The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1922-03-10
HELP NEED IN EUROPE
MISS MCCORMICK ADDRESSES w
VI. c. AND b. Il. c. STUDENTS on
THE PRESENT CONDITION OF
THE PEOPLE OF RUSSIA.

The students of the Western Mary
land College had with them as after
dinner speaker on Tuesday evening,
Miss Katherine Reynolds Mccormick,
a Virginia woman, who for four
years has given her entire time, as
volunteer. in government work, serx-
ing as National Speaker for the Rad
Cross. Liberty Loans, Y. w. and Y. N.
and now for more than two years mas
been working almost entirely for the
Ae.ir Last RELIEF.
! There are many other worthy
calls" said Miss Mccormick, but
Gen. Harbord, sent by Congress in
| 1919 to study the Near East situation
summed up the need when he said the
sufferings of the Near East Christians
1 is the greatest humanitarian appeal
that has ever come to a Christian
world
THE situation in the interior of Tur-
key is even worse today, for
then the Turk acknowledged him
self beaten" Miss Mccormick ex-
planned. "One could travel from one
end of the country to the other with
no better protection than that of being
an American citizen Now through the
I
and the forgetfulness of the Allied
Powers upon whose side the Armeni-
ans fought so bravely and at such
! terrific cost, the Turk has been made
| bold so that he openly asserts, we
won the war, Death to Christians.
and no Christian of any nationality
dares enter that country.
THE Relief question in the Near
East is therefore now not merely one
OF saving people from death by star
walton and cold and consequent DIS
ease" continued the speaker, but 1t
is q question of saving Christianity
and Civilization, helping the Turk to
Iac~omDlis, his aim by an indifference
to the need. by Sinking of our indl-
v,dual responsibility or defeating his
purpose By putting our shoulders to
the task and saving these brave fell
low allies and Christians.
Miss Mccormick says: The Relief
work is now being concentrated IN
those parts of the country, which are
safe. more than 100000 orphans being
cared for. nearly 10000 of these in the
old Russian Barracks, in Alexandra
pie alone. 1t takes money to feed 1907
coo children and outside our orphan
age gates are thousands uDon thous-
ands of other children looking in so
wistfully and praying God that the
gate NAV open. Suppose twas one of
us said Miss Mccormick, or one of
our children as but for Gods grace 1t
might have been"
From letter Miss Mccormick
read: ITO our great JOY we have Sc
cured more than 5000 acres of splen-
did land from the Greek government.
We have already placed 354 people on
this land and are besieged with appli-
cation You never saw such a frantic
desire to get out and really get some
thing done. In less than 81 hours the
refugees had built ten little houses.
The first home many OF them have had
for seven years"
Miss Mccormick came straight from
a hearing given by the Foreign Rela-
tions Committee of the United States
House of Representatives to the Arme-
Inia-American Society where a num-
Der of distinguished men and women
pleaded with this committee to pass
Just such a resolution as was
passed nearly 100 years ago at
the instance OF Daniel Webster
IN Denau OF IHS bIeeh HailOu DIT
that time. under the oppressive hand
OF Turkey as Armenia and Asiatic
Greece are today. Ii is thought that
such a resolution and a decisive
protest from our government to
Renal Pasha, the present leader of
the Turks, would go far toward stop
ping the source of all the misery, for
America is sleeping giant to the Turk.
They have not forgotten how, when
weak. the L. S. stopped for all time
the outrageS of the Barbary Pirates
and thew fear what night happen if in
our present strength we were to wake.
''Furtherfore," said Miss Mccormick,
1.-THE Turk wants American capital"
Miss Mccormick spoke at Blue
Ridge College. on Wednesday morning
and at the request of the students
stayed over until Thursday evening to
give them a talk at their w. NJ. c. A.
meeting.
The students of Western Maryland
College did splendid work last year.
taking six of those hopeless and help
less little ones and giving them food,
a home and an education for whole
year. This year they hope to keep
those same children in their charge
while many of the young ministers
from both Westminster and New Wind
sor, beside individual help, pledged