Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-05-14 | Page 4 | Local News

The Turks, taking advantage of Russia's Rus-sia's preoccupation In the far East, have done what for many years they have been longing to do; begun- a systematic extermination of the Armenian Christiana. Chris-tiana. Tho Sultaa does not fear any other nation than Russia; only the Czar Is- potent enough to call him to account for his utrocltles. And as tho Czar lo Unable to do so now, tho Sultan gives rein to hie naturl ferocity, and the Armenian?) Ar-menian?) of Sassoun district are no more. This extermination) was no doubt effected by turning loose upon the unarmed un-armed Christians the fierce Kurdish fanatics fa-natics of the Lake Van district, who need no Incitement to slaughter "the Infidel," In-fidel," It Is a sorrowful business, and It Is a reproach to our modern, humanity and enlightenment that thero Is no remedy rem-edy for It, and no possibility of reaching reach-ing the assassins with the punishment which is their due.