Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1921-02-25

tAan billions of dollars spent later in
suppresslng 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 have merely
been temporarily impoverished by war,
In the Near East, on the other hund,
there - no such thing as stable gov
eminent. 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 the
responsibilities Of future citizenship
Peace IA the Nenr 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 Of Orphans.
Describing the orphnnaEe work Of
the Near East Relief IN the Armenian
Republic, Mr. Yickrey said:
I'VE have nj AieXnndropDl In the
Caucasus, one orphanage where there
are Approximately 1909 omeless
children, fatheress or motherlcss,
many Of them having no known living
relative Some on them do not even
know their own names or the pace Of
their birth. They have shown wonder
full recupefatiYe powers, and Go soc
4
games under the direction Of our Ampri
can relief workers, one could never lie
lieve that they had passed through
the years of suffering TINT most o
them have experienced since they. O
their parents, we're driven from thci
homes in Central Turkey Ave year
ago.
FOR the accommodation Of these Or
phans there are sixty splendid ston'
buildings, erected as barracks for tb
Russian army. These buildings mr.
now given to US by the Armenian goS
eminent for a period of ten years an
lend themselves admirably to reiIe
purposes.
''ThIs orphannge at Alexandropol
but one of the DO orphanages that tii
Near East Relief Is now operating !
> various parts Of the Caucasus, Anai'
liza, CIlicia. syrih and tie Constant
nOple-Stra area.
Thirty miles from AIexandropol. 4
;, Kars, there is another group Of Ru
! sian army barracks which were give
Us by the Armenian government fC
relief purposes. ! was going throue
the dormitorIes Of this 0rphnnagc /
: Kars when the young American "a
Iege girl In charge turned to me MI
said: Mr.. Viekrey, II sometimes maxi
; me feel just a little older than NJ
: thuselah to be called Mother
5000 Of those Armenian childrel
= And that fl exactly what she was
= tie only mother that these 5000 A
menian children have except ms 81
= avails herself Of the organized ASST
L ance Of native Armenian women.
: caring for this large family.
I'm the hospital at Kars foui
n 1850 beds. which, the day ! was thei
a we're occupied BY i.2gs patients,
= frequently being necessary to put q
n or more children In a single bed.
a Alexandropol We have IN one hOspli
s. or group Of hospital buildings. ~
!, trachoma patients Al karakIis, foI
!. miles east Of Alexandropol we ia
= an orphanage devoted exclusively
- the care and training Of the bli
children. At Delijan We have anntl
:, orphanage. located on = mouhtaln ST
for the care OF tuhercnlar childr
this segregation being IS much
the welfare OF the healthy children
= the orphanages as for the care Of
unfortunate consumptlYes At Eri'
80 = 80 - ,,..e..t,,zst,, tf.,i
: orphanuges. though they have a
beeA reduced and consolidated
~. seven III number There are sa
10 thing more than 1900 orphans In