New Britain herald., 1928-01-30
NEAR EAST RELIEF
 GIVEN NEW FORCE
Capt YuroV at South Church. Catholics Contribute to Fund

Captain l.. A. Narrow, who was director of the work of the Near East Relief in the extensive region of ,he Caucausus mountains, and rae plain on the south, was 1he peaker at the South church yester- day morning.
 Mir, Narrow, with other Red Cross workers. went to organize reiei work in that area at the close Of the ,-.r. They found several million people who had been driven from thrir homes and were in destitute circumstances. They were q part oi sli organization which helped l2 d1f- fercnt nationalties, including Per- ,iaps Greeks, Syrians, Assyrians' Tartars. Georcians, Armenlans, Jews, located in three continents.
 Captain Narrow said in part dur ins his talk:
 During the past cs years, l have been in many countries Of Europe, also Russian Siberia. the Islands of the sea, China and Africa l nave neen in places where l saw hosts of men women and children in tenn nles bow to objects of wood and stone. I lived in other places where neople prostrated themselves before beasts of the field. and in agony or spirit cried Spirit of Divinity answer our prayer lived 10 years in lur- key where God was called Allan, and never ceased being grateful 10 he oy \ different religion from the Mohammedans
 "JJpon returning to America, what impressed me more than any other ono thing was our idea Of God as Father Of mankind. as interpreted. 10 us by Jesus. If we remain true to that idea, it will take us on from victory to victory in social problems.
 ..The Near East Relief is a. spirit ttal movement, which would not have started except for our idea Of God as father. We did not aske 10 what race or creed the people in the east were. America said, We will not let them perish without any help"
 "I was with the Red Cross in si- b.ria when the armistice was signed I received a telegram from Constan- tinople asking me to return there They gave me . band of doctors nurses and Red Cross workers. we sailed up the Black Sea to Batoum and went on the railroad to Tifils to the region where Turks had 1us' been. a region where for suffering and horrors. it was ohe of the worst in the worlds history. By your gen erosity, you plotted out that page You built up one center Of 2o,ooo children in that region. Picture Wha' that means. All the children were under 16 years of age and had ios' fathers and mothers within two or three years. There is not man here, who. if he had been there, would not have lifted a hand to help them We took these children in the name of Christian sympathy. We not only fed and housed them. but gave then n practical education, training II trades and agriculture.
 Many of the children are still toe young to be sent out since some were only one or two years old when taken in, in the years 1919 and 1920, Many more young children were received after the Smyrna dls- rster. We have 32,oo0 children in our care, some of whom are in our own orphanages. Others are in sub- .;idized orphanages, and others are in homes of their friends where par tal help is needed. This is being cu' down month by month.
 Ut has been decided. in the next IS months, to try to raise fund Of s6,oO0, 600 which will underwrite the future support of these boys and girls, until they are able to support themselves, so that an annual drive no longer will be necessary. Some other organizations fed and clothed children in the beginning. and then left them. The Near East had g broader vision and wishes to train the children sufficiently to support themselves. before tudning them away"
 When Captain Narrow left the East to come home, many children sent messages by him to the people If America. They said. Tell the people of America that we thank them for all that they have done, hut especially that they have edu- cated us and taught us a trade SC hat we can earn a living when we 20 out"
 In conclusion. Captain Narrow