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Rural Maryland Answers
Armenia's Call for Aid

Upon the aid sent by America'with
in the next 60 days depends the fate
of the bulk of the four million starry
ed and i'll war victims in the Cauca-
sus. Clothing food, medicine and
housing are all absolutely needed to
prevent the wiping out'of these smil-
lions.
The above is the gist OF a cable
gram sent last week by the work kers
OF the American Committee for Re
i lief in the Near East to the New
York Offices Of the Committee and it
well explains why a hurry call isfbe-
ing sent throughout the nation that
funds shall be forthcoming quickly
and before it is too late. In other
! words the very life of four million
! Armenians and Syrians depend uDon
this country. The appeal is especial
ly urgent when it is\recalled that
among these great masses OF suffer
| ers are more than four hundred thbu-
sand children, largely orphans, whose
parents were slaughtered by Turk
| ish-Hun brutes.
American or at least a part OF Ene
nation is giving. In some sections
the people have not yet awakenedfto
| the full realization that uron their
help depends whether whole natron
| of people shall be permitted to Sie
| like dogs or given the opportunityNo
return to their homes and again be-
come self-supporting and useful citi-
zens in the connection with the great
League of Nations now in formatiop.
The people o. the counties Ef
Maryland are not among those Wfo
| have failed to awaken TO the appe4s
from the Near East. Instead, tie
county people are going deep Info
their pockets in most cases and eF-
cry indication is that the rural ser
tions of the State will go over the
| top with a grand rush and that the
| full county quota will be reached.
Reports which reached the Mar9-
| land county headquarters in Balq-
more last Monday caused Charles n
Posey, State chairman, and John w
Mace, the State director, to make the
prediction that the counties of Mary
land will give at least $100,000s to
the national $3O,000,000 relief fund
for the Armenians.
The campaign is now well on iIl
every one of the % counties though
a number are not yet prepared to
make their reports. The returns
from eleven counties alone, however,
bring the rural contributions up to
February "a to $39,700. Some of
the counties were behind the others
in getting their campaigns under
way, due to local conditions, but the
prospects are bright in every section.
Last week there was a hard eeaS
test going on between three of the
counties for top honor swith Wash
ington county leading with $500,
Garrett second with S7.100, and Har-
ford third with $4,000. Other coun-
ties reported that they were going
along at a good clip, however, and
that they would be well UP in the
forefront before long in proportion
to their quotas and populations.
Allegheny county has given $5,-
200 from her war chest and Anne
| Arundel has already scored a mark
of $4,000. Wicomico has not yet
made a formal report, but her people
have been making a vigorous cam
paign and indications are that she
will pass her quota Other counties
which have reported give the follow
ing returns to February "a: Fred
erick, $4,000; Prince Georges So
600; Howard, $4,000; Somerset, ST.
900; Carroll, $4,000, and Montgom-
cry, $1,000.
Baltimore city has been a bit
slow. Her returns up to February
22nd were but $4,000, but indica-
tions then were that the S1OO,000
mark would be reached in the city
by March 1st.