Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-29

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aEEave ven avsr Aeem % eegsn1ed tEaae
you nsassa 5nst cguaE * breaa -
keep yOn aliv@2 aSOs Wei then ron
Sanasct realize c0nditiors ID ArznegAa
and Syria whers four msasOn q my
hssasand'a and rsy people are hyizasg
and dependlng upon America for v@ry
LIE.
So spoke Lady Anne A1gapesal.
wafe Of General Asesr0p nj AxsaDettEa.
&c Ar1nenia. while making ayiRg trip
through MARYLAND few days 80.
With her gnaaamk hs1sanaasd Lady A.
sapatian served wseA the Russian Red
Gross forces SOe two years before elae
revolution ard unAn th4y were forced
to Zee cor taeax nves from Boashsyiki
forces During aRAeGr segvtce they raw
thousands a. Arnanians serving 81
der che Russian Sag Ia mo nghk for
world Democracy kined ID seton. But
worse stili they ny hunslreds q old
men old ard yOung wORnan and young
Children abused. tortured ard finally
Killed IA cold blood BY srkish sOzt4asa.
And further thay saw many Others d.
iii the ssreeta Of Armenia. Syria and
Persia FOR want 81 BIT Of bread
The Visit Of me Armenian Gensraa
and his wire to Maryaand. brief though
1t was, awakened the people 9 the
state to keener realisation q con-
dtGions In the Near East They brought
q message from race of fighters -
race who gsve 100000 soldiers to the
Aliisd cause Armenian soldiers VINO
rallied I'd the Russian nag and fought
long before An1ss9ca entered the world
conflict.
And whfle these men fought and
died, the Turka, who Tor centuries
have awaited 9seunseives Of every op
porulnity to slaughter the ATsneniana
because 81 their REFUSAL to abandon the
Christian religion, fell upon the weaker
members Of the race, tortured and
killed rieat and Left. driving from
their homes those who they permitted
10 live.
'.It IS for these four miIifon who
were permitted To leave their homes
without any possessions and ID Geas
Of their yery lives that We are paaa6
ing. said Lady Azgapetian For
these millions, inciWding four hundred
thousand little orphaned children.
whose fathers, husbands and brotherH
were either killed III open warfare 81
who we're tortured and slain that we
are asking the people Of Maryland
and 81 America for aid They need
help Of all sorts and they need Inn,
mediate hAlp TO carry them through
the winter nlonths and give them oa
portunity to return to their homes and
take UP their means Of livelihood. :
While III Maryland General and
Lady Azgapetian told their story 0f 3
suffering people at several big meet
ings III Baltimore in Westminster and
Salisbury. Lack or time prevented
them from visiting other parts o1 the
State. but Il Is expected that they Wal
return to Maryland before the open,
ing of the campaign in Baltimore and
many Of the corutieS on February 3.
Maryland Is becoming al important
spot III connection with tie Armenian
ana syrian Relief Last SATURDAY me
Cape Lookout lett Baltimore x Con.
stantin0ple By way og Glbraltaf with
cargo os -four costing nearly 81 600.
900 and consigned 20 the American
Committee For Relief In the Near
East. Anokher ship viii leave Bal4l-
more soon. The Lockout Il only ons
of many ships inst win 60 forward
with supplies but ID provide the oar
goes 70 r9hese ships IL least $50 900.
900 Il needed Some States hare III.
ready held their campaigns and q
local Of more than Ss.0O0,0O0 mas = en
pledged Maryland wilI Do asked gor
100000 and while Washington. Anae
Arundel and Somerset counties amve
begun their drives every county and
Baltimore City must reach their fu1l
quotas IL the STATE ID bo do its share
for people who gave their aIl ID the
fight with America for world frsy-
dOn