The Red Cross : in peace and war . FIRST EXTKUITIUN ICMBAKKING ON FKRRY BOAT,EUPHRATES RIVER. !M-.^:4!^!iU[JMm». 1^;. -»?** i,f ^.?»?--«?!? . *.;^-*.^f^C :. Ilartou A TURKISH TESKERE OR PASSPORT. ARMENIA. 323 starvation or perished through accumulated hardship, before the firstof May, 1897, That even now it is cold in their mountain recesses, the frosts arewhitening the rocky crests, trodden by their wandering feet, and longbefore Christmas the friendly snow will have commenced to cover theirgraves. These facts, bare and grim, are what I have to present to theAmerican people; and if
The Red Cross : in peace and war . FIRST EXTKUITIUN ICMBAKKING ON FKRRY BOAT,EUPHRATES RIVER. !M-.^:4!^!iU[JMm». 1^;. -»?** i,f ^.?»?--«?!? . *.;^-*.^f^C :. Ilartou A TURKISH TESKERE OR PASSPORT. ARMENIA. 323 starvation or perished through accumulated hardship, before the firstof May, 1897, That even now it is cold in their mountain recesses, the frosts arewhitening the rocky crests, trodden by their wandering feet, and longbefore Christmas the friendly snow will have commenced to cover theirgraves. These facts, bare and grim, are what I have to present to theAmerican people; and if it should be proposed to make any use of themthere is not much time for consideration. We have hastened, withoutloss of a day, to bring them plainly and truthfully before the public asa subject pertaining peculiarly to it. I would like to add that this great work of human relief shouldnot fall wholly upon the people of our own country—by no means with-out its own suffering poor—neither would it. The people of mostenlightened nations should unite in this relief, and I believe, properlyconferred
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