| Show WAR CLOUDS IN THE ORIENT the armenians Armen ians a people numbering some five or six aix millions probably seem to have got tired of the turkish misrule to which they have so long lieen been subjected and they have stood up with the tion of shaking off the intolerable yoke a and ud to make ae aC least a struggle for liberty reliable news from that country where the press the telegraph and the postal service are to a large extent controlled by the government is necessarily scanty but it is known that already some enco encounters untera have taken place between armenians Armen ians and turks and if the for ner are determined to go on to victory or to perish in the attempt we may expect to receive more news of a similar kind the struggle of the greeks to gain independence the sickening cruel ties of the turks which at last made the whole europe rise ind and demand a cessation of the bloodshed are still remembered remember eil something similar may be looked for in asia minor if the armenians Armen ians have commenced the in with a deter ni ui I 1 nation to conquer or die rus russia ain may naturally be expected to take an interest rn in the armenian Arme pian struggle her traditions teach her to consider herself the guardian angel of the orient and curiously enough even the turks expect that the russian eagle will yet alight on the crescent ore scent of the mosque in stamboul thy th y expect to be driven away ly the ma cavite Cj vite the gather tuff cf russian troops aftung long the armenian border must therefore i be understood to mean that that great power intends to interfere in the struggle should they see a chance for actual interference we may expect another oriental war |
