The Arvada enterprise., 1921-02-24

than billions Of dollars spent later in
suppressing international warfare and
strife"
Nj. Vickrey considers the need In
the Near East and especially In Ar.
msnia greater than anywhere else In
the world, because. a. he says. "In the
countries Of Central Europe there arc
going governments which have merely
been temporarily impoverished by war.
In the Near East, on the other hand.
there 10 no such thing as stable gov.
srnnent. The whole fabric Of the
state has to be created from the be-
ginning. and the innocent and help.
less children have to b trained to the
responsibilities Of future citizenship
Peace 10 the Near East and, In great
measure, throughout the world. will
depend very largely ON the character
Of The, citizenship Of the peoples Of the
Near East"
Irresistible Appeal o. orphana
Describing the orphanaGe work Of
the Near East Relief In the Armenian
Republic. Mr.. vIckrey said:
1--WE have At Alsxandropol IN the
Caucasus, one orphanage where there
ere approximately 10000 homeless
children. fatherless or mOtherless.
many Of them having no known living
relative. Some Of them do not even
know their own names. or the place Of
their birth. They have shown wonder.
ful recupsrative powers, and to zee
them play their kindergarten or other
games under the direction Of our Ameri.
can relief workers. one could never he.
lIeve that they hud passed through
the years Of suffering that most Of
them havs experisaced sincs they. o.
their parents. were driven from their
homes II Central Turkey i've years
age.
"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.
erninent for period Of ten yenrs and
lend themselves admirably to relief
purposes.
''rhis orphanaEs At Alcxnndropol is
but one of the 20 orphnnages TINT the
Near East Relief is now operating In
various parts Of the Caucasus. Annto.
lis, Ciiicia. Syria and the Constants.
nople- Straits area.
"Thirty miles from Aiexnndropoi. At
Kars, there 10 another group Of Rus.
sian army barracks. which were given
US by the Armenian government for
relief purpoSes. was going through
the 1ormitories Of this orphunage ut
kars when the young American col.
isge girl In charge turned to me and
said: Mr.. vickrey. II sometimes makes
mo feel Just q little older than Me.
thus.iah 10 bo called Mother" by
1000 Of those Armenian children.
And that is exactly what she wns--
the only mother thnt these G.OOO Ar.
menIan children have. except M she
avalls herself Of the organized nssist.
uncs Of native Armenian women. 10
caring for this large family.
I'm the hospital ut kara I found
i.iiO beds, which. the dny was there,
were occupied by i.2Gs patients. II
frequently being necessary to pu, t~'
0r moro children In n single bed. Al
AIexandropoi We have In one hospital,
ar group Of hospital buildings, LEO
trnrhotna patients. Al KsrnklIS. forty
miles east NJ Alexsndropoi We have
IN orphansse devoted exclusively to
the care and training Of the blind
children. A. Delijan we have nno,hsr
orphnnsg-. located on . mountain side.
a. - .l.f
this segregation belng - much for
ihs welfare Of the healthy children IN
The orphnnng"s A. for the care Of the
unfortunate c0nsumptivsa A. Erivan
we formerly had twenty .six distinct
orphnnsxes. though they have now
hee0 reduced nn1 consoiidses1 .
srven In number. There arc some
thing more than 1000 orphans u ths
ssgiss q Hsrpssa"