The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-09-09
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Children are DYING from S1'Ah
WALTON In Europe and Asia. Tht
Turks, feeling that the Armenian ant
Syrian people within the borders o.
the Turkish Empire were luke-warn
In their loyalty, thought to, once 70!
all, rid the land Of their presence
and decided to deport them en- masse
The able-bodied men were killed
the boys were killed down to 10 year
Of age. The women and children wcr,
herded together and driven by bruta
gendarmes and savage sOldiery, Oh
into the desert Of Arabia.
Reports say that in this exodu
there were 2,5OO,OOO women. and chi
dren. I will save you the the detail
your imagination Is sufficien
Mothers took the lives of the infant.
rather than let them starve to dear!
in their arms and by the roadside.
The result in general is: that tn
men are dead, the women, many o
them in Turkish harems, the childre
-0OO,OOO dead-25O,OOO in the hanu
Of relief workers and orphanages,
In bread lines DEPENDING q.
AMERICA.
Will we let them 60 the way .
their fathers, mothers, sisters, an
brothers? Surely not!
Only debased peoples or peOpi,
who do not know of these condition
could permit that.
/ There are those who hoped Il ma,
date would be established and tn;
the q. S. government would aSsum
police duty and care for these info
tunate innocent peoples; but we hay
not seen fit to take mandate. TIL
is likely wise insight A mandat'
means European policies and migh
involve the U. S. later in war.
The result is that What is NO
eoDY'S Business is not done.
The U. S. has recognized that Al
menia is a republic, but the recogn
ton is empty. 1t is like saying "Ho,
do you do" to a drowning man.
Political machinery moves slowly
in time things will adjust. At til
same time HUNGER MOVES FAS.
CHILDREN MUST EAT and the.
must be CLOTHED-and. the BES'
mandate in the world is SYMPATH
AND UNDERSTANDING AND TIL
THINGS THAT GO WITH THESE
| SOMETHING TO EAT AND SOM
THING TO WEAR!
Remembering that $4,000 Of thes
cold hungry orphans are depending c
the United States, and that of tn
number 1900 are depending on tb
good offices of the people of Mort
Dakota, we lave seen fit to ask til
citizens of this splendid state to els
to this occasion. OCTOBER 4, VIII.
BE RELIEF DAY. Last year we fe
1900 Of these people. This year w
are better able to feed more. On
harvests are better than last year.
the war clouds have gone by-our ow
& boys are home again with us. Ar
!. we to be happy and contented Will
our neighbOrs die Of unavoidable stal
| walton?
Some want to bring these orphan
to America and adopt them? Thi
was done in case of French war o.
phans. Butt the Armenian boys an
girls are not needed in America.
They are reeded to build up the
own lands. Let us adopt them, if WI
will, but let them stay in Armen'"
We can feed them there. 1t can III
done on $500 per month which i
much cheaper than it could be DOR
here, to say nothing of their transpol
! tation, etc.
When the Armenian republic is ahl'
to stand on its own legs and be abb
to have the rights Cf other nation
of people then will come the end fo,
ever of the generation-long Armenian
and Syrian problem. They are I
thrifty people and will be well able Il
take care Of themselves once they ar,
free from the despoiling hand Of tn
Turk. l am as eager as you to have
that day come. But they are more
eager than any of us! Those of III
who went through the Great War an(