The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-01-13

than billions OF dollars spent later in
suppressing International warfare and
strife"
Mr. Vlckrey. considers the need In
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 hayN merely
been temporarily impoverished by war.
In the Near East. on the other hand,
there is no such thing as stable gov
ernment The whole fabric Of the
state has TO be created from the be-
ginning. and the Innocent and help
less children have TO be trained TO ths
responsibilities OF future citizenship.
f-aSS IN the Near East and, In great
measure, throughout the world. will
depend very largely on the character
Of the. citizenship Of the peoples Of thel
Near East"
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 10000 homeless
children. fstherless or motherIess.
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 recuperative powers, and 10 see
than rIav shall kfrd.rr.-,.. - -
games under the direction Of our Ameri-
can relief workers. one could never be-
leve that they had passed through
the years OF suffering that most of
them have experienced since they, or
their parents, were driven from their
homes in Central Turkey FIVE years
ago.
For the accommodation OF these or.
phsns 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 a period Of ten years and
lend themselves admirably to relief
purposes
This orphsnage at Alersndropol is
but one Of the DO orphanages that the
Near East Relief is now operating In
various parts Of the Caucasus. Anato-
liza. Cllicis, Syris and the CONSTANT
nople-Strsits area
Thirty miles from AleIandropol. at
kars, there Is another group OF Rus
sian army barracks. which were given
us by the Armenian government for
relief purposes. i was going through
the dornitories OF this orphanage at
kars when the young American col.
lege gtrl In charge turped to me and
said Mr.. Nickrey, II sometimes makes
me feel just a little older than Ne !
thuselah 20 he called Mother" by
5000 Of those Armenian children. |
And that IL exactly what she was |
the only mother that these 5000 Ar. /
mcnian children have, except as she /
Hyails herself Of the organized assist.
Ance OF native Armenian women, In |
caring for this large family.
In the hospital az Kars found I
l,l5O bed. which. the day wss there. I
we're occupied by l.26s patients. Il
frequently being necessary to put two /
1r more children IN a single bed. Al l
Ne have In one hospital. 1
'r group of hospital buildings. 1850 |
patients. At Karaklis. forty /
miles cas-, ~ AlerandropOl We have
IN ophanag@ devoted exclusively 10
he care ard training Of the blind
'hl!dren. Al DeiiJan We have another
,rphanage. located on a mountain side.
Tor the care OF tuberculsr children.
his segregation being as much for
fe welfare of the healthy children in
he orphanages rs for the care OF the
consumptives- AT Erivan
We formerly had twenty-six dIstinct
'rphanSges. though they have row
zen reduced and consolidated r |
Ifssn in number. Their. arr sane
= ~ more ;isar GoJ oryshans Ia n.
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