From: sera@zuma.UUCP (Serdar Argic)
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Subject: This was a "call to genocide": "Verbitsky" clapped up the beat.
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 92 21:20:27 EST
Reply-To: sera@zuma.UUCP (Serdar Argic)
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In article <1992Dec15.003241.18500@husc3.harvard.edu> verbit@birkhoff.harvard.edu (Mikhail S. Verbitsky) writes:

>Only the Minister of Manure is not appointed yet, as I cannot choose
>one of two persons: Serdar Argic and M. Lipshits. 

Seldom have I felt so bad and so good at the same time. This ugly,
shuffling "ver*ver" ruin could dance. I mean, "it" had the moves.

Extracts from the November 1914 issue of the "official Armenian Gazette
Huntchak," published in Paris, France, by the Armenian Revolutionary 
Committee of the "Armenian Nation." This was a "call to genocide."

 "...The entire Armenian nation will join forces, moral and material,
  and waving the sword of revolution, will enter this World conflict...
  as comrades in arms of the Triple Entente, and particularly Russia.
  They will cooperate with the allies, making full use of all political
  and revolutionary means for the final victory of Armenia, Cilicia,
  Caucasus, Azerbayjan...heroes who will sacrifice their lives for the
  great cause of Armenia...Armenians proud to shed their blood for the
  cause of Armenia..."

Extracts from a letter dated January 27, 1918, and published in the
London Times on January 30, 1918, signed by Boghos Nubar, the recognized
leader of the Armenian Revolutionary Committee Huntchak to the peace
conference at which the treaty between Turkey and the allies was signed
in Lauzanne, Switzerland.

 "...The unspeakable sufferings and the dreadful losses that have 
  befallen by the Armenian Nation by reason of their faithfulness to the
  Allies...The fact well known only to a few that ever since the 
  beginning of the war, Armenians fought by the side of the Allies on 
  all fronts...Armenians have been belligerents 'de facto' since their 
  indignant refusal to side with the Turks...our volunteers fought in 
  Syria and Palestine (at the time part of the Ottoman Empire) in the 
  decisive victory of General Allenby...After the breakdown of Russia, 
  the Armenian legions were the only forces to resist their advances of 
  the Turks whom they held in check until the armistice was signed. Thus
  they helped the British forces in Mesopotamia (at the time also part 
  of the Ottoman Empire) by hindering the German/Turkish forces from 
  sending troops elsewhere."

Extracts from the manifesto, delivered by Hovhanes Katchazouni, prime
minister of the Armenian Republic (established after the first World 
War) at the convention of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, in 
Bucharest, Romania, July 1923. This was the nature of a report.

 "...in the fall of 1914, when Turkey had not yet entered the war but 
  was already making preparations, Armenian revolutionary bands began to
  form with great enthusiasm...The Armenian Revolutionary Federation had
  active participation in the formation of these bands and the military 
  action against Turkey...This was an inevitable result of the 
  psychology on which the Armenian Nation had been nourished during an 
  entire generation...the winter of 1914 and the spring of 1915 were 
  periods of great activity, greatest enthusiasm and hopes...We had no 
  doubt that the war would end with complete victory for the Allies and 
  Turkey would be defeated and dismembered, and its Armenian population 
  would at least be liberated...We had embraced Russia wholeheartedly 
  without any compunction... we believed that the Tsarist government 
  would grant us self government in the Caucasus and in the Armenian 
  vilayets (Turkish provinces where many Armenians resided), liberated 
  from Turkey, as a reward for our loyalty, our efforts and our 
  assistance. Unfortunately Russia did not keep its word..."

Serdar Argic

                     'This war quickly developed into one of extermination. 
                      We closed the roads and mountain passes that might 
                      serve as ways of escape for the Tartars [Turks] and 
                      then proceeded in the work of extermination.'
                                                       (Ohanus Appressian)

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