Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-05-03

ing, ana 50, through tho board Of
trustees Of the Near East Relief, who
mast act as we dictate, to pronounce
the sentence Of death on these thou
sands Of boys and girls who have be-
licved, to the last moment, that we
would save them?
Mothers and fathers Of Amc rica. it
is not true! You will not allow it.
Your hearts have not turned TO
stone! What are few paltry miles
| OF distance! They cannot separate
you from that administration land,
whore dead and dying children litter
tho city streets. They cannot shut
out from your vision those hunger
plnched faces and outstretched
hands! You can shut your windows,
rs they did, in very desperation, in
the city Of Erivan; but the walls and
means of little children, waiting in
rain and snow, by day and night, to
be picked up" and clothed and fed,
cannot be shut out of your heart
From far-away stations, by tho
magic Of science, our homes are be-
NE filled with song, and story, and
music for the dance. But there are
| messages more wonderful than any
| controlled by tho wizards of wire
| less. They are coming now from far
away, and the story they bring is
burdencd with tears. The music is
| not for dancing, for those who make
1T can scarce stand upon their feet.
The song, swelled to a chorus Of
woe by thousands Of little voices that
ought to be musical with laughter,
is always the same: "Hungcr-
Ercad!" And with tho pleading cry
or the children comes voice, sweet
and solemn, saying: "These are MY
little ones; ye are My Shepherds;
Fctd My Lambs"
70 catch these messages. every
American heart that has thrilled at
the laughter Of q little child or
throbhed at its cry Of pain is the re-
cciving instrument, and the messages
are broadc0sted to us from the very
throne of Heaven.
No mistake can be more tragic at
this moment than for you to say,
'The call is not to me; I need not
respond this time; others will give.
and the children will not have TO
die"
ThcrG Hfhnpc-;f
fuse. Armenia is surrounded by
bankrupt nations, or nations strug-
Cling to keep from bankruptcy. Eu-
rope Is full Of suffering and need.
hrmenia's only hope is America. n
Christian raco will die If America
fails at this crisis.
There are no others to love and
care for Armenia's little children
no others but you. The vast majority
are orphans. Father is dead; mo-
Their, too, is dead; sister-if not dead
is praying God for death; brother is
Gcad; aunt and uncle, grandfather
and grandmothcr-all dead, the
home destroyed, and the lonely little
girl or boy has no onc-but you. You
are father, and mother, and sister,
and brothcr-thc only one in whose
heart the sad little waif can now find
refuge.
How splendidly you have given,
perhaps, some time in the past, and
have brought health and laughter to
some Of Armenia's little sufferers!
But for every one saved then, ut
least one other was left without food
or shelter or friends. And the child
to whom you gave one meal day
last year cannot live now If that
meal is stopped. A year ago the de-
livery Of supplies for the Alexandra
pol orphanage was interrupted be-
tween November and May by trans
portation difficulties. Before April
the children had to he placed on half
rations, and by May, on the very
morning the supply train arrived, the
last meagre ration was distributed.
During those sad weeks, when there
was so little food at Alexandropol,
moro than two thousand children
died.
If you withhold your gift now the
| boys and girls you fed last year may
| be the very ones Sentenced to Die"
Revoke the cruel sentence! Stop
tho order to reduce all relief work