Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-14
DRIVE FOR THE RELIEF OF
ARMEN|ANS AND SYRIANS
Is Launched at Luncheon Given Monday Noon
at Augusta House by Gov. Milliken. at
Which Representative from All Over Maine
Are Present-Drive Will Take Place First
Week in February

many and vice versa. They .os, 90
TIME 70 give effect &c rhesr sanguin-
AIRY propsnsi,ies. AL that the human
oreasI conceaIs n brutality and cru
elIE surely has manifested Itself n
a telling manner
"Fifty-four towns N Eulr,-,a N
odd years ago were ruined and sv-
erEoocy N them were DESTROYED. The
IlaSsfT-es in Chios and the other
I1recian Isles some ~ years ago ve-e
awful but hardly z circumstance %
what mas been done Il, A-ner5.
TIM the territory Of Turkish Ar
nen!a four years ago over three ana
ha!f Armenians lived. There -
some difference OF opinion rs 70 7oy
many OF them have been slain since
tHeH- link / am sure 4 is 4 far
statement 10 make that AZ leas, :.
o''-'" Armen,ans nara been killed
S4nce III. by The Tu-ks ana Eurds.
Their effur. IS 10 ex-e--n;-o-a ia
Armenian race that they may pos
sess iheir lands and stock. and de-
s1Toy the Christian church there
ou tGik a great deal about the t-ih-
iiai.ons 20 winch Belgium has been
subjected I think / an sure that
can safely state 20 you tina. A-me-
ma ias suffered a thousand ;.uoes as
nuch as Begun aas.
For hundreds II wears -.is mas
oeen gone on TO greater or less ex-
-enL To leftover the maids. "a nm
me raafrons. - slav ne ~oung rne1.
% butcher the old, and to assemble
mem together n The A-uenia,,
churches md burn them. EunS-a;=
N thousands have 50 suffered s;nr.
lSiA. | would hesitate aoo,I- ,n.k,,
Such 1 statement here r va-a mr.
absolutely su~e # the ruth, NJ ,y-
father and mother are one II -,oe>-
thousands thar have haeo 1.,i,aa
within the las, four wears. ana nv
own GEAR sisters ara one Of ..e
thousands Of Christian Arnen =,
-'r,s that have been IishororaT y,
1915 thousands upon thousands
women wer dishonored. SIsr,rAte- ~
ten began sv the sound Of 4 h,,r.a
ana ended each day BY the same sig
nal.
hundreds IF thousands ~ Ar-na-
1lln men. women and children ya,~e
cr;Ven from their homes ana 1,i,r-
req on foot. without provisions .or
unknoW1 destinations IN the none o@
determination. Many women sprang
INTO ne Euphrares river 10 escape
fishoncr while 5000 died N NE
burned church Al Orfa IN he rnasEa-
ere II L few Years ago. Circ,,rn-
stances have been such IN the las+
re" Years that He'll would not have
been a r'gAt good rest;hule for Ar
nenia- IN He'll they do rot disnonor
women. do not think Il IS 70 the
benefit Of civilization 10 ex.erynina.a
A-neniaas. l do not believe !, g ~
the safety Of that empire rhp, NE
only race which has any CAPACITY <7r
administration and business cou,rnr-
Mites should be treated in that 4ast-
on. They cannot develop a cnun,---
by such methods. The rape of Eel
gum. the murder Of Serbia the .,j-
lapse o. Russia hare appalled, A world
that would stand aghast II il kre.y
the horrors of Christian life in Ar
nenla.
The stories are 100 sickeoiny 70
be repeated. Armenia IS vas,
slaughter. Those who have escaDe.
massacre have died of hunger
LET me point out the German am
hassador and the German generals
ar" Turkeys real master. a word or
an order issued by any of Them
would have stopped the ca-1ar.
TURKS AVID C-av~Na, =.
and Constantinopie statesmen work
I'd hand N glove. Their nisdeeds
should keep the world aloof from
them
Il an particularly happy TO seize
the opportunity YOU thus offer ne 70
express once again the deep sense
II gratitude Ar-neriars feel towards
the people Of The United States.
whose magnificent charitable efforts
relieved many hundreds of thousands
II victims Of ne first massacre of
1915. 70 which I now point n no
other country were the proofs Of 7c-
tive sympathy or of human SOLIDARITY
manifested 70 such an extent Or with
Suc. marvellous results
Our eminent President of the
United States. Mr. Woodrow Wilson.
himself encouraged this dne human
ltar,an movement in 1915 and 1877
Now You are here FOR the purpose of
saving thousands upon thousands
from starvation. The Armenians
viii never forget al tia. has been
done Tor thefn. We are especially
grateful 70 the American COMMITTEE
for Armenian and Syrian Relief
which under the presidency Of DR.
Barton. has been the vary life Of his
wonderful propaganda"
William {. Holloway 0f New YORK.
the assistant director general OF the
Armenian ana Syrian Relief Com
mittee, spoke Of organization and he
vas foilo~ea by Bishop BENJAMIN
Brewster of Portland WHO said our