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Show TIIE entL. an or to Jl r rw -r- r -ir SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1013 IIERALD-EEPUBLICA- X, WFOETEB Q WS THEffi (BIMlTByiEl -u , be spent m immigrating persecuted people to tkis country, wnere tkey may fmcl nomes and peace men and women carried from Turkisli ports and dumped into sea as part of general massacre, declares Armenian now kere in interest of countrymen severest of measures planned against subject people not carried out owing to protest of Germans to Ottoman Government OPES to raise $5,000,000 td tr. " IK i . . - r j - - - C . .' T lUcr . J tffc jfi "r,:-i:... i - IT t I '.1 f j J J jT "v V ' s i : : j . ,rr .-'- .Ub&fl i i y-,i- !r .;,:,, -"-- v V i - n ffllilS FOBTE ,4 - BireiETRAlBLE WEDL 0EB 1 .... i J J t w If a V. I.' A. . - ; , ' . .. .. ,iv 3 I WASHINGTON", Oct. Ifi. wcii ud uii ArcoTdin- - ucU -- J ucit Lcil to reports are trnstTrorthy, but which t !.tvp Wen unconfirmed by the povmmetit, Henry Mornthfui, Amerienn ambn.vlor to Tnrker, bai af'.pronrherl ti: Turkish ublime porto "with an ofto Arnrrica the Armenian r.otr fer tr tran-pr- t IHen from tftetr ltoniot by the Turks. Jlnrrifirl by th" terriMo masaercn and cruelties which accompanied the removal of tho Armenian from thfir lin;ps, and by hi helplessness them throtrjli the tutial channels," says a to 'ontantinople through Lonreport cominc from don. tl c nnJ.""s'.nlr has offered to make himself for .fl,0X.OOO and to find other men in tho United States to raise another fj,i0.f"0, the money to be spent in emiratin? tho remaining Armenians to America." In appealing to America, to help the suffering Armenians, Vahan Kurkjian, representative in tho Tnitrd tate ot the Armenian Benevolent society, declared : Thousands Drowned Like Rats, 'Ncirlj every day Wtwon dune 24 anl July Turkish sHin vessels loaded to t!e snwalcs with rhriti.ui Armenians men and women and children left the port of Trehiond, in Asia Minor, and when they had jronc a few mile from the shore, dumped thtir living freight into the sea. In this manner 14.000 civilians, whose only crime was that they leiieved in I'hrist, were massacred by the Turk. This wholesale slaughter wn, supervised by Turkish soldiers and carried out methodically. The Italian onstd general, from wluo rejMirt these so afteetel by the sickening facts are taken, all that o.e could neither cat nor pavazery of it be-ir- sr ait sleep. "Vet this infamy, 'exceeding nnthini; ever perpetrated in the history of mankind, wa only an incident in th carefully planned ma.ssacre of Christians that ha4 been oiu- on Ktoadily throughout Anr.enia since the bcinnin? of May. Already out of a t'!r.I imputation of not mnr? than n million - ftnd a !:;tlf souls, at leat 4."Uh ptple hae been put to death, nd an even more terrible fate ha-the youn women. wh have been carried tit in droves to the harems of the Turks. s Lef.-dU- Worsr Than BeUiura. horriblo refineineuts of cruelty. makr ccrt the miTtyrdoin of delirium pale into iusi'nifieanee. an entire nation is bein rooted cut and exterminated. And what n nation! Ar-- r nia re.elte! the word of (iod from St. flrery. the inundiiattr. and hail adapted the Christian nt I)ruil f.iitlt w!u--n Kncland was till the two eeatuTie b?fori Clovis. kin.-o- f jtSuitu . Frank-- , was hapticd on the spot where the cathedral of Iiheims now !ie-- t in ruins. Armenia srv the (rtvalera ami resisted undis-tnavaid and 'Thus .vith hii -- wor-hippi- n; ai-.- oi sm-co- Lir. never th" oiwaurrhts if Timur the which to it ha wave rim front th Christian faith kept through eenttiries of Mfdtamn.edaii misrule and drpitr the fdo!iet of persecutions. Shall what i" left f the Armenian peo le be ? Will rJ Hi uied to their fate and Uil to -neutraliiy a::d Cliiisti.r.t An rie.i rtand by in jH-ris- h v - -- , X t I 1 K Emw&M'h - i. iici 41' -- - e-- t cii At r 1 -- A I '"Ill- Ui rUai TU1 ' 11 gg 5 n t2nis2i"yci MiUcki ACTS PI PBWffl s44' WftWyJH.. i see so dire a criipe committed without raising its voice in protest? That is the question which faces Christian men and xvomen in America today. ."The tragedy now bein?r enacted in Asiatic Turkey is unparalleled in modern times. It is true that the scene is far away from this country and almost hidden behind a heavy curtain, only a corner of which has been lifted, but the cries of the victims are loud enough to rend the skies and to iend a thrill of horror through the whole world." Hy virtue of a total suppression of all news on tho subject, the Turkish government has succeeded in throwing an impenetrable veil over its actions towards all Armenians. Nothing definite is obtainable in Constantinople of the fate of