The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1919-07-10
Capt. Frank Lee Describes
Relief Work of the Far East

fore my; arrival my girl has been car
ried to Kerek, saying she will be sent
to Aleppo to see her mother. Now
we have recently proved that my girl
has reached Kerek in his military Of
flee this same Major Moehamed.
Now although the Noble British
government has helped me to come
here take my girl and return back
in few days this last event still.
places me in the obligation to ask
your very kind help in order to save
my girl, either by getting an order
from Emir Feisal to bring here the
Major and my girl or give me an Of
fetal order to go and get my girl
there.
> NowI for the sake of human justice
and for the sake of God and hrnlc nity
humbly come to ask your kind help
through which l believe l can only
save my girl. 1 express my hearty
thanks, most gentle society, and re-
man, your obdient servant,
Damascus, May 2Sth.
Verouika Exiegiean.
1t is needless to say it did not take
me long to arrange for an immediate
interview with the Prince and it was
set for the next. day and l laid the
facts before him and he Immediately
issued an order that the said Major
should be brought in and that he
should also be court martialed and
wouldfbe severely dealt with. The
Emir SIS wonderful man, he rules
Seria now and i'll do SO till the
Peace conference makes some dispose
of this country. He is an Arab, "a
years old and stands out as one of
the heroes of this part Of the country.
His father is King of the Hejes and
lives at Mecca. He is great admirer
Of America and a personal friend of
| President Wilson.
lnanasnyeatigator whose duty it is. to
,gosabout the city and find out where
these Armenian women are located;
came home and all but cola oSed When
informing me that a man had been
SHOT and fell at her feet dead, hit by
bullet that had evidently been in
tended for her. She is black and blue
from having been beaten numerous
times when trying to get this infor-
nation. We are going right through
with it and have the Emir with US
who deplores the fact that any such
condition should prevail here.
The British are doing wonders but
have such a big problem on their
hands that they can't handle it all at
once. They are feeding the entire ma
ten of Armenia tina need help l.iI
that is most of them. They are
rationed by the British Army and
hundreds of thousands more of them
would be dead had it not been for tie
| British army feeding them for the
past six months. read an account
in one of the Herald's sent ne thai
/ the people of Armenia Were kissing
the bread made from the wheat sent
from America. This is expressing t
quite mildly. In Jerusalem it was
decided to close down the activities OF
/ the Red Cross and close the work
4 room where we employed about 1870
Armenian and Syrian refuge women
] II making clothes for the refugees, We
paid these women !, Past; - per day
4 twenty-five cents) hundreds OF them
got down and kissed the feet of our
lady in charge and begged for tie
/ privilege to be allowed TO work 10
hours per day for twenty-five cents.
One Of them who works in Jour
orphanage here came into the room
{ Of our directrass the other right and
/ got down and kissed her feet AID eA-
i pressed her thankfulness in tears that
she had a place to work where she
got enough to eat and few azters
!! per day with which to feed her Chilli
rem.
When some of those in America
think they are having hard tine O..
! it, and are tempted to complain, am
SUE if they could see the way these
people are compelled to live, that they
might change their words ct COM
plant to words OF thankfulness that
tie. are privileged to I've vheic such
conditions We're never known.
/ l really think / had better discon-
tinue this letter for If you attempt to
publish it you will not have enough
space left to print local news OF more
interest to your readers. ! would &c
more than peased to hear from you
personally and letter addressed to
me at Paris, care A. R. G. will doubt
less reach me. / ren ain,
Vrry respectfully,
Frank Lee.
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