The latest is an effort to discredit the Armenian Relief Fund by a statement that there is no suffering in Armenia and that the money is not needed, and further an attempt has been made to associate the activities of the fund with the personal work of a certain obscure Armenian priest who was in Moscow some weeks ago trying to raise money for some particular charity.
As regards the first, the testimony of President Wilson should suffice. The president issued his appeal to the American people in October of this year:
"Appeal to American People
"American diplomatic and consular representatives and other American residents recently returned from western Asia, many thousands of lives were saved from starvation by the gifts of the American people last winter. They also bring full assurance of the continued effective distribution of relief and report that the suffering and death from exposure and starvation will inevitably be very much greater last unless they are helped by further contributions from America.
"Reports indicate that of orphans alone there are more than 400,000, besides women and other dependent children, reaching a total of more than 2,000,000 destitute survivors. The situation is so distressing as to make a special appeal to the sympathies of assurances that this winter than all." 