Show fi- fi 4 I 5 HAREMS YIELD YOtiNG Is I II I s t. t Boys and Girls Girts Sold Into Captivity Captivity I ity Being Rescued i i 1 Under Allied Rule RuU Turks Turk Ar Are on Goods Good s r Behavior and Kurds Kurd Are Arc I Quiet I t lj New York How ow or more Armenian Ar Ar- merilan and Syrian children stolen tolen by Turks and Kurds and sold lold into harems or Arab encampments ar are being res res- resCUEd CUEd from captivity and worse through V the efforts of the near East relief no now r. r that the near East Is 11 under allied rule is told by Rev E. E 0 O. Jago who has just returned from western AsiaS Asia S 'S It is no uncommon tight eight In Aleppo Syria says saya Mr Jago to see scores of children brought in by the searchIng searchIng search search- Ing lag parties The children are all dirty ragged and starving starring and many of ot z them have b been tattooed by thelt their t Arab master masters Broken hearted mothers mother and sis sisters IIi tees tela pace up and down the line of the rescued ho hoping to see their son or daughter or ur brother stolen three or ort t r four tour years years' ago Many times there are happy reunions but often otten the quest Is 18 in to vain and hearted brokenhearted hearted mothers seem to despair of ot ever eTer seeing their c loved ones again 2 An important feature of ot Mr Jagos Jago's r i work since the country was rescued d dt t t from the fanatical l domination of ot the theW k- k t W J Turks has been the recovery of these stolen children From parents and Ji s friends all Information possible about about 1 k the missing ones was wall obtained and this was sifted down and turned overto over overto to th the British commandant of the district district district dis dis- who in every ever instance In tance where the f information was definite has succeedS succeed succeed- S ed In recovering the stolen c children Among nong the rescued are many young S has bai girls whose fate tate in the harems c been too terrible to describe f Under the British regime in Armenla Armenia Ar Ar- Armenla menla menia and that of the French In Syria the Turks Tants are on their good behavior and in many cases are operating cooperating r with the near East relief workers worker Even the brutal Kurds long the oppressors op S S of the Armenians are quiet but those who know them best believe be lieve they are only waiting for tor th the t r withdrawal of the allied forces for another another an an- other orgy of murder and pillage upon the unoffending Christians Christiana |