Show THE MASSACRE IN ARMENIA The atrocities committed by Kurds against the Armenians living under Turkish rule and as is alleged by orders from Constantinople are of ot such appalling nature that they cannot tail fall to loud protests from people everywhere who feel an Interest In inthe inthe the welfare of their fellowmen The report IN Is that thousands of Christians including women and innocent child child- children children ren were butchered the soldiers soldier first having baving committed outrages too horri horri- horrible horrible ble to describe in detail The cry ory of agony rising toward heaven from a people in bondage whose lowly Jowly homes have bave been desecrated and whose whOle churches have bave been sprinkled with the blood of ot their d defenseless vic vic- victims victims victims tims has bas been b been en beard heard in every civilized quarter of the globe and aroused Indignation against the oppressors Probably many of the peculiarities ot of the Turkish rule are due to the fanatic fanatic- fanaticIsm fanaticism fanaticism Ism of 01 o Y the religious system of the sul- sul sultan's sul sultan's tans tan's subjects and will be overlooked on OD that account by a charity all a things but when undercover under undercover cover of ot religion n fanaticism commits crime for which a savage would blush forbearance itself ceases to be a virtue and Christian nations nation under whose protecting wings the lobe Turkish govern govern- government government government ment fondly ait sits should arise ariae and call the perpetrators to an account If It not they will some time have to share Ibare In Inthe inthe inthe the re responsibility The Turkish version of the affair la is that the massacre was wat the result ot of a revolt among mong the Armenians themselves but these assert that the revolt consisted of a quarrel instigated by the Kurds for the purpose of furnishing a pretext for the murder The latter explanation is la far from im improbable probable Between the dans dana and the Christians exists a deeply rooted hatred The Turkish officials regard the conquered tribe tribe- little better than slaves scorning the idea of work they Jive live by continual continua plunder extorted in form of ot taxes The Christians particularly are sub sub- suti to heavy beavy oppressions it being next to Impossible for them to obtain redress if It sought in the courts They are re kept in abject poverty almost amot every everything thin beyond the bare bate necessities Di Ute life being considered taxes Bence n no enterprise no DO ei- ei I tort lort to obtain financial independence The continual struggle between the rul rul- rulers rulers rulers ers and aDd the subjects au is la such that fatal quarrels frequently occur but nearly Dearly always the tax gatherers lire are as much to blame as al their victims That gigantic insurrections are not ot a frequent occurrence under such mis mis- misI misrule misrule misrule I rule is the real wonder The feeling among the Turkish Christians in Asia MInor and far to the east of ot the empIre was we well reflected however during the lat late war with Russia when prayers were ere offered up both in to the churches and aDd in private homes for the victory of the czar and the overthrow of the be Turkish government Armenia is the original seat leat of ot one of the most ancient civilized peoples of Asia Situated unfortunately be- be between be between tween mighty nations on the east and the west the country became the center of the disturbances that agi- agi agitated agitated agi agitated the world worM both in io the early and Bod the la later er parts of ot its history It was subjugated by the Assyrians Assyrian the Modes Medea the Greeks Greek the Romans and lastly by the Turks At long Intervals the people have succeeded in establishing iO independence but only for tur fora fura Ii a brief period period- at a time N Notwithstanding standing all these vicissitudes like Uke the have bave preserved their tbell nation nationality aUty and their civilization though but a remnant of ot what it once onoe was is 18 considered much higher blaber than that of their conquerors conqueror They have bave also their own language and a valuable literature In 10 Armenia they number about a million souls but thousands are scattered abroad in the world If It the present persecutions should lead their e exiles to plan an uprising against the government they would I have bave an encouraging prece precedent ent In tb the Greek war for tor in independence in 1821 and about the same chances of ot success There would be scenes of ot carnage carnale So sickening that Europe probably would interfere in the interest of humanity and a just cause |