The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-24
AMERICAN GIRL
 SAVED ARMENIAN
 TOTS FROM DEATH
Edith Cold Carried Flag of Truce Between Fighting
 Turks and Armenians

New York, Sept 24.-Miss Edith | Cold, of West New Brighton, S. l., N. Y., tells in a letter to the Near East Relief the story of how she carried the white flag between orphans under her care.
 Miss Colds letter came from Talas, Turkey, in the heart of Mustapha Kemals country and was brought out by her co-worker Miss Alice Clark, of Evanston, III. Another American re- lief worker at Hadjin mentioned by Miss Cold is Mary Super, of Narbeth, Pa !
 "The Chetes Turkish tribeSmen) descended on the compound on the outskirts of Hadjin on April B." Miss Cold wrote. ''The compound where the American flag was flying and where no shot was fired became the object of a fierce attack.
 "After that for 10 weeks we lived as the guests of the Chetes. It was not life, however, but a 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 ana three were wounded
 "The Turks had their defenses close to the compound between us and the city and occupied the clinic building outside the gate and always fired from it. The compound was 1y a. day passed that we did not have callers from among the leaders of the Chetes.
 "Twice MT. Eby and I had permis- sion from them to go to Hadjin. Each time they proclaimed an armis- tice and we carried the white flag. The first time was at the end of three weeks of seize and the other five stated the conditions for surrender as given by the commander, Dog f1atly 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 Dos- han Beys position, bringing the Had jtn reply, etc. Everything, seemed fla vorabe except that the place of the conference could not be agreed up- on Doghan Bey insisted that they meet in our Salamluk and the Hadjin place be on our road half way be- tween the defenSeS. After much par ley MT. Eby and I finally set out. however, with two Hadjin delegates. Only an hour of the armistice w J left. Just as we were climbing ov~ one of the Hadjin defenses a shot was fired and struck between MT. Eby and me. The Hadjin delegates ran TOT Snelter and MT Eby and 1 proceeded back to the compound alone. Confidence was destroyel We were unable to locate the source of the shot"
 Miss Cold wrote that the Armenians from Hadjin finally captured the | compound fom the Turks but wer. driven out of it and most of the 300 1 inmates of the compound were sent with the ArmenfanS to Hadj jim.
 We six Americans and our two Turkish girls took refuge in a dark store room,' Miss Cold added. When the Chetes again recovered the com i pound they footed and set fire to it. Miss Cold and the other America
 were hurried away by the Turks - mountain retreat where for two nights they were guests in the com
 nander's tent and then were given an escort to Ta1as.
 The fate of the Armenian children in Hadjin was unknown to Miss Cold burt she feared that all had perished. Something You Want? Use