The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-01-31
NEAR EAST RELIEF

menla, Cyrla, ferSlay etc., tne ntue
tots asked them for bread, which
was the greatest boon in all the
world for they were hungry beyond
description.
The Turks say when the English
man comes to the Turkish Empire
he looks for territory; when the
Frenchman comes, he looks for pret-
ty faces, but when an American
comes into our midst he looks for a
hungry child. What a tribute, even
if it comes from one so despised as
the Turk.
Did you know that out Of a four
million population that Armenia
gave 250,00O to the Allied cause9
When the Turk learned of this he
was so enraged-he was allied with
Germany you know-an order was
posted on every available place
asking boys over 16 to report at
certain places. Eight hundred and
fifty thousand answered the com
mand and what became of them no
one knew except that sometimes
rivers would become choked with
their bodies; others were driven
over high cliffs and still others
driven out on the desert to perish
Of hunger and thirst.
AT the great battle of Verdun
there were 1400 Armenians in the
front trenches and the words "They
shall not pass" is written greatly in
their blood for only "a came out a
live.
Did you know that it was an Ar
menian doctor that conceived the
idea Of building back the faces Of
our soldiers when they had been
shot awayf A photograph would be
found Of the boy and mask built
to its likeness and the face built
back so that on his return home his
friends might recognize him. They
say of all the uncanny things moth
ing compares with the soldier with
his face shot away and nothing but
bandages upon bandages with
hole in the center to feed.
Did you know that the morals of
Armenians are higher than any
other nationality and their home
life beautifulS Did you know that
of all the immigrants to the United
States none are more highly educa-
ted, SO per cent. Of them being bust
ness, professional and agricultur-
ists7 And the criminality of the Ar
menian in the United States is l
per cent. which is lowest of any
country.
Thirty eight Armenians have A
merican congregations in America
and one of the most fashionable
churches in Boston has an Armen-
ian pastor.
Pictures painted by Armenians
hang in the Vatican at Rome and in
our Washington Capitol.
Even the Greenback you carry in
your pocket is protected from
counterfeits by a secret process of
an Armenian who prepares the
green that cannot be duplicated.
Did you know that the reason the
Turk has been allowed to remain
master Of the people of the near
East is because every country in
Europe wants Constantinople be-
cause it is the key to the commerce
Of the world and that Europe which
calls itself Christian has permitted
the Turk to Massacre Christians by
the thousands without raising a
hand of protest because they would
rather the Turk remain than lose it
themselves?
II is any wonder that the Turk
sits cross-legged and laughs at
Christianity as he finds it in Eu-
rope?
Did you know that little children
at the ages of nine and ten years old
in Armenia prefer to die for Christ
rather than live and deny him4 The
Turk offers them alluring thing, but
the never waver in their faith. They
are the children Of the maetyrs Of
sixteen centuries and are so imbued
with their faith that they cannot be
from it.
Calvary is not a story of two
thousand years ago. 1t has been re-
peated many times in Armenia It
is not the crucifiction of a nation.
Out Of the population Of fifty mil
lion there are hardly three million |
souls left, simply killed because Of
their faith. Surely such courage
and such faith should call forth the