The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-01-10
by JOHN n OFT.

rlctdiag acruAa hgrnins saeds Ever
thirsty ilps pAfrhed Thrpai dry
Growing weaker with every step Moth
srs are forced ta lsy ,bsir eahtes a,
F'tn6 sGas II the saudi bipd8'msfkf'd
trail tegdssed with skeletons aud
dying humans. because they have no
aoarisAaseat In their breasts Tor ,Aer
offspring Every shrph upraoi ed and
rhe~rd antil the last drop Of moisture
IN goss Nothing to @al Nothing 10
DRINK
Marching across desert, feet worn
TO The hoas, drops OF sHaod are the
footprints 10 Ties sands Of dssoia.
tion whitening bones OF millions Of
nassacrrA men. vaiusn and ehtidrea
s{rs9 the plains Of Asia Minor from
the BLACK Sea 10 the Persian su8 Ia 4
angle days sravsl II - possible 10 see
the natilated corpse ot more than g.,
900 wowcn outraged Il. the Turkish
arny, their children wandering 10
wards what once ~as their home,
guided onty by insitny, sush ~ an o..
llnsl shows when carried away
Thousands Of living babies have been
hurled into the PUSHING l,des OF tho
Euphrstva Tjgris and other tiyers ~
mothers wao wanted them not 10 sui,
ier the agony OF allow death From one
Town. 1890 p@rso ~eye. depotted
NOT permitted 70 take even crust o,
bread AIIo~ed l. carry only the
clothes thes ~ors Departed driven
Tor endless milss over uuaatA ina.
uambcd by biting uinds, pssf plains
nsde barren by barbaTie var. across
deserts OF parching beat Passing auy
.iedly from oae extreme Ut climate To
another driven by muaa tea sBards,
snNonsttts. crtininAls aud ;uftIaAs OF
the oa est ltdsr, .--. ,..-e
Af'er s. days OF wandering lSs Of
the ls,Qeo ssrs iisinE They staggered
into tosn hundreds of miles from
where they stAtted Shadaeriag ssei~
tens Gov erred only ~gtli fxes II ths
rs!men,s that covered ,hem ., The
start bal, Blind frem staFyatua and
beat. half dead Of iRelF ssfl~ttas
Thls IL naly one 81 h-adrg4s oil
towns ana Villages s!miiafIy treated
ay the Turkish Armies Horrors 0l he
gndccjjExx o. the Suitau Of rarasy
commanded BY German officers II
this was he sd Of TIE story appeal
would re useless ans HE ~crs ~ tbs
Amer an COMMITTEE for Rette. In The
Near Hast sosld not ~ sees5ei Rut
With The end OF the war ard ne Grass
ton II hasiiiistes sAsss ah8Esd p@s
pes naturally attempted 20 fe;arn II
thet71hnnes They asd no3hinE vher
they we're Hhss fAev started "a the
retorn journey more Of them died
llnseqrr. bandrs%s n' thoasz sAs man
sgeA 10 ~nssta5d ,se terrible oraeai
saa re@s he'd What once wtre ,beis
hores ca., 10 tad aesps 1T raas
Children bost their pArepts ParsntsI
sho had net inst their babies s0ad sa4
ease Tor ts4e4asAtsem Taey eaalt MT
b. exys I'd tn tee 0sSegs When thrs
had aatagas vttA ~nich 10 rsxal
tAsrnsei Ii 10 - ssvs these se.plsss
almost hageasas. yrstiy babies u lie
WesseEa AssAtte coaaTSss tsat the
Asssrfc&G ComDttis% tor Resist h. tbs
Near seass vas fsrm~a from shE Amer
han Cc.@snates Tor Armenian and Ny
ria. Rsgsss Tas Rsd Cress vas no;
errAasses IN tAsss cogntrses 10 szrcos
sAese p~eyls TNAi orSantsAisen e1U
the Americas CuDm!tiss for Rssss! In |
the Near East nscsy With vhsch ths
ssass ve-x vas sasua Ne Dors cosis
b spared from tAst ssAys treasury
Therefore he coG n;ttsa aeciaec A3
sss lie people e - Uasasd States fuml
III. 90 s%sA aas IL 9tats - TessessseI
vas allotted 80 ~ eaat u tAis sI
vassy t0ss See - Bvsry hcxs tn
- rsssry 10 sseaSsA ss~srss AsaArsf
huaceer. Ia slus rO<A - tasty asDsI