Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-12-25
PROMINENT men
IN XMAS APPEAL
FOR ARMENIANS
Former President Tan Leads n
Eloquent Plea tor Support Of
Near East Relief.

To save the lives of SnOOO0 people
h Armenia and other western Asian
countries and 10 care for more than
26O.OOO orphans ~ho are homeless
there former President William H0w.
ard Taft. Henry Morgerfi,nu. former
ambassador To Turkey. and Alexander
J. Hemphill the New York banker, ~
members Of the Executive Committee
Of Near East Relief the former Amer.
lean Committee or Armenian and
Syrian Relief. have issuesi christ.
mas appeal fov continued support OF
this organization and Its work.
Nenr Fnst Relief II now operating
under a government charter and ID
practically alone IN the western Asian
Geld. the Red Cross several months
ago having announced its withdrawal.
The Christmas letter. a cinssic Of IL
kind. IL az foi'ows:
"Denr Friend Another little child
has shrivelcd MP and died
"'rhe mother, creeping hack, gaunt
and cold. from the desert. has pnt
down the thin little bones with those
that strew the road and has sunk b.
side them. never 10 rise again
SONY little child and mother
ont on the bleak Armenian road But
what 10 that vision towering there and
what In that voice the cold winds bear
70 the ears Of our souis--1 was hungry
and We gave me no meat; was naked
and ve clothed me not
"1'oday--yes, today--while We ars
preparing our gifts for ChristmaA
many more Of these little children
not 4 hundred nor thousand but
100000 Of shem--are still wandering
uncnred for and alone In that dead
land. their weakened skins clinging In
fear to their rattiing bones.' and they
are crying out with gasping breath. !
am hungry. am hungryr And the
voice Of one who watches % a. we
prepare gifts to celebrate his birth
day comes again to the ears Of our
souls---'I am hungry I am hungry ~ ]
am hungrylir
snow. the children and the mothers
In Armenia are dreading the winter.
Just human remnants they are, not
protected. many Of them. from the ele.
ments by even the dignity Of rags.
The most favored have merely shred
ded rags How shalt We sing our
Christmas songs and laugh and light
the candles and give beautiful gifts
while that pleading voice cries In tho
ears of our souls. 4 am naked and cold
naked and co,dr
"Rut we can feed and clothe these
perishing Ones~-some OF them-~before
II 10 too late Herbert Hoover has ca.
BILE that the loss Of 100000 lives can a.
this day no prevented. but the remain.
Ing 100000 can possibly be saved.
They need not starve and freeze and
die II We will save them. In the name
Of him who saw the multitude as
sheep not having a shepherd and was
moved with compassion toward them,
who exclaimed when his disciples
would turn them away. They need not
dcpnrt. give ye them to eat' open
your heart and purse and give to
these Christians whom he loves. who
are suffering for him and with whom
he 10 suffering They need not die.
Give ye them 10 eat
"Fifteen dollars month will pro-
vide food. clothes. shelter and educA.
ton toward self support for one or.
phan child.
"1en dollars month will provide
food. clothes and shelter for one or
phan child
Five dollars month will provide
food for one orphan child.
"He fed h.Wn hungry people in the
wilderness ard said to his follOwerSA