Show Highways ol of Armenia I Crowded With ith People i Fleeing Before Turk Tragic Conditions in Asia Minor Form Basis of Pl Plea Pla a for Funds to Be Contributed Contributed Contributed Con Con- Con Con- The roads road from central Armenia to th the Bla Black k sea are Jammed with Armenian women and nd children fleeing fleeing fleeing flee flee- ing before the Turkish army They are unfed and shoeless Half Hal refugees are crowding into Tiflis for possible safety The above forms part of a dispatch dispatch dispatch dis dis- patch received by Cleveland H. H Dodge of New York treasurer trE of the Near East Relief front his son Bayard Dodge now managing the Near East relief work in Aleppo A copy of the message has been forwarded to H. H C. C Holloway state director of the Near East Relief in Utah with offices at Atlas building Another ca cable ble from Bayard Dodge reads I Armenian refugees are pouring into Aleppo from the Turkish fron fron- tier The severe weather is beginning beginning begin begin- I ning and women and children are homeless Emergency work is im im- im- im The present appropriation tion must continue throughout the winter An urgent appeal is made to rush food clothing and medi medi- cine Supplementing these cables s. s the tha Near East Relief headquarters officers of- of in New Y York r comment as follows This unforeseen wholesale emergency emergency emergency emer emer- gency amounting to a national tragedy tragedy tra tra- gedy gref y Increases the destitution destitution destitution tion and places a heavy burden upon our committee calling for a I great increase in our budget Unless Unless Unless Un Un- less we provide the means tens of I thousands of our former allies will willdie willdie i die for lack of food and clothing Regarding the work carried on for foy relief and the contemplated work the following further message message message mes mes- sage has been received here Nationalists promise safety to orphans property and refugees Under under under un- un der the die protection of the American relief workers The fact that such promises were faithfully kept throughout tf years years' of confidence that the distinctly hu huI humanitarian humanitarian hu- hu lifesaving relief work worl will continue Moreover hundreds I of thousands of the orphans and destitute are in areas areas' entirely outside outside outside out out- side of the control of the nationalist national national- 1st forces The redoubling of ef efforts efforts efforts ef- ef forts to secure adequate funds is imperative if the disastrous loss of life is to be avoided The local organization of the Near East Relief is preparing Thanksgiving appeal letters to the citizens of Salt Lake in behalf of the needy Armenians |