The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-04-13

] Lnef steep. 1ney nave Deen pldceI
there during the night by their moth
ers, who, unable to feed them any
longer, have resorted to desertion as
final chance that they will be res
cued by the Americans, and it is with
this one hope that the mothers leave
their little children, praying to God
that they will be saved by the kind
and generous Americans"
Has that story of unutterable suf-
fering, of passionate love and graft
tude for what has been given, that
trusting, prayerful appeal for rescue
of children whose lives now depend on
us-has it all grown wearisome to us
Are we tired of being "kind and gen
erous ?" Is there no longer any sac
rificial tenderness for little children
in our hearts? Is it time to be rid of
the burden, to stop our giving, and so,
through the Board Of Trustees of the
Near East Relief, who must act as we
dictate, to pronounce the sentence of
death on these thousands of boys and
girls who have believed, to the last
moment, that we would save them g?
/ Mothers and fathers Of America. it
is not true! You will not allow it!
Your hearts have not turned to stone!
What are a few paltry miles of dis
tance! They cannot separate YOU
from the famine-stricken land, where
dead and dying children litter the
streets. They cannot shut out from
your vision those hunger-pinched faces
and outstretched hands! You can shut
your windows, as they did, in very
desperation, in the City Of Erivan;
but the waits and means of the little
children, waiting in snow and rain, by
day and night, to be "picked up" and
clothed and fed, can not be shut out
of your heart.
From far-away stations, by the
magic of science, our homes are filled
with song and story, and music for
the dance. But there are messages
more wonderful than any controlled
by the wizards of wireless. They are
coming now from far away, and the
story they bring is burdened with
tears. The music is not for dancing,
for those who make it can scarcely
ed 70 - 80 - me sung S"eLl-
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nations. or nations str,ogIiro - l,oa,
themselves from bankrnn+cv F.
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has only hone is Amorico Gu