Evening star., 1922-10-20

ing their hands to you 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 heeded because you
of the reathearted Americans to whom his letter
written The appeal from the Near East Relief and the
American Red Cross through their chairman to be heeded
because your open to such call for help in this
terrible emergency But stronger than the call of President
of Relief Committees, stronger than any urgent words
The Literary Digest say to you knowing well your
unfang tenderness and quick generosity when the hun
ger and sorrow and gaunt suffering of mothers and babes
cry out you comfort and to them aivestronger
than all written spoken appeal the hot demand
of your Sympathetic heart that not regard such
bitter pain and need without srainng the utmost for
their instant relief.
The picture is so full of terror and anguish words
portray it. Mark O. Prentss for the Near East Relief
cables "I have seen terrible sights until my
numb, but the sight of 100000 people, mostly and
children, being pened up and burning and those escaping
being driven barren devastated country for starvaon
is past all comprehension That Smyrna Hundreds
of thousands more both Christians and Jews fleeing from
persecution and the sword crowdng the other ports of
Asia and the by islands of the awaiting rescue
or death In Saonli hundred thousand herded in
deploabe confusion The city has been in ruins since the
great fire of 1918 and affords little shelter than Smyrna
In the island of Mene another hundred thousand penness
fugtives have refuge only find there danger
of pesence and convenient harbor of starvation.
Panic has seized upon the frightened wanderers Many
have themselves into the flames of their
homes Food is gone, water to drink is at premium.
Families broken up while parents in frenzy of despair
seek their lost children. Hundreds of mothers have given
premature birth infants in the midst of terror and DEATH
Half-fed babes covered with scurvy try in vain to draw
nourishment from their mothers empty breasts.
Quick compassion is needed; delay death for
scores of thousands who might be saved. Something
heroic in giving is needed You not there in the midst
of the terror and the frantic cries for help you were you
would leap into the if need be, or brave the ames the
sword the plague to snatch back from death helpless
woman little child You would not them perish in
agony before your eyes you could them, at the
risk your life Here, in this smiling land of comfort where
your home safe and your loved dwell peace that
same and anguish of helpless women and children
come to YOU across the and cali all that heroic and
generous in your heart.
"Whoso hath this worlds good and seeth his brother
have need and shuttet up his bowels of compassion from
lm"-ah but the Master did not you. Your heart
warm with compassion and hand will be open wide
with help Perhaps you will feel moment of shuddering
pv for those sfriveed souls there be any such in this
land of plenty who reve in abundance and refuse share it,
, Money Orders, etc., Payable to "Near East
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. Treasurer THE AMERICAl