Show IX IN I BEHALF OF THE HE ARMENIANS The latest reports from Armenia give ghe the number of ot victims ai as two thousand but it Is II not Impossible that when all the details are known tb the 1 first estimate of ot six ix thousand will lie be found but little exaggerated Still the be sacrifice nce of two thousand thuu and persons persona on the altar aUar of ot religious fanaticism I is a 8 aDd crime against humanity humanity and deplorable In ia ibe extreme es- es especially e when committed at the threshold of ot the Civilized d world and in 10 ina iua a country whose whole rulers are maintained by the power of ot Christian nations The d of that make such out out- outrages rages possible call for tor a speedy remedy The sultan ultan we are told has ba already sent lent a Commission to investigate the affair adair but bot those ac with Turkish diplomacy will wUl DO not look forward with confidence to the be results of such luch an Inquiry It will buto b be beto to the the interest 0 of the Mohammedan imperial well bat of the Turkish government OT t to present pre nt the be matter in a light as a unfavorable unfavorable a s pos pui- possible little sible Ible to the Armenians That T at they will do so o Is a foregone Ii I any aDY further investigation ii Is needed ded Je It should bould be conducted by impartial men In order that the truth maybe may be belaS laS laid before the world worlds It the be strong missionary societies a la in this country and nd in England would woul take the matter up in earnest earned the they would undoubtedly be able ble to tumi r M upon the be rulers ruien of ot Turkey furkey the ot of o protecting the Christian J I Irom violence at the he ban hands haada of 01 the be marauders marauder that infest infect tb the ibe empire and prevent a repetition of the crime The matter would t be e eminently with with- within within Ip in in the be cope of the Evangelical Alliance which bir influential members iu In all parts of the tte world The present sultan ultan Is II known to be a awell well ell e educated minded lib gentle gentle- gentleman man lOan and If it he had bad hi his own way be Would introduce western civilization among ong 81 his subjects on OD a generous scale cale cale In traveling through his dominions little can be noted Doted almost everywhere as a a result or of hi his eft rt But be Is II i himself limIted by his hll surroundings The ecclesiastical head of ot people the be sheik Islam frequently possesses POi more Influence over the people than ban the sultan ultan and aDd can oan annul any im Im- imperial Imperial Hell Hee He Is the chief Expo Dent nent of the laws law of the land and Dd as a all 11 leJ legal decisions decision rest lest U ultimately on the Koran ll an and its ito It U ia Je clear olear impossible that tbt development ii lit next Dext to ble To the narrow Darrow 01 o this biB official aud and all U his hll hi subordinates most mOlt oi of the bad conditions of tb the Turkish h d are due whatever 7 bw be said Bald aid l In exoneration lon J of t the tee u UJ 10 the W rT how i At fio ri J rin f n It Kwa fa J SI I J t I I l 1 11 1 I that the pascha who conducted conducta the san san- sanguinary affair exhibited an order I from Constantinople commanding the soldiers rl to execute their victims By whom this order was wai signed J lId did not Dot appear but if the com oom- command command mand really came oame from the capital It was probably issued by the sanction of this ul islam who saw aw a desired opportunity of striking a blow in the be interest of 01 his The true facts In the case may never be fully JUlly known but this bin surmise urmi e Is 18 so 80 o near Dear at band hand Rn and supported by so 10 much circumstantial evidence Jence that It seems eem almost beyond a dou doubt bt The persecution of Christians in Turkey Is chronic Once in a while stories tori of or wholesale slaughter have reached the world from Bulgaria When under und r Turkish rule ruie from Asia A Minor and the interior of the country Such persecutions are by no means mean confined to the reg region lOll infested l by bythe the Kurds It is more or lees general Then rUeD only a small mall part of 01 the story has bas ever been published The petty and daily annoyances annoyance to which Christian families are and anu which make life to them miserable erable are de seldom eldom known beyond the borders ot of the empire For such sub a a condition t the e go government of the country can cannot DOL escape responsibility H Its Iti power is IB sufficient to punish pu tb the perpetrators It if the Intention n to to do ao o so 10 o were honest It to Is the faU failure tit to protect the Christians from roDJ b Bing Lobbed aJ and d murdered murdered and aOel otherwise per per- by the Mohammedan except In places where t the e foreign consuls exert their that shows howl the real sentiment of the g government It 11 is fa in the one ODe of ant toward toaN tb the the follower of ot r creeds creed a afe feeling which blOh oO veld occasionally breaks oat tit among the common people The c balls Ui for or Weigh foreign an and J de- de decided decided de decided Interference because it Jt can oan be remedied reme in no DO other way It Ii 11 due to million millions of ot suffering SU t g Christians ignorant and us ui though the majority of ot them are re to interfere In their behalf it is 18 J dine je to the adv advance ce ot of the age t to wipe a ay r y the st stains of barbarity that still ti 11 bave ay be been n allowed to dine cling to it acid it it is due to 0 tb the sultan of Turkey to render e him t e a needed to reform hie bl l benighted b ni ted I bl oti Handi Handi- Handicapped Handicapped capped as a he to 18 by bl fanatical il surround surround- surrounding Ing alone lone b he li is t fe But But If it bt be bebe bebe be placed In a position n to 0 speak peak to hi his peo people le backed d up by bl t the powen of estern astern Europe that is i an authority will understand and aad ap d appreciate They have hare done dole so 10 o before When finan- finan finan financial olal cial interests have bave been beeD involved n and when the Christian powers powell b have been red ready enough to empt ut t their r lr au- au authority au authority they will submit ag U the ame same powers powen could to l be induced 0 speak a word in the interest Intel of or Christian tolerance on behalf of millions of I confessed ed followers follower 0 of of the Prophet of 81 N Nazareth |