Evening journal., 1920-01-20
TELLSAWFUL TALE.
OF TURK HORRORS
contInued from FIrsl Paee


people. intellectually. In large town
IN Armenia that boasied OF churches,
schools, and men OF intelligence and
enierprising spirits IN The trades OF that
land.
Today. he said, their churches are
destroyed. The schools razed. the mill
lions OF books burned or carried away
and used as wrapping paper by Turk
ish merchants. the men destroyed or
MANNED. and the women OF The land
slaves In Turkish harems with the
hated scars on he forehead between
tho eyes and on the chin. that indicate
the fact that the female has been on
inmate OF a Turkish harem.
I'VE don't want your young men to
come 10 Armenia 20 nght our battles. -
said nr lonan. "All that we want Is
your support. Give us arms and am
munition with which 10 fight our own
battles. and we viii gladly do t. The
Turk has always been a coward end
hc will flee when he nnds ulat Amer
lea is back ~ us.
we don't want You to rebuild our
places OF learning and churches, But
we do want you to help us get back
our womankind The Turks have taken
10000 OF our young women. and they
are now in Turkish harems, or prisons,
as we call them. where they have 20
serve brutes and devils. And we have
many orphans whose parents have
suffered and died. They need 20 be
fed. clothed and educ7ted.
II myself was among 4 unit that was
deported from our home sector. ] saw
men taken al evening and brutally tor
tured, 10 fan dead perhaps from the
results OF the torture.
II too, have seen the women auc-
/ TONED on for ten, twenty and thirty
dollars. and carried away, Ave and six
hundred miles into the land OF me
hurd and Turk. have this week re-
I oeived letters from four young women
with whom I am related who are now
Inmates OF a Turkish harem. The let.
ter was sent 30 the American consul I'M
Armenia and through him 10 me. tht
girls asking for help and release from
their Turkish captors."
As ne spoke OF their sufferlngs Or
1oman halted once or twice as his griel
at conditions In his home land for IN,
moment proved overpowerlnE. liz
apologlzed and said that u was becaus,
he had seen all these things be hao
been speaking about and realized IN,
terrible condition OF the land that n,
was so affected.
I Following Or. L0mon's address. Mr
Beebe explained that the national cam
| paign this year was not one Of d0llar
and cents precisely but OF blood an,
life, the saving OF 10000 orphans. Slxt,
dollars would feed a baby or child
si2O would feed and clothe and shel
ter a child and $3.50 would feed. shel
ter and educate a child.
Local speakers who spoke on varlou
organizations which they representa-
were J. n. Burns for the Sunda
Schools; Or. A. r. Spaid FOR the publ
schols OF the state; Mrs. A. D. Warne
for the Women's Clubs. and John
Saylor for The labor unions.
Mayor Taylor. chairman for Delawar
presided at the luncheon this Afternoon
He called upon the workers 20 aid hll
10 the best OF their ability. shown
the need II the Delaware campaign wa
10 be put through successfully.
/ Inc cuitl speaker luI hit iuucntu
was Captain George r Hyde, a phys
clan. a man born In Vermont. the so
OF a Methodist minister and who ha
charge OF Red Cross relief work in Pal
estlne During 1918 he was engaged 0
Red Cross work In Germany. later !
Belgium and France and then went {
the Near East.
Other speakers for this afternoon ar
Jones c. Arroll Mrs. Florence Spence
Duryea OF New York City. and Or Joh
w. Mace. field secretary for the Nea
Fast national organization aad In charg
OF all campaigns in the East.