The Meridian times., 1921-04-22

than billions Of dollars spent later in
suppressing international warfare and
strife"
Mr. vickrey considers the need IN
the Near East and especially III Ar,
menla greater than anywhere else In
the world, because, MS he says TN the
countries 81 Central Europe there are
going governments which hnye merely
been temporarily impoverished by war.
In The Near Eust, Oh the other hand,
there - no such thing as stable gov
ernmeat The whole fabric OF the
! state has 70 be created from the be.
ginning and the innocent and help
less children have to he trained TO the
responsibilities Of future citizenship
Peace In the Near East and, III great
measure. throughout the world. will
depend very largely on the character
Of the. citizenship OF the peoples OF the
Near East,
irreslstibls Appeal Of Orphans,
Describing the orphanage work OF
the Near East Relief In the Armenian
Republic, MIR. ylckrey sald
I'VE have at Alexandropoi In the
Caucasus one orphanage where there
are approximately 10000 homeless
children, fatherless or motherless,
many Of them having no known living
relative Scme OF them do not even
know their own names, or the place OF
their birth, They have shown wonder.
ful recuperRtlve powers. aud TO see
them play their kindergarten or other
games under the direction OF our Ameri.
can relief workers, one could never he.
neye that they had passed through
tile years of suffering that most OF
them have experienced since they, or
their parelits, were driven from their
homes In Central Turkey i've years
ago,
For the accommodation OF these or.
phans there are sixty splendid stone
buildings, erected as barracks for the
Russian army Theses buildings are
now given to US by the Armenian gov.
ernment for period az ten years and
lend themselves admirably 10 relief
purposes.
This orphanage nc AlcxandFepol IL
but ane ~ The 80 erphanages that the
Near East Keller Is now operating III
various parts 1T The Caucasus, Anatn
lia, Gllicia, SYRIA and the Constants
naple Straits area.
Thirty miles from Alexsndropol, at
kars there 4 another group OF Rus
sian army barracks, Witch we're given
US by the Armenian government for
relief purposes | WINS going through
The durmitories Of this orphunage ut
kars when the young American col
lege girl in charge turned 10 ma aud
said Mr.. yickrey, II sometimes makes
ms feel just little older than Me.
thaselah 10 be called Mother by
5000 Of those Armenian children.
Aud that IL exactly what she was
THE only mother that these 0,nsDO Ar.
menlnn children have, except as she
RNalls herself Of the organized assist.
aAce Of native Armenian women, Ia
caring for this large family.
"In the hospital at Kars found
f,lN beds, which, inc day | was there,
were occupied rs t.28s patients, ii
frequently being necessary 10 put tive
81 more children d i single he'd Al
AleSsndroHoi Ne hatye I'll enp hospital.
o. group 81 hospital buildings, i.fG0
traehorna patients. At karaklls, forty
miles east u Alexandropoi we have
en- orphanage devoted exclusively 10
the care and ff1sinins of the hind
children. AT DeilIan We have another
crTpiiansge. located on a mountain side,
for the care OF tubercuIar children,
this segregation being as much for
the welfare OF the healthy children In
the orphanages a. for the care of the
unfortunate eonsumptiyes. At Eriyan
we formerly had twenfy-six Distinct
orphanages. though they have now
been reduced and consolidated 10
Sven III pHmbeF There are some
fhing nors Fi,an 500 orphans IN the
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