Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-07
ARMENIA LOOKS TO This
COUNTRY As ITS ONE HOPE
'ormer Ambassador to Turkey Tells
or Americas Aid to Suffering
and Martyred Nation.
soo,ooo IN NEED OF FOOD
anram ]. Elkns Writes OF Scenes Of
Suhering, Agony and Distress En-
acted In tho Persecution and
Slaughter by Turkish Subjects.
Di ABRAM !. ELKUs.
United States Ambnssndor to TURKEY al
'he Time Of the Severance or
Diplomatic Relations.

T. Init Of sfsss sharl, an" and Ps sb%r
PIC to stand BY the ArIncnnns and
G1;; ,.,,, oppressed peoples Of tho Near
Who are, the Armenians?" When
:a;hMod 20 make answer 20 these aucs-
pulse is TO fa!ter One ' is a na'n To- nun IN
TINT nTh e story is toe Ions haven, che
power OF descr tH IL az nave" Inc
Am nns when ,5rmHmber that few
or mied know e Gags G "a n:'4 back ssin1 r.
.ore: when / consider That cond! Ga
today In those countries OF the Near
f ai snaeared 70 our youth
Religious ties. whatever our reiieion
n may bisIican only be told rs the com.
,nSq,i ntcc Of the world war: when /
srsss, OF desoleied homes, Of 81 iit;le
Of eha ea et WseaeTer say ." tho fsGe
man who has been there and seen
m nnIsss be c, innnemsibie 70 the best. i'm
li,ns and tell ali he X knows "G' Of tP , iaxe
imerIea eh Tor of reIier.. *ho are looking to
wo ~ 1t rem msF re s,o6P 9lteaI question
dor to Turkey for the bearing they
~hs:her n or no, qR re u the
T.y That is no, FOR r F me To- di SHnna
t;ons9 s suem matters TO the intcrna
aD, sse.is stand by A,neni..
.ra, n', "nen the subject Is approached
mpeiled e relate cireumstanc;ess which l
f nave eonxinced me that II is not only
AaeTca 5 slrs s s,.n II .e 81 9 hf:
Dc 70. Whsn say say ibis l; e j sa"" s In
'nf soS %A ssS0Y'i round snS .Fd
!ished by Americans In the Near I:ast
n nearly a hundred years before The
Can such work be properly closed
NO., n, d 'ins When It's benenciar!cs are
!, consistent with, the American con
csption OF philanthropy 10 .orsake an
NOS, Xeeni pef fei WIEN ihhs mssds r
nf n,H away from their, oIeH -l.nuni-y
tooa their siTas siea a7a no? ana Re; w'h1n
The swords which made ' th en- '' NJ
america Is not a aoIt.crGaevcr Mas
When vent to !. sons.an,:nopie
f mere r were man. rcESilfions IN stors
10 contemplate. But one OF them Mas Mas
had neyar DREAMED q before to- % II
American people had Conc eea oT, % ~, Inc
nag been under ;hc yoke OF despotic
Chief Interest Was 10 Up,ift.
WAS surprise 20 me TO find that
.chile We had many business inter.
'rsts there, the greatest interest which
america had III the Ottoman cnpir,
MAJ ihdt OF education. Men and wo-
man OF America had endowed grc,.
!natitutlopS the &c! st.tutions that
were wonderful In their scope and In
nc Work they were carrying on: not
mere institutions TO convert p.opie
from one religion TO anoth.rEthey
mad scared up 10 higher levels They
We're educating young men and women
IN me Two great institutions near Con
stahtlnopie ihat were Indicative Of
NAM others that were' spreading
throushout the land.
one das a rolloEc for young men
wherc you could lind represents ,ivcs
or a.. tho peoples OF Turkey Arncu!ans
AIao3 \sSyrians. Greeks. Jews, sitting
side ny side; and learning. just as our
young men here in America, learn tho
,essons that We're taught By American
men and women who go out to do such
tasks IN those faroff places
. %n,eh; y perhaps. had a greater, innu-
10 the american College for Women
The buildings were beauti:u! com.
p!ete In every appointment. perfect