Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-10-21

hell OF MltVono.
oalonlkl and other Ravens Of refuge which now are
crowded ceners Of starvation and breeding grounds of
Pes'lehce-these VINO are suffering such martyrdom
have only hope Of salvation from their nightmare of
cruclhxlon. That hope is YOU-Amcricans.
Thousands persisted when SMYRNA was bathed in
torrents or blood Now the city is vast sepulchre of
ashes You can 90 nothing for the dead But the lives
OF half million others are yours today for the DIR
chase They stretching their hands to YOU now out
OF the horrible pit. Lift them up to life
The appeal in their behalf which comes to you from
the President of the United States is to be hecded be-
cause you are one Of the great-heared Americans to
whom ms letter is written The appeal from the Near
East Relief and the American Red Cross through their
charmen is to be heeded because YOUR ears are OMEN t
such call for help in this terrible emergency R,1t
stronger than the call Of President or of Relief Com
mlttees, stronger than any urgent words The Literary
Digest can say to you, knowing we'll your unfaing
tenderness and quick generosity when the hunger and
sorrow and gaunt suffering of mothers and babes CIV
out to you to comfort and them alive-stronger
than all written spoken appeal is the hot eager de-
nand OF your own sympathetic heart that cannot regard
such bitter pain and need without straining to the
utmost for their instant relief.
lhe picture is SO full of terror and anguish words
cannot portray It, Marx O. lIen.ss, the Near East
Relief, cables: Il have terrible sights until nv
senses numb but the slgnt of 2,vOUU people mtstIv
women and children, being penned I'D and burning
and those escaping being driven to barren devastated
country Tor starvation, is past all comprehension That
was IN smyrna Hundreds of thousands more, both
ohristans and Jews, Heelng from persecution and the
sword are croWding the other ports of Asia and the
nearby islands Of the awaiting rcscueor death
In Saonil hundred thousand are hercled in donlor-
able confusion. The city has been in ruins since the
great fire Of 1918, and affords little more shelter than
Smyrna In the island Of Mitylene another hundred
thousand penness fugtives have sought refuge ohlv
TO md there new danger of pestence and more con-
venent harbor Of starvation
Panic has seized upon the frightened Wanderers
Many nave even cast themselves into the flames of their
own homes. Food IS gone, water to drink is at a
premium FamleS arc broken up, while parents in
frenzy OF despair seek their lost children Hundreds of
mothers have given premature birth to infants in the
midst Of terror and death. Hatfield babies covered
with scurvy try in va to draw nourishmcnt from their
mothers empty breasts.
scores OF thousands VINO mlgnI ue saved oolne1nlng
heroic in giving needed on arc not there IN the
midst OF the terror and the tranrlc help If
you were you would leap into the sea- if need be- or
brave the flames the sword the plague, to snatch back
from death some helpless woman or little child You
would not see them perish in agony before your eyes if
you could save them at the risk of your life Here
IN this smiling land Of comfort where your home is safe
and your loved ones dwell in peace that same terror
and anguish Of helpless women and children come to
you the and call to all that heroic and gen
erous in your heart.
"Whoso hath this worlds good and seeth his brother
have need and shuteth up his bowels of compassion
Money Orders etc., Payable to "Near East
fail Them to Either of the FOLLOWING Tyea.
easurer THE AMERI(