Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1920 — Cardinal Gibbons Asks Aid For Starving Armenians [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Cardinal Gibbons Asks Aid For Starving Armenians

This la the message from James (Cardinal) Gibbons read at the big meeting in Washington In aid of the Near East Relief. The venerable primate of the Catholic Church In America Is Intensely Interested in the appeal which the ‘Near East

Relief will make to the country in February for funds to sumiort Its work among the starving proples of that stricken land. To the Washington meeting he wrote: “Advices and Information coming from the Near East cannot be doubted. There is great actual suffering and famine. These people, recently become Independent and released from bitter thraldom, cannot support themselves. And the Christian and common Instincts of humanity which have prompted the people of the United States during the last two years to relieve the distress and needs, especially of the Near East, must not be'allowed to grow cold and be diminished. “I hope we shall all unite In this present emergency and be able to collect sufficient funds to enable these peoples to live and work until next summer brings them permanent relief and subsistence. I call upon all to respond generously to the appeal now being made and trust that the committee will be gratified with the results.”