this people out in the provinces, but it is known that severe measures planned against the Armenians in the toman capital were not carried out owing to objections of the German government. Concerning the Armenian affair, three separate notes were presented to the Ottoman government by the German ambassador ad interim, Prince These notes had no effect because, under present condition, the German government has been obliged to act rather gently. Turkey is still the ally of Germany, r.nd the Armenians seem to have alienated the goodwill of the German government and people to a considerable extent by having made open cause with the entente powers. Many of thera have joined the Kussian forces near Van and at Zeitoun and Port Jul thev revolted against Turkisli authoritv. The three notes referred to were but official incidents in weeks of endeavor to persuade the Turkish government to take a more reasonable and humane view of the Armenian affair. One of the notes drew attention to the great injustice of making all Armenians suffer for the acts of a few. Ot- lloheu-lobo-Ianp;enbur- sr. far-reachi- ng Government Adamantine. The Turkish government, however, seems to have remained adamantine. As already stated, it has been impossible to secure accurate information in the premises. Turkish officials have cither refused to discuss the situation, or have placed all blame on the Armenians; thee latter, on the other hand, have either refused to talk for fear of being aUo persecuted, or have assigned all responsibility to the Turks. A mass of irreconcilable statements has been the result, rang-- " in?, on the part of the Turkish ofiicials. from the absurd rfaim that the Armenians were being well treated, to the assertions of Armenians that in Zeitoun, Doit Jul and other places 5')KH) Armenians had been masj-aered- . t .ro 1 - n - Li! 4 ' I - probation jf the advanced Turkisli classes in the capital, who, for the greater part, favor a policy of conciliation, and some of whom even go as far as to advocate the establishment of a separate Armenian state in Asia Minor under the sovereignty of the Ottoman imperial government. Meanwhile, the tendency of the Ottoman government to either deny altogether that the Armenians are being persecuted, or give its acts a too obviously artificial basis and character would have but one result, namely, that it is both ashamed and afraid to let the truth he known. The many attempts made by the Associated Press correspondent to throw some light, on the Armenian situation resulted in failure because the Turkish officials would not talk and the censorship would not permit the free passage of dispatches on the subject. Nevertheless, it must be said that the Armenians are not blameless. Divested of all factors related to the national ambitions of the Armenians, their conduct towards the Turks and the Ottoman government has invited constantlv measures of repression. The rising of Zeitoun, Doit Jul and Van, and wholesale desertions of Armenian soldiers to the allies on the G'allipoli peninsula and to the Russians in the Caucasus have turned the Turk's heart into stone in matters Armenian, and he is now wreaking vengeance upon guilty and innocent alike. n Protests. Constantinople has for weeks had its daily crop of Armenian rumors. One of the most interesting of them is that even the had protested against the excesses from which the Armenians have suffered. There is a possibility that this is true, because the is a man of moderation and very progressive tendencies. It is asserted in Constantinople that the German government has for some time, even at the beginning of the war, taken a special interest in the Armenians. The Germans feared from the very start of the war between Turkey and the entente that the Armenians would make an attempt to by force their independence. Prominent Armenians were informed that Germany would continue, and even increase, its benevolent interest in the race, if a reasonable attitude was taken during the war. For a time the influence of the men who had been entrusted with the dissemination of this promise had the desired result. Hut, last January and February, more especially in March and April, when the allies had begun to attack the Dardanelles in real earnest, the serices of these intermediaries ceased to be of value. Exaggerated re- Shcik-ul-Islai- Sheik-ul-lsla- j. 'K a Ar?He'v.v .A.,iA')f,V. Sheik-ul-ls!a- y ' (1 m m ish That the Tuiks have in many instances been guilty of needless severity, and in some cases have permitted barbarous acts of violence, including murder an. I rape, seems well established. On the other hand, the Armenians in the Van country have been accused ot similar excesses against the Turkish population and the Turks, having power on their side, have repaid such acts with liberal interest, it is aid, in wi U informed Constantinople ciicles. Cultured Turks Disapprove. It cannot he aid that the acts of the Turkish -- overnu:ent in this connection have found the aj- - a 'Sir ri)A. ::S,,;AAS:- .