New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-03
NEW-YORK ARMENIANS SPEAK.
THEY PROTEST AGAINST THE PERSECUTION or
THEIR C0rNrRYMEN By TURKEY.

The massacre Of tie 400 A7ncnan' hy Turkish
soldier, At Erzeroum on June 20: the recent riot n
the cathedral At ConstauunOp!c and the system Cd
pcr-ccton adopted bv the Port" against rs Armenian
subjects, according - the published dispatches nave
aroused The ind .nau % Armenilus ana i"cHds 'l
| Arn,cui, throughout the world The members Of the
View York colony und.r the presidency Of Dr. VI. :.
,,rci hold A meeting In Eastern star Hail. seventh st.
and rhlrt ave- la, evening 10 protest against the out
r,eoou- treatment Of their brethren across tue sod
Tho meeting which III" first ~ series. was largely
nf:r.dcf and enthusiastic. tn" principal speaker
Of the evening was Or. Gabriel. whose eloquent
remarks were appl,udcd repeatedly by his many
l.,r,, After a short and touching reference 10 the
,.,rt .trcrrcs II h. fellow country men, ne SAID tiaJ
the fine had gone ~ when the Armcutns could have
love or ~ poet FOR Turkey. Up 70 the present u''
h. added eve have REGARDED the Turks as superior
/ - .ur,elve, The Armcn.ans did LOT wish - Us
rlc, the subjects u The Porte. But they are begin
Nina. now t. have elf respect They have determined
Al last 70 avcugc their wrongs. This il u" feeling
Of individuals, is the feeling of an licensed nation"
the feeling Of Armenian, in Armenia ana throush"''
the world When the Turkish cabinet met in 10
snltau, palace % consider The massacre Of Ezcroum'
n, t,so Armenian members were excluded. The
14, did not wish 70 hold their NAL enant council I'D
the prc,crcc Of the Arm"nianS. The TWO men 'h'h
resigned their place. They did not ear" - 'ahe par
IN a Government which calresei them with one h'ND
and prosecuted their brethren with TIE "h"F' ""''h
-Oye.ed breasts WIN I'ndl' anu Nv '''''- 20
their brethren with gun shot. The patriar'h'e res
,cpa,i.n f. explained ~ the political situation lie
lid moi nay proper attention - the demands ~ thr
Armenian. and lie declined also t. do thc bdd'S Oh
the sultan r. ..h. la, ,l..
between the Turkish Empirr ana ArnenA ar D,' r'
War /, declared by the Turkish ""vrrum,nt 4tan.t,
the Armenian nation. That war VIII continue ul'll
the Armenian nation becomes etheI ilII 81 hH,,.
or au iud.pel dent province. can We rcaN"Nh'E mop
that Armenia viii De delivered from tHe 'InJo'"2'
H. ,rIic N ra, been held for I'VE ccutIrlco res -
hc~c any possibility that this tyranny will eventually
',,,hiI.ic the Armenian nation 'th Iufhi~.
a,-,, ar -; sian de-, poii an "iacc Armrnr from tnc
man II the world 80 Armcn an ar, no" '"lNcot'
~ tb.r powcr and their nationality ad there no Or''
,rGrr IT, ,yru that can mahc them FORGET lhcHHolnSS'
The sprt Of liberty /, taking root IN th'ir hearts l
tr,.t,i,u colon. here IN New York j. growing III
Iunt,cr and IN power. The Armenian nation mas
rist IA cNUr,t elective aid from Us Iia' lacy sht!i
LI--t ~ NIX persecution must end. America VIII
sympathizc with us -, ,,....- -. o.tor
Aftrr interesting and enthusiastic addresses by oe
o,nt,-. - tnr colony il was resolved tn present
,rtiti1n 10 the President Of the United state asEnS
him 10 interfere In behalf of their "ppreS'cu lc''""
col