, 1923-02-01
rnAr East REninF

John Cecil, Director Of the Near
nast Relief with Denver head
quarters At AIS Chamber Of Conn
1erce building has favored The Re-
JAblican with very interesting
article on the need OF Immediate
relief in the near east. The article
IL as follows:
Relief for unfortunate sufferers
It the hand Of the Turk has been
carried forward by men and women
whose hearts are linked in the In
ternational chain of good will. DR..
Lincoln Writ, international Com
missioner OF the Near East Relief,
who has Just visited twenty-six
countries, reports that in the ma
lions bordering on the Pacific es-
pecially. great interest Is being man
Tested in the relief Of the dire need
in the Near East.
At Auckland, wellington, Christ
church and Dunedin, New Zealand,
q ship has been filled with flour,
milk, blankets and clothing. Mr..
Macy, the Prime Minister, has in
dicated that the Government will
pay for a shipload of supplies to be
sent Immediately.
Governor General Leonard Wood
remarked in behalf of the Philip
dos: "Of course we will help. The
in the chain-of-mercy. Near East
Relief is stretching around the
world"
China, which has long been as
ISOLATED with starvation, revolution.
ignorance and superstitution has in
Gicates@ tnieSe&in the work 1T
the koar East Keisef. Oae vi the
leading natives, expressing China's
attitude, said: China knows starva-
ton and misrule, but the Wise Men
of the East still follow the Star and
will again bear Gifts to the Land Of
the Christ Child"
Korea, in her poverty, has assert
ed her spirit In behalf of humanity
when a native leader remarked: I'VE
too are . subject rae but a widow
knows every Widows sorrow; we
will share BUR little with Armenia"
"The Buddhists of Japan" says
Viscount Shibusawa. twill adopt a
thousand Christian Orphans in your
Holy Land;--onlv do not call us
'heathen' any more"
The Lord Mayor of Sidney, Aus
tralia, remarked to DR.. Writ. DE
pend on New South Wales for 1900
tons OF foodstuffs." Lady Forster.
wife OF the Governor General of
Australia. affirmed her interest by
! aging: mo worthy cause ever APP
peaied to Australia in vain; we will
help Armenia" The Mayor Of the
City of Melbourne has already
gathered a cargo Of flour and asked
DR.. Writ to ship II to the Near East.
The Council Of the City OF Adelaide
has collected $4,000 in the first
month of the appeal. while Prime
Minister Hughes Of Australia dis
patched a message saying: Com
monwealth ships will carry all re-
lief supplies at Government ex-
pense." Another cable from the
Kr~eat-hearted Island says: I'VE have
followed our first shipment of a
second. . third and now a fourth.
Expect one every month"
gees from Eastern Thrace. longest
ed in Macedonia. were saved from
starvation by 200 tons OF Australia
flour.
In Syria 1900 orphans. a part Of
the suffering thousands who were
driven from Harpoot. r safe and
Happy in an orphana9e called the
ostralasian" because the kind peo-
10 Of Australia and New Zealand
are caring for them and supplying
their every need.
In Nazareth and Palestine the
boys OF the Armenian orphanaGe
have sent the message: Here where
Jesus spent his boyhood. ne too
have found at last . happy home.
In this peaceful. lovely place We hope
to catch the spirit OF the Carpenters
Son. that We. too. may increase In
wisdom and stature and In favor
with God and man."
From the two and onc-haif mil
lion refugees from Smyrna. Thrace
and Anatolia comes the message:
Through the darkness and suffer
Ing Of this hour shines the light OF
. great hope. The land Of Fear IL
behind US. You have brought M
10 q City OF Refuge. II disease and
starvation can be held At bay until
the winter II past. we shall again
arise and buiid-here nobler
0reeee-somewhere q faircr Armen-
Ia"
In all OF this America II taking
tho leading part. When Colorado
citizens contribute TO the cause OF
tho Near East Relief they are not
only Joined by the citizens OF tho
ether fo~rty-scvcn states bat by citt-
V~ns Of practically every nation un-
Ger the sun.