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Show MHMI. HEED HELP. $APIC Tortured, Crushed People Innocent Victims of Turkish Misrule - Ak Aid of All Gvilization t.""p JIK Christinn nut ions of the 1 world owe an iuimenw (Iflit of prntitii'l'' to Arniciimn people for the ploriom example of devotion to religion" faith which thev have 1 hefore the world." aald Henalor William H. Kln today Henatnr King predict, that the Armenian peof are fully capable of establishing a firm and amble Rovern-ment. Rovern-ment. freed of the Turkish yoke, hut he declare! that they muxt have the ympHthetie and mateiial am stance of other natlona. "The hiKtory of the Armenian people la the moat tragic of all racea In his-tory," his-tory," aald Henatnr Klna. "They have alwaya been a liberty lovlnir people. The Ottoman Turka superimposed their brutal, tyrannoua government upon them and for centurlea have ruled them with unparalleled cruelty. They have, pillaged and robbed and murdered. The Uuiris have been devaalated. their home deatroyed. their wives,- dauhlera and children carried Into alavery and bondafe and the male adulta aubjected to tha moat horrible atrocities, I luring the Ion centurlea of Turklah oppreaalon thoae who were apared have duns; to their landa with tenacity and almoat re-lifioua re-lifioua fervor. 8PIRIT OF MARTYRS. j "They have alao repelled the effort! to Mohammrdantse them and have with the faith and aplrlt of martyr, remained firm devotee, of the I'hrla-tlan I'hrla-tlan faith, in aplte of all the opprea-alona opprea-alona and barbarltlea Inflicted upon them. They have maintained a atate of clvlllxatlon and culture. They have made the deaerta bloaaom and have built town. and citlea. established trade and commerce and have pxu--greaeed In all purauila. "Abdul Hamld. former aultan of Turkey, with ureal fiendlahneae determined deter-mined to extirpate the Armenlana and Inaugurated the moat cruel massacres. Hundred, of thouaamla were brutally murdered. But finally Hie eart of fhriatlan Kurope heeded the rnee of the Buffering and hi. hand waa alayed. at leaat partially. The Young Turka. when they obtained control, profeaaed frlendahlp for Armenia and promiaed them a Juat government. "These promlaea. however, were not kept, and when the preaent war began : tne persecutions or tne Armenians were resumed shortly afterward. Kn-ver Kn-ver I'ssha and those In authority In Constantinople determined to Turklfy the territory under the Ottoman rule and entered upon a war of extermination. extermina-tion. Towns were sacked and destroyed; de-stroyed; cities were pillaged and burned; massacres were constant and thousands were driven to the desert, there to suffer lingering deaths from starvation, thirst or from the predatory preda-tory ralda of nomadic semi barbarous tribes Inhabiting the territory between Armenia and the Mediterranean coast, and alo between Armenia and Meeeo- , potamia. I 1,500,000 KILLEO. " i lerhaps l.&OO.OOO of tbse oppressed op-pressed people catne tu thvir death within the litat three year through ' the Inhuman conduit of the Turks., aided and abutted by Huns who mere, operating with Turkey. It is not certain cer-tain the numtwr of Arinenisna who stiil survive, but there is a uffi ient 1 nuintter to warrant nut only protec-' protec-' tion. but the highest consideration st the hands of our government and the allies. Armenian territory is fertile and capable of sustaining a large population. It posewaii man)' resources, re-sources, and the Armenian who still survive. If given sn opportunity, will i erect a stable and progressive government govern-ment and be able to ma ntain a na 1 1 1nal standing among the civthxed nations of the world. "1 regret that w.i r w:i not declared' by the L'nited HtaU s agMinat - Turkey and Bulgaria. My opinion im that It would have eliminated both these na-; na-; tlons fnm the conflict at an earlier I date. We would also have been in a position to speak with more authority at the pace conference with respect to Turkey snd Bulgaria if they had been belligerents. However, there muy he a demand made by tins nail n as ' well as the allies for the destruction of Turke). Hhe haa forfeited her right to exist ss a nation. HANDS WET WITH BLOOD. 'Barbarous snd with cruel hands wet with the blood of millions of Christians Chris-tians she im a horrible specter and an arhronism that must be banished forever. for-ever. Armenia, must le freed from Turkish rule and receive the syrnpa- j theiic support and protection of the si- t lied powers until ah has clothed her- I self with the habiliments of national I auhoritv and sovereign power. h Armenian people must be given J (Continued 00 page L), v ARMENIATiS (Cofitlnued from page 1 ) 4 heir own lands, devastates) and depopulated de-populated though they may be. Material Ma-terial aa well aa sympathetic: aid must bo extended lq order that they may establish es-tablish a strong, virile and liberal1 re-ybllc" re-ybllc" i ' |