Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-06
Near East Relief
Secretary Tells OF
Horrors OF War

New York. Oct. 6.-Charles V.
Vickrey. general secretary Of the
Near East Relief, returned on the Red
Star liner Finland after three months
in Constantinople. Derindji, Bardisag
and the Straits area; Batum. Tifis.
Karaklis. Alexandropol. Erivan, Fitch
miadzin and surrounding villages of
he Transcaucausia area; Beirut.
Stdon, Chair, Jabail, Jaffa.. Ramleh
and Jerusalem of the Syria Palestine
representatives from Angora, Har-
poot. Sansoun, Cesarea, Sivas. Adana.
Aleppo, Aintab and Urga, and he at
tended conferences in Cairo with the
Armenian Benevolent union officers,
and at Geneva he had met DR.. Nan
sen. Arthur Baifour and Lord Robert
Cecil and the lord mayors committee
on Armenian refugees fund of Lon
don.
Mr.. Vickrey said Renal Pasha told
his representative from Angora tina
the Turkish nationalist army would
fall back upon Cesarea for the winter,
thereby frightening the Greek lines.
or the Armenian massacres he said:
"Alexandropol was in the hands Of
the Turks until April Fl, and there I
saw the bones of 500 slaughtered VIC
TINS. I was informed that there was
not one man among them. All were
women and children. Good work has
been lone by the medical branch Of
the Near East Relief, and in regard to
trachoma 5000 cases among the
ORPHANS were being cared for at
Aiexandropol.
I'm Jerusalem in September I
found much discomfort among the
Moslems and Christians. There was
conditions will improve in time.
There is an outbreak against the
Zionists every nov and then but it
dies away and under the rule of Sir
Herbert Samuel. the high commits
sioner, Zionism seems to have planted
itself firmly in the country"
R~esarding the Near East relief
work Mr.. Vickery said:
There are two distinct large areas
involved in the Russian famine prob
lem-the Volga region and southern
Russia or T-ranscaucasia, including
Georgia and Russian Armenia to the
west Of the Caspian. In Russian
Armenia I found the dead lying in
the streets. The death wagon had
begun its daily rounds In Alexandra
pol in August instead Of in January,
February M March as in previous
years. In Erivan. the capital OF Ar
menia, I found only hopeless women
and children wandering about. trying
to exchange a secondhand garment
or other personal property for food.
This was in August. Ones imagina-
ton ecoils before he picture OF
March.
"a full record of the causes of thi.
recurring famine in southern Russia
and Armenia could I'LL a volume and
might touch some very sensitive spot.
in the capitals of practically all of the
) allied and associated powers. Wal
has not ceased for Armenia. Condi.
tons are probably worse today thar
they were at the signing of the armi.
stice.
I'm addition to the drought, anc
: without enumerating other .~catastro
Plies and disappointments that have
befallen the Armenian people, on
I immediate and sufficient cause TO-
the present famine is the fact tina
fall and occupied by the Turkish
: Withdrew. they took with them al
transportable food supplies. Tn
: Armenians began Immediately t
plant and secure a crop. but with tn,
n season already far advanced, it wa
: impracticable. The result is in
THE Near East Relief now ha
more than fifty American experience
e relief workers in this area, who il
the vicinity Of ~Alexandropol alone ar
caring for 10000 orphan children
The total number Of orphans in tn
y Near East Relief territory exceed
n 10O, 900"
s One American citizen signed on tn
Finland's articles was Worth Bagle
Daniels, the twenty-two-year-old so
h Of the former secretary CT the, nav,
He made two trips to Antwerp. H
l. was signed as assistant steward at s
a month but spent his time in tn
surgery assisting DR.. P..J. Halon.
s. Louis Lundstrom, q. messman fe
1t the seaInen. died of influenza as til
t. Finland reached quarantine. Youn
Is Daniels sat up with the patient Q
a. Saturday with DIR. Hanlon.