The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-08-14
IN CHARGE OF WORK.


ed in action with the Fifth Divi
sion Regular Army, in Alsace Lor
lraine last February, an old newspape
man arrived in Racine today to tax
over the work Of the American Com
imittee for Armenian-Syrian Relief
Lieut.. Thompson has had short con
ference at Madison with the Governor
who has agreed to act as nominal stat'
chairman.
The work upon which Lieut.. Thomp
son is now engaged is not of cam
Ipaign nature, but is one of quiet edu
cation along publicity lines. In the
Ioriginal campaign for $3O,O0O,000 Wis
consin did very well--but not. as vel
as Wisconsin should have done, he
says, and not as well as other States
not of her calibre did do.
The National Committee is compos-
ed of James L. Barton, Chairman; Mr.
Charles v. Vickrey, Secretary; Cleve-
land H. Dodge, Zone of Americas very
greatest financiers) Treasurer. Some
of the active members of the National
Committee are: Hon. William How
ard Taft, Hon. Charles +. Hughes;
Hon. Elihu Root, Hon. Henry Morgen-
thau, Hon. Abram Elkus, Charles w.
Elliott, President of Yale, James Car
dinal Gibbons, Head of te Catholic
Church in America, Rt Rev. David HI.
Greer, head of the Episcopal Church
in America--with long line of Am
erica's greatest men.
Each and every one of these men
have given literally out of personal
funds to this cause Of bringing back
into Christendom great Christian
nation. Armenia is the fountainhead
of Christianity. 1t was there that Je-
sus Christ was born, reared and cru
Gifted. The Armenians are the origi-
nal Christians.
To sit quietly alone among our hap
Ipy families here in America and pity
the helpless misery of 100000 starv-
ing Armenian orphans, is rather tame.
Lieut.. Thompson said this morning:
have met them-hcard them play
and sing their classical music-and if
, true, the mental education of people
is guaged by its music, then the Ar
menians are far removed beyond the
usual conception of them in this coun-
try-of bootblacks, restaurantcurs, ,etc.
for found them charming and intel
lectual."
An Armenian consul wires Wash
ington: people are dying in the very
streets. Mr.. Scott said a man lay
there on the street in front of their
English Legation-just like dead
dog, no one seemed to care, whether
or not he was buried and this in, Te-
heran, a city of 35O,O0O people. One
| of our men went into miserable lit
tie room, dirt floor, no covering on it.
A woman lay in one corner, no food,
no fire, no covering but rags, and she
lay upon tattered piece of mating
one and half yards square. Beside
her on this tiny bit of covering lay a
dying baby, Christian, born the night
before. Christian women are being
confined in the streets" And yet an
other American consul wires Washing
ton as follows: "a crowd of small
children collected in the street. One
of my assistants went to investigate
and he found that camel had died,
and had been dead for some time,
and the small children were devouring
the flesh from the bones."
Lieut.. Thompson said today: "With
the assistance of the Governor of this
great State, do not feel ashamed to
ask the people of Wisconsin to adopt
an Armenian orphan, the Government
of the United States promises to send
you monthly report of his or her
welfare-and it will only cost $500
per month or $50 per year. hope
| from my heart that you big healthy
looking people in Wisconsin, who have
had hard luck in the baby game, will
send $50 to my office, PIP Baker Blk,
Racine, tomorrow morning or wire it
sooner"