Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1920 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Poster Tells Dramatic Story c f ’ am K J®} « V ™ Ilir J • « 1 ■ | j ri is OsOII■Ii I * I n i i . Ji I ■ This picture, painted especially for the Near East Relief by M. Leone Bracker, vividly portrays what words fall to express—the horrible suffering of the women and children of Armenia and adjacent countries. Peace has blessed Europe and America for more than a year but tn Western Asia conditions more frightful than any war time experiences of the martyred populations of Belgium and France still exist. Thousands of women and children escaped massacre by the Turkish soldiers only to face the terrible agonies of death by starvation. At the present time it Is estimated that 1,250,000 adults and fully 250,000 orphaned children are completely destitute and 16 imminent danger of death by starvation and exposure. ’ \ .' The Near East Relief, 1 Madison Avenue, New York, is at present the only organization giving aid to these suffering people and lack of funds stlU prevents the reaching of more than a small part of the stricken people.