The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-28
ARMENIAN, CHINESE
RELIEF APPEALS ARE
: ANSWERED BY COUNTY

i ANSWkkEUb IGUUNII
Appeals for help for the starving
Armenian and Chinese peoples con-
tinue to come TO the officers Of relief
work in, Wayne county and this dis
rrict. Mrs. AN. Roach. county chair
man. and Timothy Nicholson, chair
nan Of the Sixth Congressional dis
trict. are both active in the campaign
which opened for two weeks duration,
last Monday.
1t is yet early for tabulated reports
on the amounts being raised. Every
person in the county is asked 20 mail
or take his contribution to the Chem
Ter or Commerce rooms, where the
money will be turned over later, to the
county treasurer. Checks should be
llade payable to Charles w. Jordan,
treasurer Of the Wayne county relief
organization
= Waune Writes Appeal.
A. e. Waung. Chinese student at
. Earlham, has written the following
message to the people Of Wayne coun-
ty concerning the present Chinese
situation. He has been in this country
less than a year, and is we'll informed
on the needs in China
"A number of American missionaries
end professors in China have left their
important work and volunteered to
feed the starving with food. which has
been sent over to China from this ooun-
try. 4 The Chinese, especially the
45,O00,O 900 famine sufferers, feel very
grateful to America, Who has long been
China's friend
The American Red Cross is building
q -
China The road is over 500 miles long,
and will be permanent monument to
American charity.
The relief has been carried on sue
cessfully by the American Red Cross,
the Christian Herald and by the Inter
national Relief organization. headed
by the American minister to China.
and by the Chinese relief organiza-
tions. and millions of lives have been
saved from hunger and starvation.
However. there are still bout Is mil
lions, including more than four mil
lion children who are under IA years
Of age, who are going to starve if no
food is sent to them. The area at
fected by the famine is equal to that
of Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois,
Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Quotes Reports Given
"A number Of stories have been re
ported from China saying that Ameri
can money has aneviated the suffer
ings of the people as we'll as that
their lives have been saved
One story is related by an Ameri
can woman missionary, Mrs. Clark. in
China. who received a grant of 5000
for refugee work from the American
Relief association. 1t runs as fol
lows: : = e>s-r., .....- T..
They have stood In the big GOV.
cred gateway. through which the raw
evening wind blew, piercing their cot
ton rags and making their teeth chat
ter. Outside the ground was white
with snow. The mother was holding
to her breast a half naked boy, almost
persisted with the cold and the young
est child. a boy of 10, carried his three
year-old sister in poor, bony arms not
wholly covered with a torn blouse
They made no moan or outcry: ever
the babies were quiet. too number by
cold and hunger to whimper.
One glance told me that the boy was
very i'll, his ashen face and gaspine
breath made it apparent that he was
on the point OF collapse. And the tiny
Girl he carried-how could any ont
so thin be alive?
Wy QueSllOuS uISCloSSu tudI licS
Lived 10 miles distant in the noun
tains, had been starving at home ano
had heard we were saving starving
people They had been walking al
day. I look at them,. at their worI
shoes, at the snow on the ground, anc
al the CHASTITY face of the sick boy, ant
wondered how he could have walked
even one yard
The little sister was too weak t,
stand. Was it possible he had car
: ried her 10 miles! So they came in
and were warmed and fed and clothed
How glad l was to have food to Civ,
TO them
This little boy was suffering from
cry bad type of dysentery, which ha'
been sapping his strength for months
he was so swollen with dropsy tina
i breathing was difficult. Yet he ha
staggered all day, over rocky roads
covered with snow, bearing his littl
sister to where he hoped she nigh
find food. There are hundreds of sue
that we have not enough money t.
save. Therefore in giving you money
you are saving their lives.
Untold millions of China, and mi
lions of Armenia, are starving-no
only women and little children, bu
also the men, whose greatest happ
ness would be TO provide for then
but who are sinking by their sides.
Yours very truly,
A C. WAUNC.