Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-09-26
AMERICAN GIRL CARRIED WHITE
 FLAG AT WORK
While Trying to Help Orphans Displays Emblem Between
 Fighting Lines

New York, Sept. 25.--Miss Edith Cold, of West New Brighton, s. l., N. r., tells in letter to the Near East Relief the story how she carried the white flag between fighting Turks and Armenians at Hadjin in an effort to save Armenian orphans under her care.
 Miss Colds letter came from Talas, Turkey, in the heart of Mustapha Kemal's country and was brought out by her co-worker, Miss Alice Clark, of Evanston, III. Another Am erican relief worker at Hadjin men, toned by Miss Cold is Mary Super, of Narberth, Pa.
 In Shadow of Death.
 "The Chetes, (Turkish tribesmen) descended on the compound on the outskirts of Hadjin on April 5, Miss Cold wrote. "The compound where the American flag was flying and where no shot was fired became the object of fierce attack"
 "After that for 10 weeks we lived as the guests of the Chetes. It was not life, however, but sojourn in the valley of the shadow of death. We worked .ceaselessly at the task of making friends with those encamped about our walls. We served them in every conceivable way, especially Miss Super with medical aid. Two lads died from fright and three were wounded.
 "The Turks had their defenses close to the compound between us and building outside the gate from Had jin. Hardly day passed that we did not have callers from among the leaders of the Chetes.
 Carried Flag.
 "Twice MT. Eby and I had permis- sion from them to go to Hadjin. Each time they proclaimed an armistic and we carried the white flag. The first time was at the end of three weeks of seige and the other five weeks later. The first time we sim ply stated the conditions for sur render as given by the commander, Doghan Bey. The committee in Had jin flatly refused to consider.
 "The second time we sought to bring about a conference between the opposing forces. We went back and forth seven times, stating Dog han Bey's position, bringing the Had jin reply, etc. Everything seemed favorable except that the place of the conference could not be agreed upon. Dogan Bey insisted that they meet in our Salamluk and the Had lin committee were equally firm that the place be on our road half way between the defenses. After much barley, MT. Eby and I finally set out, however, with two Hadjin delegates. Only an hour of the armistice was left. Just as we were climbing over one of the Hadjin defenses a shot was fired and struck between Mir. Eby and me. The Hadjin delegates ran for shelter and MT. Eby and proceeded back to the compound alone. Confidence was destroyed. We were unable to locate the source of the shot,"
 Miss Cold wrote that the Armen- ians from Hadjin finally captured the compound from the Turks but were driven out of it and most of the 300 inmates of the compound were sent with the Aremnians to Hadjin.
 "We six Americans and our Turk jsh girls took refuge in dark store room," Miss Cold added. When the Chetes again recovered the com pound they footed and set fire to it. Miss Cold and the other Americans were hurried away by the Turks to mountain retreat where for two nights they were guests in the com mander's tent and then were given an escort to Talas.
 The fate of the Armenian children in Hadjin was unknown to Miss Cold but she feared that all had perished.