Rich County News | 1916-04-08 | Page 1 | Half Million Turks Facing Starvation

HALF MILLION T facing STA APPEAL TO AMERICAN RED CROSS cor R assistance authorized BY THE government S supplies ap pp lies cannot be shipped to turkey from america because of blockade ad but may be sent from roumania Rou manla washington the american red cross received lec elved word saturday that turkey tor the first time Is ready to accept ald aid for of 0 her c citizens ItI zens who face starvation hundreds it was vai said are dying for lack of tood food ten thousand dollars was cabled to fill immediate needs A message from red cross agents in turkey said bald the american aaion would be permitted to cooper co oper ate te with the red lied crescent the dispatch added great suffering throughout country particularly at constantinople and suburbs along shores ot of mar mai mora tit at aar adr Adila nople bruss n and ild S smyrna myr these people not comprising armenian refugees need help for bread hundreds dying ot 0 starvation no relief relict in sight typhus la is IP spreading reading with high mortality supplies cannot tie be shipped to turkey from america because of the allies blockade and foodstuffs probably will be purchased by the red cross choss and sent from Jlou Roun manla iania