantily clad people, de-
prived of nearly all of their bread
winners, is perhaps the most heart
rendering of any in the world.
John R. Mott, General Secretary of
the Y. M. c. A. and Director General
of the Recent United War Work Cam
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people and speak their languages, and
all official representatives of the Uni
ted States had been organized by the
American Committee for Armenian
Syrian Relief. Channels of distribu-
ton were we'll established. And the
Red Cross asked the Committee to
carry on all relief work in the Near
East territory, in order that there be
neither duplication nor lost motion.
The territory is Asia Minor, the eau
casus, Armenia, Persia and Northern
Egypt.
Every dollar you give. goes to the
Near East.
Of the $l2,321, 1882 collected before
Sept. 80, $l2,371, 1852 was sent to
the field. The increase of $4,000 over
collections was interest accrued from
daily balances.
Your $30,O00OO0 will go in full to
whole countries.
Full government approval and CO.
operation is given to the Commits
sion's work. All funds are transmit
ted through the Department of State.
The Shipping Board and all consular
agents of the United States Govern
ment give every POSSIBLE aid.
There are 3,950000 souls, 100000 of
whom are ornhans, all in desperate
need. II cents per person per day is
the estimated expense OF giving them
food.
Catholics, Protestants and Jews
alike have been the victims of Turk
ish oppression and of Turkish gov
eminent order to exterminate or drive
from their homes and industries every
other people in the Near East. Cath
olcs, Protestants and Jews alike are
receiving every help within our power.
The Commissions work is one, not
only of relief, but of reconstruction.
Our budget includes seeds for next
years crops, farm implements, cattle
and sheep. These people are freed
from their oppressors, but shorn OF
homes and property. Our part is to
set them on their own feet.
A cablegram signed by Stovall, Uni
ted States Minister at Berne, Swift
erland, follows:
Refugees from all countries and
many deported Armenians drifting
back. Their homes in ruins, lands laid
waste, cattle and implements gone.
Need help to .reestablish. Need much
help for they have lost everything.
Heroic men and women who have
strained every ENERGY to save lives
now have task of picking out those
who shall perish. Can you not cable
that promised monthly appropriation
is certain till end June, 1919? Such
action would double value of gift"
The Near East looks to America as
the defender of liberty, the big broth
er to little peoples. America has
given them their greatest uplift-their
colleges, their chief encouragement to
progress and generous help through
their crises. The great war has re-
suited in their liberation.
Shall they lack our support for eff
fectual rehabilitation?
Shall we fail to save them from inn
mediate starvation.
c. V. Vickrey, secretary of the Com
mittee, said:
1--WE, of course, cannot meet the
need as outlined in this reduced bud
get on a $30,000,000 basis, and are
earnestly hoping for oversubscrip-
tions that will provide for the addi-
tional need. If oversubscriptions are
not given to us it means that some of
the destitute people must continue to
suffer while we help as many as pos
sible with the resources placed at our
command"
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paign: THE relief work carried on
by the American Committee in the
Near East on behalf of Armenians,
Syrians, Jews, Greeks and Persians in
Western Asia affords pressing and
an appealing opportunity for the
American people to support human
itarian cause. most heartily in
dorse your $30,000,000 campaign cul-
minating in drive January IL to l9,
and l bespeak for you the hearty CO.
operation and support of all the
workers who took part in the United
War Work Campaign and those as
sociated with the Young Mems
Christian Association throughout the
country"