The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-02-24

than billions OF dollars spent later IN
suppressiug International warfare and
strife"
Dir. yichrey considers the need Ia
the Near East and especially In Ar,
meHta greater than anywhere else IN
the world. because, us 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 hand,
there is no such thing as stable gov
ernment The whole fabric OF the
state has 10 be created from the be.
ginning. and ~" 'rnoc"nt md help
less children have To be IraineI to the
responsibilities OF future citizenship
Peace 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 the
Near Enst."
Irresistible Appeal Of Orphans.
Describing the orphanage work OF
the Near East Relief In the Armenian
Republic, Mr.. vlckrey said:
Caucasus, one orphanage where there
are 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.
full rcCuperative powers, and to see
them play their kindergarten or other
games under the direction OF our Ameri-
eau relief workers. one could never be-
licve 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 ave years
ago.
FOR the accommodation OF these or.
phans there are sixty splendid stone
buildings, erected rs barracks for the
Russian army These buildings are
now given TO Us by the Armenian gov.
eminent for period Of ten years and
lend themselves admirably TO relief
purposes.
This orphanage at Alexandropol Is
hut one Of the 20 orphanages that the
Near East Relief IL now operating IN
| various parts OF the Caucasus, AnatO.
liza, Cilicia, Syria and the CONSTANT
nople- Straits area.
Thirty miles from AleTnndropol. AZ
Kars, there is another group Of Rus.
sian army barracks, which were given
4 us by the Armenian government for
| relief purposes, | was going through
the dornltories OF this orphanage Mt
| Kars when the young American col
lege girl in charge turned to me and
| said Mr.. Yickrey, II sometimes makes
me feel Just a little older than Ne.
| thuselah TO be called Mother" by
| cOO0 Of those Armenian children.
And that Is exactly what she VAS
the only mother that these 5000 Ar
menian children have, except as she
avails herself OF the organized assist
nnce of native Armenian women, In
caring for this large family.
"In the hospital at Kars found
1,150 beds, which, the dny was there
we're occupied by l,26S patients, Il
frequently being necessary to put two
or more children N n single bed. Al
| AieNanufopOi We nave IN one hoSpllul'
or group OF hospital buildings, 1850
trarhoma patients, At Karnklls, forty
miles east OF AleXandropol we have
an oTphanage devoted exclusively 10
the care and training OF the blind
children At DelijaR we have nnothrr
orphauaEe, located on mountain side
for the care Of tuhercular children,
this segregation being a9 much for
the welfare Of the healthy children IN
the orphanages as for the care OF the
unfortunate conSumpriyC~ Al Eriyau
we formerly had twenty-six distinct
orphanages, though they have now
been reduced aud consolidated ia
seven IN number. There are some
thing more than 5000 orphans In the
EsgloR Of HapOHt" -