(WW I) have started. And a new fund raising by the AGBU to help the Armenian refugees.

In November 1914, as World War I started, the AGBU raised a new fund campagne to help 100,000 Armenian refugees flee from western Armenia to Yerevan and Etchmiadzin. Boghos Nubar Pasha and Vice-Chairman, Yakub Artin Pasha played a significant role in this initiative.