Arizona republican., 1920-02-27

appeal in the Arizona campaign now drawing to a close, which calls for the adoption through Near East Refer stations of 1000 Armenian children facing starvation-
 Addressing itself to every Arizonian who has heart and the courage to meet unpleasant truths the committee says:
 We address you because we wish YOU to know that Herbert Hoover, aft CT careful investigation, says:
 The Near East presents the most desperate situation in the world
 ..The Turks have tried to annihilate the non Turkish population of Ar menia, Syria and ajacent territory
 1.-TWO million two hundred thousand were killed or died of exposure
 Pour million Armeni2ns. Jews and Greeks are absolutely destitute.
 -Four hundred thousand orphans were left when relief work started.
 ..One hundred and fifty thousand died last year because the relief lacked means to prevent them from starving.
 s.The other quarter. of million will also starve unless help is forthcoming in large measure.
 Tn some localities bodies have been taken from graves and eaten to keep life in the poor starved bodies of the survivors.
 ssIn Erivan recently relief workers found a family roasting half the body of q. baby.
 Human bones are cracked to get the marrow.
 Near an ill supplied relief station children gather in droyeS to receive a morsel of food. They sleep in the open, as there is no other place.
 Each morning they are sorted over. and the dead put aside until an OK cart on it's daily round of hauling off the dead disposes of them.
 These people are not savaSes. They are white people whose only crime is that they are not Mohammedans-
 "Be sparing of your criticism. Re member that in pioneer days the Don- ner Party lived for some time on hu- man flesh.
 Tn other localities the people are trying to keep soul and body together by eating grass.
 These are not pleasant things to write of. But they exist. Ignoring them will not help the situation.
 "All seed, implements. tools, every thing which would enable people to live are gone.
 Why does not the Red Cross help? This question is often asked The an- swer is that the suffering exists in territory largely under Mohammedan domination The symbol of the cross increases religious hatred and makes relief work doubly difficult. The Red Cross. realizing this. turned the work over to the Near East Relief.
 This organization was duly incor- porated by g, special act of congress. Its incorporators are men of national prominence. Among them are Herbert Hoover, Wm. H. Taft, Chas. F.. Hughes. Vance Mccormick, Abram Elkus. Stephen S Wise Cardinal Gibbons and Ray Lyman Wilbur. All of these men arc giving time to this work.
 Tt takes Big Men for d big job. Tn each community we are seeking to enlist the personal and financial aid of leading citizens, men of affairs, in this work.
 We are seeking pledges on the basis of S5. BIO or $15 per month for the year 1920 thus supplying funds to pro- vide shelter clothing and food for 1000 destitute children. If the unpleasant facts here related have made any inn pression upon your, heart let your sponse be prompt. Send in your check or money order to state headquarters, Near East Relief. Phoenix National Bank building, Phoenix, Arizona. If unable to make this sacrifice the least anyone can do is to take the lead in organizing his or her lodge. club, Sun day school or class in this great re- lief work
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