Show DANIELS PLEADS FOR ARMENIANS Secretary Says Americas America's Delay to Aid Near East EastIs EastIs Is Great Tragedy Ne C York Feb I. I The Thc The last year for forthe forthe forthe the United States has been ono of or fiddling fiddling fiddling fid fid- 1 and delay dolay t. t 1 and nr was f character- character hv by Jr u U US 7 b J w v. v n j Secretary of or the Navy Daniels who ad addressed addressed ad- ad dressed tho the opening meeting here to toda today today to- to da day of the campaign for th tho near east cast relief fund Although America had not kept faith with the allies ho said hc he had confidence that the American people people peo peo- plo would do their dut duty One Ono of or the beliefs that carried cardell us Into the war var added Mr Ir Daniels was that small peoples have o tho the rI right ht to liberty and nd to control their o own n des des- hubs Shall Shan America alone rail fall In sustaining sus sus- that principle I do not bellevo It It Give GI to Armenia present relief from rom the lie perils of or starvation atlon and then lien provide for tor or the freedom of oC the country from Cram the rule of ot the Turk ns Naty n ch lag I Secretary Daniels In speaking of or the ml navy said that the lie popular Idea of or the thena na navy was that it exists only onh as a fightIng fighting fight fight- Ing machine This he hc added Is its 1 chief mission but if It It Jt had not proved pro a aI I no a encY In the peo peo- jio l arid and 11 upholding the dignity nHo of or the he flag at a all times It had failed railed of or Its mission In the lie war waa he hc declared It had proved pro Its worth orth and had done Its full tull share in iii bringing about peace There was ivas nothing the matter with the thc American navy during the war James W. W Gerard former fortuer ambassador to Germany German said gald in a brief addre address s I Called Il Good Goud Matured The trouble with th the secretary is that he lie is too good natured added Mr Ir Gerard If JC 1 j had been secretary of the na navy and a group of ot admirals or anybody else elso had formed a soviet BO board of or criticism I should have had them on oit th the slide lIde and their heads In the ba basket ket within twenty four Cour hours Capt George e B. B Hyde Ihde a n near east relief re relief re- re lief worker told of oC horrible conditions and suffering In Armenia and ami charged that the tho Turkish lead leaders still at attempting attempting t at- tempting to lO 0 d destroy the Armenian peo peo- pie lie declared that more than men met women and amI children had hud I been lurl lie lIo described deported to Turkey c I at length tile the Turkish treatment of oC Armenian Ar Ar- men Ian women which ho declared to tobo tobe tobo bo be the tho blackest crime of oC all nil horrors Not far Car from froni a 1 million Christians have vo been murdered b by their Turkish oppressors Henry henrI l former I Continued on l page aSe 2 DANIELS PLEADS S I FR FOR ARMENIANS I II Ii i I Co Continued from Page I 1 ambassador to Turkey declared Hungry Hungry Hungry Huno Hun o gry terror stricken hundreds of or thousands thou- thou I san sands s of refugees now look to the United Unit Unit- I led e ed States Slates for succor j j i Already hns lion been subscribed I to tho the fund run In New York it was announced anI an- an i I I I |