A SAD NEED IN PERSIA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15025, 21 June 1912, Page 4

A SAD NEED IN PERSIA.

JO. uiu> AH IXvJtVDjLA. Sir,—Acting on ■ behalf of ]Qt. Johannan, whose tetter is subjoined, I would earnestly ' submit for the kind consideration of your > readers, his appeal. lJi-. Johannan leaves for >' w 7 next Monday,' but two local treasurers have been appointee. The names of thee® 1 gentlemen are : Sir. ■*' N. Andrews, Queen- . street, Mr. J. Fleming, I*2, Grafton .Road. n£® *v?„^it ne^? 8 Citizens, of Auckland,i# iWends,— mo to plead th» cause ml?mo' to*riT Chlldri i n, «i aco does not per. ; pa|h^ t0 co&o a u &,%£A»S.SS?J have fnUy explained the lamentable nosi. narnM* ®°™ e of your fading citizens, Tom names and endorsement* follow, and who ■ ft ae ft l lly tested my diplomas and credentmlfl lam a native of Persia, and have 1 closed, up my . medical" practice in' Chicago, ' in order that I may raise fund to eatafa- . lish a children's hospital in Tabriz, a city of nearly 300,000 inhabitants. There is no children's hospital in all the realm of the Shah. The situation is pressing:, and unique. I appeal to your humanity and Christian instincts for help in this enter- , prise, Jo which I am devoting my life. I , believe that this will set an example to other Persian cities to act for the ealva- ' tlon of the child life of the ancient Empire, i I trust and hope that Auckland will do her share at this time of need ana trouble. Five thousand pounds will be needed, which I hope to raise in the United States, the ' Australian Commonwealth, , and favoured ' New Zealand. The hospital will be an ante c tar ian institution, open for the .needs . of the sick from all creeds— Mahomedans, and Christians alike. I . am, yours ' in the service of humanity. , „ r _ : (Signed) JACOB JOHANNAN, A.M., M.D, i Stcnehurst, Auckland. This loiter is endorsed and approved by Messrs. 0. J. Parr {Mayor of Auckland), . D. Goldie. W. E. Bush, G. 0. Gailick. the ' Rev «T. Cocker (president Ministers' Abso- ' elation), and the Rev. 11. Knowles .Kompton * (vice-president). Thomas F. Hill. P.O. Box 7, Auckland. '' ►