The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1920-02-26
HUNGER KNOWS
NO ARIlISTICE
IN CAUCASUS
Colonel Haskell Reports 70 Hsar
East Relief on Dssperats
Needs Of Helpless.


world, but hunger knows no srmistics
In the Near East" says Colonsl WI
liam n. Haskell. allied high coanis-
son u the Trans -Csseasus. II - sp-
peal to Near East Relief. AaAisoa
avsnuA New York city. for food and
supplies for the relief e the starving
millions.
Colonel Haskell u n charge q an
operations and disbursements Of Nser
East Relief in the Caucasus.
There is no fuel or shelter fo9 ~
greater part Of them during the terri
BILE winter In the mountains." ~ sayA
''nnd the existing food supply u e.
tirsly Inadequate for the great a1n-
her Of refugees without resources OF
any kind.
by q recent agreement between
! the premiers of the republics Of Ar
menia. Azerbaidjan and Georgia to
cease hostilities and settle all differ
ences by arbitration one obstacle to
/ relief work in the Caucasus has been
removed and makes accessible . great
number Of destitute people who other
wise would perish this winter.
/ 1.-TWO hundred thousand destitute
Armenians and Tartars can now b
reached In the districts Of karabagh,
Shusha and Nakhichsvan. in the south
east section Of the Trans Caucasus,
and we are planning to extend our
work there. The economic situation u
% desperate and food supplies %
scanty that the Georgians have or
dsred 100000 persons mainly Russian
refugees without employment. to leave
/ the city OF Tiflis. About 5000 work
srs In the oil fields of Baku have been
ordered by the Azerbaidjahess to
leave the city because there 10 -
work for them and food 10 scarce.
Around every station along the rail-
way are gathered groups Of hundreds
Of homeless people lying huddled to-
gsther on the ground. the majority Of
them too weak even to try to help
themselves. From time to time the
stronger ones climb on freight cars
and move elsewhere. always seeking
better conditions. which do not exist.
Two hundred and siIty-three thousand
homeless refugees from Turkish Ar
menia thus are constantly milling
about throughout Russian Armenia,
making the relief work conducted by
the Americans . problem requiring in
finite patience and organizing ability.
'.This 10 especially true in view Of
the existence Of $4,000 destitute In
habitants Of Russian Armenia who
possess homes, but no food, as well A.
10000 Greeks, Russians, Perslans, Sy-
rians and Yssidis who have bssa
driven out Of parts Of Transcaucasia.
zone hundred and forty thousand
Aoslems, whose villages were destroy
ed In the course Of five years Of ssA.
slant warfare, are helplessly en-
eampsd In the open around villages Of
their former enemies, begging infini-
tesimal quantities of flour, which they
mix with dirt to give the illusion Of
nourishment.
"These hundreds Of Thousands Of
suffering adults. mostly homeless and
lacking every necessity Of life, having
nothing more to lose, are concentrated
In q country as yet inadeQuately 20
liced or governed. They constitute q
fertile field for the seeds of Bolshs-
vism or any form Of anarchy, the
spread Of which once loosed would b
impossible to predict.
ut IL generally admitted in the Cau-
casus that the Americans Of the Near.
East Relief already have saved the
! lives Of at least 10000 babies and
children and of 100000 adult refugees
and destitute. This work still is con-
tinulng." ."
| In al effort to procure funds to car
~ on the work and save the lives Of
these hundreds OF thousands who 9TH
erwise will die of starvation and eX-
posure Near East Relief, of which
! Cleveland H. Dodge is treasurer, 10
making an appeal to the American
people.