St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-20
BOUNDED TO DEATH.
The Lot Of a Christian in
Armenia Is an Unhappy
One.
There Is No Protection for
Them Except the Turkish
Soldiers.
Lies Of the Kurds More Po-
tent Than the Armenians'
Truth.
london Threatened With q
General Strike Of the
Bakers.

t;Iilammatory matter uSualiy cdIleu Ihc
Eastern question, but more properly de-
scribed as the Turkish empire, is Just
POW glowing at two separate points.
The troubles in Crete and in Armenia
are dangerous in different degrees to
the tranquility of Europe, yet it seems
that Europe finds it no easy matter TO
put an end to them. The case of Ar
menia is simple, in so far that there is
complete unanimity among the trust
verify witnesses as to its nature. The
same story is told by English travellers
i'm Armenia and by ATmenlanS daily
arriving from that unhappy country;
The province of Armenia is an integral
part of the Ottoman empire, and is gov
eFned according to Turkish law. Of
this law the corner stone is the Koran
and the MahOmetan tradition. The
first DrineiUle is that there is a great
gulf fixed between the believer and the
f;iaour or inlidel. The infidel, in which
category the Christian occupies the
chief place, is a dog. He has no rights,
and exists only on sufferanee- Under
pressure from Europe successive SultanS
have made magnificent promises
Mahm0ud the Second, after exter-
nlinatins the janiSSaries in 1896, de-
,.lared that he would ''henceforth recog-
lize tie MoSlem only in his mosque, the
Christian in his church, and the Jew in
his synagogue" He was denounced as
A GIAoUR PADISHAH-
that is, an infidel sultan. A success
sor, in 1899. promulgated the 'hatti-
Scheriff of Guidance, a charter of equal
rights and liberties tor all his subjects.
1t was from the first dead letter. A
similar charter, the hatti-humayouff.
was promulgated in 1856 for the benefit
Of the powers SignatOry to the treaty of
Paris, and it had the same fate of its
predecessors. Armenia, besides these
stiiI-bUrn charters, enjoys the benefits OF
two treaty Stipulations. The first is
contained in article 81 of the treaty
of Berlin:
The sublime porte undertakes to carry out
without further delay the improvements and
reforms demanded by local requirements III
the province inhabited by the Armenians.
ana TO guarantee their security against the
CiI9-aSsiaus aud Kurds.
The second is clause in convention
of lS.S between Great Britain and Tur-
key:
IL return flor the engagement TO defend
the sultan's territories in Asia by force of
aims against Russia his imperial majesty,
The sultan. promises England TO introduce
Necessary reforms. TO be agreed upon later
9ElNttll the Two, LOT lLe pEOlSCblOH VI luC
christian and other subjects of the porte in
these territories.
These treaty promiSns are, of course,
of no more value than the Sultan'S
charters. They leave the government
what it always was, the domination of
the Moslem over the rayah, the rule of
the Koran without the modifying hui
manity of its Arabian authors. To the
ordinary amenities of Turkish rule
that the Christian can get no justice, and
that no MoSlem Judge will hear his evil
dence against true be1iever-a pecul-
lar addition is made for the ArmenianS.
The kurdS are quartered upon them.
The Kur,is kill, steal. ravish and de-
Slr0y. There is no protection for them,
except the Turkish soldiers, who like
wise steal, kill and raViSh; and no APP
peal except to Turkish officials, to whom
the KurdS lie, ard the Kurd'S lie is more
potent than the Armenian'S truth. The
same
CRIMES ENACTED IN ARMENIA
were not long since perpetrated by the
Turk i'll Ruumania, Greece, SerYia and
Bulgaria and the cries of the victims
being Hnhecded by Europe, Russia gave
them a helping hand in throwing OFF
the Turkish rule. The Muscovite power
seems determined, as SignatOry power
to the treaty of Berlin, that the Ar
menians shall have justice, even at the
risk Of offending the triple alliance.
\ dispatch this evening from ErZerOum
states that, notwithstanding the hint
from Berlin that the invasion of Ar
mcnia by Russia would probably be the
beginning of the lOng-dreaded European
conflict, the Russian army of the eau
casus is being rapidly contracted on the
Armenian frontier, and extensive
military preparations are taking
place in the frontier districts.
The army of the Caucasus
consists of two army corps, each of three
divisions and one or two COSsack divis-
ions. The First corps has its usual
headquarters at TfTiis, and its divisions
=. 1T kutaiS, TifliS and -AleXandrOpOl--
that is, all south of the Caucasus. The
Second corps is normally stationed north
of the Caucasus, its divisions being at
Kuban, EladekukaS and DagheStan.
The two last-named divisions and sew
cral regiments of COSSackS have been to
the south of the mountains, where there
are, thus far. five instead of three divi-
SiOns, making a total of $4,000 men.
The cavalry in the whole district has
been brought up to its full strength,
and the artillery is already in excess of
the normal establishment, and more
heavy field guns are daily arriving. The
works Of KarS are being strengthened
as if the engineers expected a more
formidable enemy than the Turk. The
road from the fortress of KarS to Arda-
han has been put in order, and the road
leading from KarS towards ErZeroum is
being repaired as far as the Turkish
frontier. Close to the frontier on this
.oad Il force of 10000 men is quartered.
Extensive stores of provisions are being
collected at KarS and AleXandropOl. and
long trains of ammunition have been
moved up to AleXandropOl from the
J'akH-Tifiis railway. London is threat
cned with another formidable strike.
The journeymen bakers have organized
on every hand, and are to be called out
early in November unless certain terms
are granted. The question is compli-
Gated one, and is not SimplIfied by the
pressure of so many Germans and other
foreigners in the trade. The
GREAT STRIKE OF BLAZERS
in 1881 ended disastrOuSly to the men,
but this year they are more thoroughly
organized. and the revelations disclosed
by the evidence by the sweating Gym
mittee have won them the sympath OF
lnauy leading and wealthy citizens. The
iourneymen bakers demand shorter
hours and better wages. John Burns,
member of the London county council
and agitator. in speech this evening al
meeting called in support of their de-
mands, gave some details that are not a
little startling, especially to London
bread consumers. He told the Lon
donerS that the lOaYeS they eat in the
morning were probably made over
night by men who had been at work in
dirty, filthy room, with temperature
of perhaps 40 degrees, for oveI
twenty hours at stretch, with half.
naked bodies reeking with perspira
ton. Then, after few hours respite
probably spent in the sleep of exhaus.
ton, these same men would return tC
work unwashed, make tarts, pastry and
confectionery. This is an unpleasant
picture from all points of view, and il
anything like accurate-and Mr.. Burns
claims to have personal knowledge on
Inc subiect-iustifies the assertion that
there is no class of workers in London
If.-.r It, for INN aTlf