| Show TUltMbll t IX I ohmic HillS I Thuauiiouncuuiuiit IItllh turkish authurltlta had gKlherml Irooji for Ilix put pi in of prnteitloR Iho oolliHlotblu tlimr euueavori to wcuru the oonsoy due Ihegoverumtut the Armenian Armen-ian Uhrlellat s look lUUHOMlt OUOUgh ti loiple uul nuiJilutuJ wllh the onus 000 such occailoni nod Ibo runt acre otin 555m 110 i lo in inxn bat 0 reaommshh omSo h uurltcloo ott I a > y to anouit Ir by lawabiding luljeili of uzilltoJ rounlrlet Mo voverumeut can eml without revenue and Ihle inuit niceHarlly be tupplliil ly I the governed A more Intlmalu knowledge of Tutklth methods Ii I needed for a correct underitandlng ol th illuatlon In Armenia U Ic l no secret that the arrival ot lax collectors In the solhans Uomlnloni ll I eo muoh rodJ Ilial oven loyal Mob Mo-b III III0 tubjoeti wck refuge In night at the approach of tbone Kinllemen Iilko bandlU they ellen sweep down upon Ibe village and lake whatever U lu light eonittlmee turning Ibo inhabitant in-habitant out of their houtre sod living for days on whatever provisions they can find never paying for anything any-thing they consume and frequently lithe 1 teellmeny of the Iiallve4 ll to be rellid I on they dexcratu the WIVM and daugbleri ot Ihe I pUoea they vlilt Tile loiIe Ii tuppoied to i oay a bet tithing lo Iho overnmenl but eskimo nllmale Ii I entirely left U time etteMOK rich coIl who are ablo lo bribe the flloerr generally HeIII by laying a Illlle aud tho deficiency limos crratid I It med ui lor by ex CeMlveaMetimenti on time poor Any ooa who iii Incurred lime dlipleaiure of the olllolali Ii liable lo robbery and continued nunoniic thuilighletl prolMt Ii of pourer ooutlrued at In lurrectlon calling fur Kevero punlih raenlf Uuder time clrcumitancM lIme cxlmeuce ol Uhrlillau eubjede lu Turkey le I generally deplorable Thu tIght lo collect taxes ll ofMi auctioneered out and given lo the hliliHt bidder He then iou Ihe turn agreed upon for Roverumect nod ai rough more ai he b1 form or Iraud can collect for hhmulf > i hli legitimate lay for Iho trouble and hli greed It I In many Initancet nol aslIaied until the iloriH of the vlllicen aru nearly exhaueled It It lu be wondered at If eumellme the tmiple rIse lu I reelilance ottucli lyranny and lhat bloodthvd olleu U Ibe oouee < U > me7 In time current number of Ihn Jnittjxniltnt a promlutnl ner thil ha given the Armenian ijuettlou much alttntlon a detailed > lalein nl I eiaolloni by Kovurniiiettt lax col lectori Ii given It ihowithtt In one vlllige by aoluil ruMMiremeul the lllliM on grain aniounlel to 1000 plxteri worth A Imushe bought tIme right to collect for 71 ill hider and then collected In all 9000 laiUrr Complaint wa made and Iho paibi on hearing Ihle named lime del tructlou ol the KrowluR crop 10 the valuu of 2000 plaileri Aid hIs I odiolaletl cone but ouu In accordance ac-cordance with a rule prevalent It i tteuie all over Turkey There Ii I no other lolutlon ot lime Ariueilanrueitlou tnn Iho emancipation emanci-pation ot tho Chrlitlani Irom Mueteni rule The tract ol country Involved Ii I 55 bMUtlluland fertile Many pot on the 1 iarlh Under gooI government It would bicome n dedrablepUce opaklu oftupporlliiK a largu lopubllon Ai It Iipoverty and wretoiiedneH prevail no enterprlie beIng pOMlblp The remedy It lu the bands of theChrlttlin nalloni Will they remain Inactive and lufler thIs while slavery lo exlil any longei |
