The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-11-09
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IN MANY LANDS
American Interests Have
Penetrated to Some
Unusual Places

some or the STATIONS III ASIA sAlIJ1'
but the religious and edlCaIion"!
work have been almost enurely
neglected because OF thu pressing
need for physical relief At the
same time, as Rev. Charles 7.
Riggs writes, they are feeling in.
Creasingly the need for purely e:-
augelistic work. The evangelical
church life needs to be reestab!lsh-
ed and strengthened. schools for
the children must be reOpened and
Christian literature must be dis
tributed. While the Missionaries
are united in their desire for Amer
lea TO accept the mandate &c" A.
menian. as means Of solving
many OF the present difficulties, we
must look to Higher Power for
the solution OF the problems.
Saving the Children
A benevolent Jewish lady, Mime
Nahar, is trying TO rescue from the
streets OF Constantinople some OF
the little waits that grow UP into
beggary, with nobody 10 teach them
better way. She has picked them
up out OF cutters and back alleys,
and saved them from the profess
sional mendicancy to which they
were being trained by INSCRIPTIONS
human sharks; and has placed
quite a large number in orphanageS
of the various races to which they
were found 10 belong. For the
Jewish children, OF whom she has
picked up more than sixty. she has
herself established home. In
this matter she heartily acknowl-
edges the help of the Project OF
the city, DR.. Djemil Pasha, and
also OF the Armenian Patriarch.
OF Mile. ZoerOs Pasha. and Of 9th
crs. She says in The Boshphore:s
"One winter day saw on the
Karakeny Bridge three little child
rem closely huddled together. Two
were Turks and one an Armenian.
They treated each other as broth
ers. l noticed that one OF them HAD
on two jackets. while the one next
to him had only shirt-though
Of course all their clothes were
rags. said to him Why don't
you give one of your jackets to
your friend. who is cold% But the
other chap spoke up aud said No,
lady, he mustn't take it on; gave
him my jacket last night because
he was shivering and had a fever. :"
Here was "A lesson In the gift
Of charity.
Armenia's Call for Help
The reports OF the Near East
Relief Committee furnish abund
ant evidence that America is not
Indifferent TO the fate Of Armenia.
Last year the American people con-
tributed over $15,O00,000 for Ar
menian Relief In addition to
money there have been urge con-
tributions OF clothing and Of 9TH
err necessary things. Better than
either has been the personal SER
vice given by large number OF
American men and women Dur
ing the month of March, 1920,
20.779 children were housed. fed,
clothed. given medical treatment
and taught in 81 orphunages under
the administration of the Near East
Relief, and AZ hospitals and IS
clinics and ambulatories cared for
a daily average Of $3.50 cases and
3.037 clinical cases. The 60 soup
kitchens scattered throughout Ar
menia fed 5000 little children; and
SCI $40 homeless refugees were
saved from starvation. II America
will not take a mandate for Ar
menia politically. Americans can
at least buttress that bruised and
battered nation. and give the Ar
menians chance for existence.
Christians must stir up the nation
to do its full duty towards its sis
ter republic in Asia Minor in this
hour of peril.
Industrial Work In Tabriz
In connection with relief work.
organized by the Presbyterian Mis-
sion in Tabriz, n cloth factory was
opened to provide work for the
women. This has now branched
out into u garment and carpet fac
tory with shop adjoining from
which the sales furnish large pro
portion of the factory expenses.
During the year about $4,000 work
ers have found employment and as
these include many heads Of famI-
lies it is conservatively Estimated
that 100000 persons benefit rTcln
the enterprise. Twenty.six carpet
looms are in operation. Religious
services are held by the factory
and sales departments.
Rev. w. Z. Wilkie Brown,
Scotch Presbyterian missionary at
Jalna, Hyderabad, was the far
sighted founder of cooperative Gre
dit societies for Indian agrIcultur-
lists. a scheme which the Y, NJ. c.
A. has been developing with much
success in South India. The farm
ers about Jalna were being fleeced
by money lenders. so that 1t was
impossible to build up dourishinG
churches until economic help had
been extended Mr.. Browns first
step was to organize a Christian
village or a government grant Of
thousand acres Of land. bank
was started with capital Of 81
pounds from Mr.. Browns own
pocket. By'1917 twenty-five Chris
tian village banks were being oper-
ated and now seventy.6Ve more
banks are in operation among the
non-Christian communities, Some
Of the results have been 10 unite
the Christians, build solid Charac-
tiers and make them realize their
responsibility TO the church.
Salvation Army in ceylon
The Salvation Army has acquir-
ed large tract Of land In Cey-
Ion, and plans to produce food
on large scale for the benefit of