Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-03-18

treating Germans had passed through
mere are no farm houses ovoa
mere All the people I've in Villages.
ther horses were stolen, food for both
human beings and animals was taken
Darns demolished, farming implemsnis
uroken up and everything with which
'ney nad TO make living, gone. Tha
country Is as bleak as No Mans ANA Z
~ Is probable that they can h.
placed on sustaining basis within :
year II the orphans and aged peopl.
are given aid during that time. I ~.
lleve' however that they win neaA
some aid after that time
u have never seen a peopla NOR. 4,
.eNikent tnan the Armenians," says
Ut. Chappell. Their intellect sb,n..
more brilliantly through their RAJ.
ana hungry faces. They are far supar.
Tor TO Turks, and this Is one canse =,
tneir trouble. Turks are Jealous Thay
rear Armenfans eventually will domj
nate all OF Turkey. Therefore the de
poftation order. which sent four mil
non nappy persons on the first Ian r.
soup line, mission house or tn an
unmarked grave. " :"
one American engineer who baa
Deen over there several years told ~.
tnat ne was among one group OF per.
sons sent out Of the country. Thay
were loaded on raft and sent down
the Eupnrates river from near Smvrna
70 point where the river skirts the
cage OF the Syrian desert. During ~.
entire trip the whole lot was exnosedg
20 ram, cold and wind. They were
given only such food as they could "a.
put OF grass, wood and other such unfit
sturl' Many from sheer starvation fa,I
from the raft and were drowned Tbos.
VINO survived were driven ont on ths
syrian desert where they were turnad
ioose 70 ole, or to filter back into
friendly or unfriendly countries"
It's difficult to imagine the prea,
uesoiation, but an easy way to visualize
II is by thinking Of the SPOT unon
winch rests the ruins of one burnad
mouse, and the utter lack of food ana
comfort there; then multiplving !, Nv
a territory as big as Tennessee and
hentucky. 1t Is not hard to imagine
tne difriculty of producing food. cloth
Ing and other commodities with ~
raw material. -" H'
Everywhere, DR.. Chappell said be
was told the same story. "Eyorn
where found evidences that were IN.
In one ditch we found
enough skull bones to make a bile as
high as the ordinary man. We tool
picture of it, and here 1t is" he said.
displaying 1t to reporter.
United States Should Protect A..
i cannot understand Just why thu
United States will not take full hand
Ind help give the Armenians and SyrI
ans a stabilized government" DrI
Chappell said, beating his desk. cod
course, our officials think that Engl
and should do 1t all, but England IL
lot able to bear the whole burden.
She will do her part. tell you the
'eope OF that country have a most
wholesome respect for the power OF
he United States and England com.
'ined. II England and America both
we're to set up government for these
'eople, and let the Turks know that Il
must be swords Off ever afterwards.
ou would see the Armenians prosper
n most rapid way.
III they are replaced In their own
ountry with no great power to pro.
ect them, II will be matter of only
short time until the Turks will fall
n them again, and exterminate them
ntirely."
These people have an especial call
pom all Christians of Tennessee.
hey were the first to follow Christ.
hey have remained loyal to their
nth in spite of the prosecutions of
le Turks. They need help until the
ext harvest. Col. VIM. N. Haskell,
merican army officer, is In charge.
ear Marash, Turkey. The Near East
elief campaign is approved by such
ZEN as VIM. H. Taft, who Is a mem
er Of the committee, w. J. Bryan.
eneral John J. Pershing and others
no are prominent.
In Tennessee it is approved by Gov.
oberts,, who has Just issued a proc
nation calling upon the people OF
to help the work.
Contributions should be sent to
harles f. Lowell, state treasurer,
ate Bank and Trust Company, 3oe
MON St, Nashville, THnn.
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