Show TERRIBLE WINTER F FOR 0 R THOUSANDS american refugee survey shows nearly million to be aa DH e wd it more than three quarters ot of a million refugees are revealed by an independent survey conducted under the direction ot of barclay acheson overseas director of the near east relief to be in dire want in greece syria turkey and palestine accurate information as to the exact number is impossible his report says estimates made on the basis of reports received from authoritative and conservative sources place the number still in turkey to to be approximately armenians Armen ians and greeks there are a hundred thousand more in syria and palestine at least this ligure figure includes only those in refugee camps without means of support Z po rt in greece breece there are half a million chiefly located in macedonia the macedonian port of 0 kalonika Sal has become so choked with refugees that frequently thousands are kept on boats in the harbor tor for weel weeks s before place can be found tor for them ashore the league ot of nations commission headed until recently by hon henry of new york is reestablishing establishing re thousands on a self supporting basis either in industry or in agriculture but the numbers involved are so vast that it Is progressing slowly this commissions budget carried no appropriation for food andl clothing tor for refugees awaiting settlement even those who have been placed on farms aro are suffering hardships and facing starvation because of the poor harvest the near east relief was long ago compelled to give up refugee relief work it has even been forced to neglect children in the refugee camps because its funds are barely able to meet the needs of those children now in orphanages there are at least one hundred thousand children among the refugees in greece these in syria palestine and turkey increase the number by more than fifty thousand at least they are a tragic and pitiful challenge to american philanthropy unless help comes and comes immediately many of them most certainly will die under conditions too horrible to recite it must be remembered that all of these people were formerly christian citizens of turkey greece and armenia by descent they have no claim on the overpopulated and impoverished ed regions where they have 1 been given shelter local govern ments and native committees are striving to the best ot of their ability to cope with the situation but their resources are not sufficient |