The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1921-03-24
OREGON Relief
WORKERS HOME
Mr.. and Mrs. RambO Return
on Furlough From the
Near East.


oreron,s pioneer missionaries Mr..
ana Ms n. E Ramhu. formerly Of
pstar ana for many years engaged
q, missionary work III India and the
W rss. countries. have returned 10
,he rri,es states on fur.ough. News
~ tno.- -s,B-n has been received by
S,s,s Manager J. J. Haudsaker. in
cbsrss Of the combined Chiaa-Near
East re,{ef CAMPAIGNS Tor the state,
=, . telegram from New York. where
tbo Rambas landed a few days ago.
Tbronabagt the Near East, the mes
ssqa states everything is generally
ar,rck " With little prospect Of i'm
n-oyemant until definite action is
,slsn nv the Allies in regard 70 the
Tnrt.ri4ser nations. Conditions in
Greece and the Caucasus are touched
u,o, NTH details If the appalling sit
nation n Rst1um. where the veteran
Missionaries have spent several
months among the l6.ul0 Greek retu-
saas surviving iran the thriving eau
casus colony located there before the
war Tba Rambos we're on their way
home last fail and had reached Con
s--artir,uIe. when the call came for
them TO 90 to Ratoum and aid the
-aa,gaas there until the latter gould be
broueht hack to Salonika. where the
Greek government is ~endavortng to
make some sort Of provision Tor re
turning Gracian refugees.
In letters written from Batoum, re
Gently received BY Mr.. Haudsaker, the
gambos tell Of thousands Of families
hsinc bn5aled together in r~ain-soaked
tents and abandoned barracks, beset
with tvvhus and other diseases, half
naked and starving And 10000 more
refugees are on their way here from
Kars. the letter concludes. These are
now in the s~aow-covered mountains,
and as many as can pull through will
soon be here. What we shall do then
We do not know. Everything here is
unsettled and disturbing. II is con
sidered certain that the Nationalist
or the Bolsheviki. or both. will soon
take the city and no one knows what
will result" In a later letter they
sneak Of the arrival Of a ship TO take
hack a load of refugees for repatria-
ton and the JOY il brought to the
camp. although the salonika camp to
which they we're bound could offer
little additional in the way Of food,
clothing or other relief.
Previous letters, written from the
Near East. tell of the enforced flight
at the wihm of a Turkish official,
Of the Rambos and 200 little orphans
in their charge. They had to leave al
a moments notice and in the dark
travelling all night on foot and carry
ing their own blankets. clothing anC
everything else they possessed. The!
were allowed no lights and were tolC
not to sneak above a whisper. as muir
derous Turks were running riot al
along the way. After stumbling along
through water and over rocks foi
hours. thew reached the railroad sta
ton at dayb break, exhausted but with
out the loss Of one Of the 200 children
but none too soon. tor with the com
ing Of light the Turks discovered wha
was afoot and began firing upon then
from the hill-sldes, the little carava.
of exhausted children and missionarie
making the last hundred yards throug
a hail Of bullets.
The Rambos conducted their 20
charges. with many adventures an
h~ardships. to safety within the walls
a British Relief station, and turne
homeward. stopping over for a da
for rest at Adana. While they slep
exhausted. the Turks tore up the RAJ
roads leading to and from Adana, al
left them marooned in the hot, dust
besieged city. They awoke to fiji