Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-12-19
CHRISTMAS APPEAL
By NEAR EAST
OLIVER j. SANDS POINTS TO
NEED IN BIBLE
LANDS
TRlNKLE HONORARY HEAD
aovernor.eIect Says No Charity More
Worthy Than Aiding Christian
Martyrs


While the Christmas spirit is sweep
Ing the Old Dominion the Virginia Di
vision, Near East Relief, has just sen
to many prominent citizens OF tn:
county an appeal to remember ths
orphans Of Armenia, made homeless;
and destitute through that martyr ma
lions refusal to renounce Christ ant
become converted TO the religion 81
the unspeakable Turk-Mohammedan
ism.
The Xmas appeal, which IS signed 81
Oliver J. Sands, prominent Richmond
banker, who Is state chairman, has the
endorsement of nearly every high gov
eminent and state official. Governor
Westmoreland Davis Is honorary state
chairman. GoYernor-elect E. Lee Trim
kle will take over this post when he
assumes the reins OF government
Senator TriEkle was district chair
man at Wytheville for the Near East
Relief before beginning his campaign
for the governorship. General William
". Sale, his campaign manager, is also
a strong supporter Of the Near East
Relief, as is Col. ". Mcdonald Lee,
assistant campaign manager.
Mr.. Sands letter calling attention to
the fact that every five dollars (S5.OO)
given saves the life Of child for a
month, follows:
Richmond, Dec. 10, 1921.
Dear Sir:
It was getting late, you remem.
Der. You were a long way from
home and on strange road when
you noticed that onninous slowing
down of the engine. Something
had gone wrong-maybe the oil
feed, maybe the gas line, maybe
the ignton-you didn't know
what, but you have not forgotten
the sickening sensation that came,
as you pictured in flash, the pros
pect of darkness and a chilling
lonely night by the roadside.
Say the road leads to recovery.
Substitute for your car, the slow
movement Of people crippled by
torture. Multiply by the anguish of
millions your discomfort that eve
ming. Put years of hunger in
place of one night. Call the slow
ing engine american Reli-f." Do
this and you have an analogy to
what is happening In the Near
East.
Brave races are making des-
perate effort to recover but they
face years Of poverty and want if
American relief fails them now.
Those 10000 children in the tenn
porary orphanages Of Armenia and
Syria will be turned out in the
streets TO face hunger, despair and
death. Women who have been
reclaimed will be outcasts again.
None who can earn his own
bread Is given cent of your
money. The struggle for revival
Is so desperate that the outcome
really depends on whether Amer.
lea temporarily will care for those
orphans and mistrcated women
who, thrown upon the impover-
ished people, would make their
burden indispensable.
You do not wish, as Virsinian,
to quit when what remains to be
done in relief is small compared
with what has been done. Neither
do you want 10 lose the spiritual
satisfaction that will come from
seeing the things through" in
Enthusiastically thorough Amer.
lean fashion. The glamor Of the
war has gone. Real love, real
vision and real sacrifice are called
for now as never In the Near East.
You can feed one of the father
less children Of that desoIate land
for $500 month. For the COM
pietion of the task that blesses
every giver and for the feeding of
the dependents whose fate is in
the balance. please send to Waller
Holiday, 2o9 American National
Bank Building. Richmond, Va,
your contributions for as many
months as you can give.
Sincerely yours,
(Signsd) OLIVER j, SANDS,
State Chairman