The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-03-11

tndn oliiionS OF dOiihTS spent later IN
suppressing international warfare and
strife.
Mr.. Vickrey considers the need Ia
the Near East and especially In Ar.
menia greater than anywhere else in
the world, because, as he says. "In The
countries OF Central Europe there are
going governments which have merely
been temporarily impoverished by war.
In the Near East, on the other hand.
there Is no such thing as Stable gov
eminent. The whole fabric OF the
state has to be created from rhe be-
ginning. and the innocent ands help
less children have TO be trained To the
responsibilities of future citizenship.
I',ace In the Near East and IN great
measure throughout the world will
| depend very largely on the character
of The citizenship of the peoples =. The
Near Enst"
Irresistible Appeal of Orphans.
Describing the orphanage work Of
the Near East Relief In the Armenian
Republic. Mr.. Vickrey said:
I'VE have At Alexandropol in the
Caucasus, one orphanage where there
are approximately l0o1G homeless
children. fatherless or motherrss.
many Of them having no known living
relative. Some of them do not even
know their own names. or the place OF
tlieir birth. They have shown WONDER
ful recuperntive powers, and To see
them play their kindergarten or other
games under the direction OF our Arneri-
can relief workers. one could never he
lieve that they had passed through
tile years of suffering that most of
them have experienced since they, or
their parents, we're driven from their
homes in Central Turkey dive years
ago.
For the accommodation OF these or
phans there are sixty splendid stone
buildings. erected as barracks for the
Russian army. These buildings are
now given to us by the Armenian GOV
eminent for q period OF ten years and
lend themselves admirably Ia RELIEF
purposes
"This orphanage at AleSandropo H.
but one of the 229 orphnnagrs that the
Ncnr East Relief is now operating in
various parts Of. the Caucasus Anato-
liz. Ciilcia, Syria and the Constant
nople Straits area
Thirty miles from Alexandrulol. nj
Kars, there Is another group OF Rus
sian army barracks. which were given
us by the Armenian government for
relief purposes. | was going through
The dormitories OF this orphnnase mt
Knrs when the young Americans col
le.r girl In charge turned to me and
said MIR. yickrey, Il sometimes makes
ME feel Just little older than Me
thpSelah to be called Mother" by
C 900 OF those Armenian children
And that Is exactly what she was
tie only mother that these GON Ar
menian children have. except NJ she
avais herself OF the organized assist.
ance OF native Armenian women In
caring for this large family.
In the hospital nj Kars | found
1.150 beds, which. the day was there
were occupied by l.2oS patients. Il
being necessary 10 put two
or more children Ia single bed. Al
Alesandrop0l we have In one hospital. |
OF group OF hospital buildings. LEGO |
tracioina patients. At karaklls. forty |
miles east OF Alexandropol we have !
an orphanage devoted exclusively 10
the care and training OF the blind /
children. AT Delijan we have another
orphanage located on mountain side
fer the care OF tubercular children.
this segregation being rs much for
the welfare Of the healthy children In
the orphanages as fer the care Of the
unfortunate consumptives. At Erivan
We formerly had twenty-siI distinct
oTphanaves though they have now
Keen reduced and consolidated 10
seven in number. There are soma
fh.ng more than G000 orphans In the
region OF Harrour"