South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-10-01

While the population OF Constan-
tinOple becomes more and mere
panicky with fear of a Moslem up
rising, Miss Katherine Bredemus OF
South Bend holds her stand $50
miles from the threatened city and
receives the refugees. Her family
in South Bend have had no word
from her since the beginning Of the
trouble, according TO her brother.
Charles Bredemus, who is secretary
of the Elks lodge.
Miss Bredemus is workiBE for the
United Orphanage and Mission So
ciety in the town of Larnace on the
little island OF Cyprus which is just
south of Constatinople in the Med
iterranean. She has been IN charge
of go Aremnian and Turkish or
phans for the last three years AMI
now her work has been trebled, per
haps quadrupled, in spite OF tle
fact that for the time being. she
is the only American in the city.
81 am the only American here,
she wrote in her last letter 10 her
family, which was posed Aug. o.
Two of the teachers have LETT for
Americ and the other TWO have gone
TO the mountains for 4 month or
more. Several new teacners are eN-
pected early in October man. his
wife and two other young men.
There viii also be two American
ladies 10 teach in the new girls
school which will be located in Nj
cesia. l am also expecting Miss
Dorinda Bowman from Petoskey,
Mich, who was in Hadjin at one
time She Will leave America Oct.
/.
Injured 10 Danger.
"It Will not bother NV sister ia
The least even # she ends herself
in the thick of the Trouble" Mr.
Bredemus said. In fact the more
danger she is in, the more interest
ing she finds the work She Was
present at the massacre in Con-
stantinople Il years ago and. didn't
leave the city then. In fact, she
was there seven years before Tur-
key entered the war when, OF
cource. all Americans were forced 70
leave the city But she went back
there three years ago all has been
ar one place-or another in the Near
East ever since"
Il have passed through dangers
OF all kinds these las. three years.
her letter reads. bur God has mar
velously kept me FROM harm l
have also excellent health in spi-e OF
the terrific heat here But 7 should
not complain. for my bed IS out on
the veranda ana am staying on the
outskirts Of town. the coolest place
here The poor refugees are hldd-
led In tiny no. unsanltary rooms
and they are the reai sufferers
Another OF her letters enters into
more details as 10 her work an5 tae
situation OF her charges She vas
writing after what she called The
Iates- tragedy the evacuation OF
CiIc.a." There have been more
traged.es since then, and the work
she was doing then, she Is doing
.-w - a fleater degree.
Heart and Hands Full
After che assurances that the
French had given that they would
stay" she wr.tes. and reconstruc-
zion work had begun OF large
scale one cannot blame the Arme-
mans for feeling that they had been
treacheroUsly dealt with THIS
wholesome exodus from CiAca has
again brown thousands Of them or
the charity OF the world and those
q Us VINO are in close touch with the
situation not only among the many
refugees here bur also i'm hieppo,
smyrna. Beirut and other places.
,ftr~ wonder how the whole heart
l-eaklng business viii end.
..slrre ] am The only American on