Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1919-01-23
LAST WAR TASK
NOW C0NFRONTS
UNITED STATES
ENEMIES CONQUERED. BUT SOME
WEAK ALLIES MUST 81
SAVED.
STARVATION IN HOLY LAM
Four Million Christian A%rmenlanR
SyrIsns. Greeks, and Thousands
Of lows, P~ersecuted BY
Turks, in Distress.

The American people have been
asked to give money for the starving
and suffering a good many times since
the great war began, and they have
always responded in a way that has
made the word American" one Of the
proudest titles on earth.
But there has never been q more
multitudes OF the old Bible Lands. Try
to imagine 1000, 900 men, women and
children starving in deserts and old 10.
walled cities. dying of pestilence and
plaques IN the old holy places OF the
Near East. Picture this vast army of
sufferers going down into the Valley
OF the Shadow with none save fsr.ofi
America to succor and to help.
That is what is happening at this
very hour in Syria, in Armenia and the
0reco.Turkish parts Of the Near East.
What the fanatical Turk carried out
under the direction OF the cold.helr.ed
Prussians, famine, pestilence and tho
black shadow Of starvation are now
rapidly completing.
They call Armenia, that lies up TO.
ward the Russian frontier in Eastern
Turkey. THE Death Valley OF the Near
East" No one knows. no n will ever
know. how many Armenians were
slain by the Turks since the great war
began.
Millions OF helpless people died OF
N Saonra unH atury.fiNn in this an.
cient land. The Armenisns We're cut
I o pieces by Bashi. Ba2ouks, they were
beaten TO death by the thousands I'M.
der the n~ail.studded clubs OF the Turk.
ish %soldiery. who dubbed them 10
death rather than waste cartrid' - In
Staying them. Hundreds OF thousands
Of the old men, the women and chill.
dren were driven off into the open des.
erts 10 die under the burning sun of
Asia. They have disappeared utterly.
The race is al the point OF being wiped
out.
There are but 4.000.00 of these per.
secuted, harassed peoples Of Armenia
and Syria left. They are starving, as
no other people in the world have ever
been starved. The Germans thought
they were at the Dark Gates Of Hun.
ger when they finally surrendered. Bel
eium knows something OF real hunger.
but in Armenia and Syria these strick.
en- people with death at their shout
| ders are fighting for the roi ting meat
of long-dead animal carCasse5, and are
sustaining life on the filthiest garbage
that comes to their hands. They are
literally starving.
The sandy trails OF the desert are
lined with the bodies OF the starved.
The dead bodies choke tie village
streets. There are too few 81 the liv'
ing and they are too weak 10 bury
their " dead. Ii is a Land OF Death,
q charmed house made By the Turk and
the German.
II these 1000. 900 people are 10 be
saved it must be through American
help. II the 400 900 orphaned children
in the Holy Lands o! Christianity are
Ia live il must be because Americana
will give enough American dollars to
save them.
II does moi take much 10 do infinite
good. The man or the woman who
gives Sc gives enough TO keep the
breath OF life in some poor unfortunate
for a month. Twelve times IS will
mean life for a year To some man.
woman or child who is Otherwise
doomed. Only II cents per day Is re-
Quired to make the difference between
life and death to some II OF the starV'
! ing millions Of The Near East.
Other Americans have helped. Amer
lean men and women relief workers
have been doing their best there for 4
long time. Some OF them have given
their lives in an effort 10 save these
people. The Turks and The Germans
were determined TO wipe out these
people while the world was 50 busy
with war that II could not turn aside
TO answer the piteous appeals that
wero coming out " the Businesses Ut
the Turkish Empire. Now that the
curtain has been lifted by the ending
OF the war. the world knows THAI trey
succeeded all too Well.
Christian Miss"rrians are asked ia
help save these stricken peoples. rhs
Armenian and syrian ~lirllrr IalhrPtgn
begins Feb. 3 and continues n week,
Missourisns will make this campaign
ucCess