SENDS $100,000 TO AID ARMENIAN REFUGEES

Atrocities Committee Cables It to Morgenthau--300,000 Greeks Are

Fugitives

OCTOBER 9, 1915

Responding to a call from Ambassador Morgenthau, received by the State

Department, in which he said that he could most advantageously use
$100,000 for
the relief of Armenians, and that while such a sum, carefully
administered,
would make a good start, it would not suffice, the Armenian Atrocities
Committee, in co-operation with the Committee of Mercy, sent by cable
yesterday
to Ambassador said that the money received would be distributed at
Konitza,
Adana, Tarsus, and Durfa, and through the American Consul at Aleppo. As
started
by the Ambassador, this sum, although it will save many lives at this
juncture,
is pitifully insufficient to meet the terrible need. It will, however,
serve to
turn the tide and eventually save the situation. The Armenian
Atrocities
Committee and the Committee of Mercy will continue their appeal in
behalf of
Armenia until all possible steps have been taken to save the Armenians
from
extinction.

But, even if money is sent to Ambassador Morgenthau in volume

sufficient to do
all that can be done to save the lives of Armenians in Turkey, the
great bulk of
refugees who can be helped will be found where they have fled, to
Russia, Egypt,
and Greece. Many thousand Armenians are reported to have reached
Russia.
The following cable dispatch has been received from Stephen Van R.
Trowbridge,
formerly a missionary at Aintab, Turkey, and now located in Cairo:

"Six thousand Armenians from Antioch villages, including four mission

congregations, arrived Port Said rescued recently by French cruisers
after
defending homes sixty-one days against violent Turkish Attacks. Heroic
sufferings. Children born during flight. Pastor raised Red Cross flag,
seen from
sea by cruiser. Survivors utterly destitute. Mostly women and children
many
sick. British authorities providing food shelter. Please appeal $6,000
for
clothing, medicines, and nurses. Committee organized. American
diplomatic agent
approves."

In response the Armenian Atrocities Committee cabled $6,000 to Mr.

Trowbridge
for relief of Armenian refugees in Egypt.

William H. Hamilton, Secretary of the Committee of Mercy, whose

interview with
M. Venizeios, the Greek ex-Premier, was published in Thursday's papers,
has
cabled from Athens that Armenian refugees are beginning to reach
Greece,
together with the Greek refugees, whose ill treatment at the hands of
relief in
Greece. M. Venizelos and General Korakas, President of the Government
Relief
Commission, have perfected plans to care for the 300,000 refugees who
have
arrived in Athens, Saloniki, and the Greek islands. Contributions for
the relief
of Greek refugees should be sent to August Belmont, Treasurer of the
Committee
of Mercy, 200 Fifth Avenue.

The Armenian Atrocities Committee and the Committee of Mercy are

finding means
to administer adequately the relief of the Armenian refugees who have
been able
to escape from Turkey, and with the whole-hearted support of the public
lives
can be saved to the extent of the funds raised. Contributions for
Armenian
relief should be sent to Charles R. Crane, 70 Fifth Avenue.