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Show Corn, America is Burning Will Save Starving Armenia ' r JTi$ " f d2j!ssSi i "'f .,w.t:-.r..:v. Burying the Body of Another Victim of Starvation in the Fields Near Alexandropol, Armenia Captain Paxton Hibben (insert at top) The first complete semi-official account ac-count of conditions In Transcaucasian Russia, contained in the Report of the American Commission of five members sent out by the Near East Relief, and published In part in The Nation, has been made public in full. It states that In Armenia "conditions have been found shocking, Indeed far worse than present conditions in the "Volga district of Russia." 'The Immediate cause for the present pres-ent acute famine situation in Armenia," Arme-nia," the Commission goes on to state, 'was the destruction of some 140 villages vil-lages by the invading Turks, from -Khlch the populations were driven and whence all beasts of burden, agricultural agricul-tural and household Implements and furniture were- removed by the invaders inva-ders The evacuation of this portion of Armenia did not take place until April 21. 1921, too late for any extensive exten-sive crop to be put In, even had the peasants the draught animals and the Implements to plough and sow the ground." According to this Report there are "a rough total of about 400.000 home-lees home-lees refugees In Armenia now facing winter without food. Of the 60.00C Armoniana concentrated In cities and towns by far the greater part were actually starving, when observed by this Commission early In August-Children August-Children were lying dead In the streets and the Bick and Infirm were dylnr in great numbers daily. Cholera, had set in and was making havoo, partly due to the reduced resistance to disease dis-ease of those Buffering from hunger." The Commission states that th American Near East Relief Is the only agency which stands between th whole population of thia country ana death this winter. , "Two relief ships loaded with th corn the farmers of the west are burning burn-ing or feeding to the hogs would sea the people of an entire nation through the winter," declared Capt. Paxton Hibben, secretary of the Commission. "President Harding, in his message to Congress, has said: "It seems to ma we should be indifferent to our heart promptinss. and out of accord with; the BPirlt which acclaims the Chrlst- i mastlde. if we do not give out of our national abundance to lighten this i burden of woe upon a people blameless and helpless In famine's peril.' . -"We in America can save a whols i people without feeling It or missing ft I meal. Will we?" . , , , ,f - tT. J. :Af ;v tt I " A c I . .-'V . - ;;... :...; ,,. ., . . . i. ..i- .... . , - r LOOKS LIKE THE GOOD OLD SUMMER TIME A quartette of social leaders enjoying the ocean lephyrs on ths beach of one of Florida's many winter playgrounds. |