- -- tr" v 1 "S6 i ii ViA. i as ileft corner, tup. Henry lir- oUimi:h Ainerlruii nmlniMiai'iir in, onMiautinonle. bo honM i nils.. o tlie $5,000,000 io wencl ArmeninuN I'nIttM States; same piIiotoKrraph xhoits yc? --Jfy nltundoued Ariuexsinu ItumeM mid faniiti- eal KurdN, liu are KliiKn(erlni( lie 3fj SB Inhabitant. Center ;hoto it that f ji factor 2TU in Mobntnmedan life, powerful ivhn lias pro- tented the massacre of Aram menians.usninst 'I'o the rlxlit are Knver I'nsln (insert t, Turkish miniNter of Mar. 3Tu mid n croup of ;ermnit officers, headed US Uy tJeneral von. Sunders, . ,indicated !. "in nuu ni jtor .noiiom aa is i mini .ui Jc! IJeventlow, tierman critic, hi idJU recently announced military is ft that nohody'sUH hnslness course the Turks purrdfll, wue toward the Armenians. the affected districts, and reports from there are altogether unreliable. The reticence of the Turkisli government cannot be looked upon as a good siun. however, especially when viewed in the light of wlu:t Ihe German government lias been obliged to do. 3fU Ue the Shelk-iil-Iitlii- ni. r,,, - vjt ports of entente victories inflamed the imagination of the Armenians, and in many parts they rose m revolt. What has happened since then is still an unwritten chapter. No newspaper men 'are allowed to visit ANATIC SHEIK MAY STIR UP P I: VOLT; SENUSSI HAS M0 LOVE TOP ITALIANS O X ST A NT 1X0 F'LE, Oct. 16. Aside from the more important theatres of warfare, interest has been aroused here in a reported uprising of the Senussi, the Arabic order of the Mohammedans in northern Africa, with the hope of establishing an independent state in the Italian province of Tripoli. It is a little over fifty years ago that the man who was better known as the Sheik Senussi went into the hinterland of Tripoli to promote a schismatic Mohammedanism of which he himself Aas the author. In the hinterland of Tripoli, Senussi encountered conditions that were favorable to the spread of a religious icform movement. The Arabs, Berbers and Negros of the arid stretches in what" was then still a Turkish satrapy, gathered about Senussi and listened to whatever new truths he had to announce. In very little time, Senussi had become his capital. Over Sheik Senussi, and Menzel-ul-Kethe main entrance of the Senussi temple in that city, Sheik Senussi caused the following words to be painted : "Turks and Chiistians; I Avill destroy them both ir in a single day." has since become the sheik's ablest lieutenant, and is credited with being an excellent organizer and leader of troops. Barmii is also known as a hater of Italians without equal, even in Tripoli. The Senussi are said to have been apt pupils of Enver Pasha, the present war- minister of Turkey, who led the. Ottoman troops in Tripoli during the war the Italians. Their army, while not organized on a strictly European basis, is said to have, nevertheless, all the qualities needed to make the task of the Italians of regaining control over Tripoli an arduous, if not impossible one. All the men are mounted, but the horse is simply used as a means of rapid locomotion. When in. the firing line, the Senussi employs infantry tactics, availing himself of all the natural cover to be found. To what extent the rising of the Senussi is reis impossible to say. It is lated to certain, hoAvever, that the Senussi are not beyond the influence of the men at the head of the movement.-' Even the closest Avatch along- the Egyptian communication betAvcen frontier could not preA-en- t Stamboul and Tripoli. are found line which the such communicaeverywhere along tions would follow to .reach the Senussi. The transportation of arms and ammunition, how-ee- r, is more difficult, and since so far the Ottoman government has had use for every rifle and cartridge in its possession, the charges made by the Italian press, that the Senussi were being armed by Turkey, are said here to be absolutely unfounded. Suleiman-el-Baruu- i, - Pan-Islamis- m - Pan-Islamis- ts The present sheik of the Senussi was not pleased with the Ottoman government,, when,- with the treatry of Lausanne, Tripoli was ceded to Italy. Through the former deputy of Tripoli io the Ottoman parliament, the sheik announced that he had severed his connections with the supreme caliphate, and that he would continue the war with the Italians on his own account. The deputy in question, - in-ord- er |