The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-11-05
NEAR EAST RELIEF
APPEAL FOR MORE
FUNDS FOR WORK
MARYLAND IS ASKED TO SUPPORT
420o ARMENIAN WAR
ORPHANS.
IS MOSTPopULAR PHILANTHROPY

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lives of half a million or more people
who were starving to death after the
close of the World War, is making
new appeal to American philanthropy
for funds to continue it's work. Prac'
tically the whole task now left to IT,
thanks to the success Of the work OF
the past two years, is the care OF war
orphans in the orphanages which
has established.
There were about 250,000 of these
orphans in Armenia and neighboring
lands who were found after the war
in rowing bands seeking food In the
cities and the open country and in all
stages of starvation. There are few
now to whom some sort of aid has not
been given, but there are many thou
sands who have only America and
near East Relief to look to for food,
| clothing and shelter. It Is for the pur-
pose of continuing to provide this
support of these orphans and to pre-
vent their again being brought to the
verge of death by starvation, that the
appeal for money to keep up the work
| has been issued.
The people of the state Of Maryland
have been asked, as their share OF this
orphan support, to provide for 2,OS4
orphans for year. Near East Relief
is able to feed an orphan for IS
month and to provide food, clothing,
shelter and education for SIS month,
or $3.50 year for each.
| The Thanksgiving Christmas period
has been set as the time for the cam.
paign in many Maryland counties to
obtain the contributions which will
support the orphans assigned to
them. Every dollar contributed to
this cause goes into actual relief
work in Armenia and the neighboring
| Near East countries, no deductions
being made for expenses, which are
| privately borne.
Near East Relief is federal cor
poration, chartered by Congress. Its
accounts are carefully audited by GER
! titled public accountants and reports
made to Congress. It has been in
vestigated and endorsed by the Ma
tional Information Bureau.
Near East Relief provides food for
the hungry. For instance, few weeks
| ago 100000 refugees were being fed
in one city in the Caucasus. This food
had to be provided every day and ii
| the funds stopped for a few weeks
all of these people would have per-
ished.
Near East Relief provides shelter
for the homeless. There are 229 or
phanages, with an enrolment of 54,-
600, and also 5000 other children
cared for outside of these buildings.
There were recently acquired an addi-
tional $4,000 children from Russia,
who came into the Caucasus ahead of
the Bolshevik army.
Near East Relief provides healing
for the sick. There are So hospitals in
the various districts and countries of
the Near East, with large staff of
| physicians, nurses and helpers.
Near East Relief provides rescue
for imprisoned women and girls. There
are eleven rescue homes full to over
flowing. II more funds were provided,
more homes could be opened and filled
Immediately. There are more than
| 100000 of these Armenian women and
girls in Turkish harems, but their re-
lease cannot be demanded until places
of shelter for them are provided or
their relatives, II any, can be located.
Near East Relief is building up in
| dustrial life. There are employed 23,-
900 men, women and young people in
Near East Relief factories.
Near East Relief provides repatria-
ton for refugees, returning them to
their homes as far as possible when it
Is safe to do SO.
Near East Relief desires the coop
Grafton of every American. The Ar
menians are suffering because OF
their religious convictions, their 10y
atty to principle, their adherence to
the cause of the Allies, for which we
are under obligation to them in sac
rificing their lives. and thus saving
American lives by shortening the war.
Near East Relief is perhaps the
most popular philanthropy in America
because of these facts and also that
of all the relief areas in the world the
Near East is the only place where no
government aid is available. The Ar
menians are surrounded by neighbors
who would rejoice in their extermina
ton. They are the remnant of mar
tyred Christian race. whose fathers
and relatives have died for the Chris
tian faith. but this remnant, and espe
cially the thousands Of orphans whom
American dollars are now supporting,
constitute the hope of the future OF
the Near East.
If we have heart we will gladly
OtGafain fhaSa pannIa IN kha{u diokraCo