The daily morning oasis., 1919-02-09
PROMINENT men OF STATE WILL
AID IN DRIVE FOR NEAR EAST RELIEF

| United Drive for Relief. "This is ne
patriotic appeal; it is not an appeal
to help our soldiers and there is nc
/ glamor and excitement of war about
it, but Their els a decidedly strong
appeal in that the dollars subscribed
for it will save from starvation a
race of Christian people who have
been prosecuted and driven about for
years.
''This movement has the endorse
ment of President Wilson," he said,
"and the truth of the terrible condi-
Itions now prevailing in these unhap-
|py lands is revealed in the following
appeal by our President, which has
taken the form of a proclamation:
"'For more than three years
American philanthropy has been a
large factor in keeping alive Arme-
nian, Syrian, Greek, Jew and other
exiles and refugees of western Asia.
son two former occasions | have
appealed to the American people and
the response has been most generous,
but now the period of rehabilitation
is at hand. Vastly larger sums will
be required to restore these once
prosperous, but now impoverished,
refugees to their former homes than
were required merely to sustain life
in their desert exile.
"1, therefore, again call upon the
people of the United States to make
even more generous contributions
than they have made heretofore to
sustain through the winter months
those, who, through no fault of their
own, have been left in a starving,
shelterless condition, and to help re-
establish these ancient and sorely
oppressed people in their former
homes on self supporting basis "
Herbert Hoover, also is taking
keen interest in the rehabilitation of
these peoples as will be noted by the
following cable:
''The world relief program now be-
ing developed by the United States
and the Allies contemplates that
wherever possible relief work will be
hx, hA
through the medium of loans or 9TH
Ell government assistance. Never
theless distress and suffering exists
in many areas where payment for
relief supplies cannot be made. These
charity cases will still urgently need
private benevolence. This is the sit
uation with regard to the Armenians,
Jews, Syrians and Persians. There
is probably no greater suffering to-
day than among the prosecuted peo-
Piles of Asia Minor who have no
funds and cannot secure government
loans and have no credit. 1t is to
aid this distressing situation that
your committee is making its appeal
to the generosity of the American
people. With your financing accom-
plished your committee representing
these stricken peoples can come I'M
der the direction of the new inter
allied world relief organization and
will receive its cooperation in the
purchasing and shipment of supplies.
Arrangements are now being made
to assign one complete flour cargo
now enroute for southern Europe to
the order of your committee and
further supplies will shortly be allo-
Gated to you by the inter-allied COM
mittee as soon as we are assured that
the necessary finances have been
provided"
Henry P. Davidson, President of
the American Red Cross, in a tele-
gram to the National Councils OF
Defense, said:
4. Alexander j, Hemphill, chairman
national campaign Armenian-Syrian
relief, has requested me to tele-
graph you regarding their drive for
$45,O00,000. American Red Cross
druing past Is months has contribut-
ed "a 500. 600 to this conopoittaa fol,
relief in Armenia and Syria We
hay ebeen working in closest CO.
operation with that committee and
have every faith in their work Red
Cross relief does not overlap that
that of this committee as we have
kept out of their field on basis that
relief work in this territory has al
ready been well handled by them and
therefore cooperated with them by