The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-22
GEN. AZGAPET|AN ADDRESSES CLUBON NEAR EAST RELIEF
Dr. Jacob David Speaks at Southside Baptist Church in Interest of the Canned
 Goods Campaign

Addressing the Business and Pro fessional Womens club last night, General Azgapetian,, Armenian, stated that the American people were nearer to the hearts of the Armen- fans than any other people, and that they looked to the Americans to save them from their age-old enemy, the Turks. When it was announced that the United States would take over the protection of Armenia, following the Versailles conference, there was general rejoicing throughout that stricken country. he stated, and the disappointment when the Senate re- jected the peace treaty was poignant.
 General Azgapetian wears many medals conferred upon him by the Shah of Persia, in whose armies he served for ten years, rising by sue cessive promotions to major general. He was educated In an American col lego in Constantinople and at Co., 1umb bia University, in New York city, Following his service in tho Persian army he came to the United
 
 ton at Washington.
 During the World war he, with thousands of other Armenians, fought with the Russians against the Turks. Since the war he has been engaged in near east relief work and came to Birmingham to help in the canned goods campaign for the near east re- lief
 Dr. Jacob David, a graduate of I and Newton Theological Seminary at Boston, who spent the last 20 years prior to 1921 in northwest Persia az superintendent of the Presbyterian mission school for Mohammedan boys, accompanied General Azgape- tian to Birmingham and last night addressed an audience at the South side Baptist church. He recited a number of Turkish atrocities com mitted upon Christians in the near east to which he was an eye witness. among them the massacre of over a00 women and girls who had been held as prisoners by Turkish soldiers and then deserted and left to starve Subsequently other Turks broke down the gates to the school where they were being cared for and mur- dered every one of them, he stated because they would not renounce their own religion and accept the Islamatic faith.
 Tie Armenians were the first to accept the Christian religion as their national religion. Dr. David stated and through almost two centuries, they have held steadfastly to that religion. Because of this, pr. David declared. the Mohammedans have carried on for several hundred years their program of extermination
 Dr. Claude k. Hill of Chattanooga. in five minutes talk at the Xii wnnis luncheon yesterday, made a plea for food donations to the near east sufferers.
 pr. David will address the pupils at the Central High school this morn : ing and tomorrow morning General Azgapetian will speak before the Shades-Cahaba school at Rosedale.
 Tomorrow night there will be a joint meeting of the ministers and sunday school superintendents of the city at the Hillman hotel. dinner be- ing served after the business session. The canned goods campaign will be discussed at this meeting and plans made for the subscriptions to be taken at services next Sunday.
 The moving picture, Alice in Hun eerland' will be shown at the Vine street Presbyterian church, West End, a 1880 o'clock tonight.