The Penn's Grove record., 1892-06-03
TROUBLE BREWING In PERSIA.
Tabriz, Persia, April 10Th, 1892

Mr.. EDTToR-We are having excit
ing times here in Tabriz. The Arme
mans are trying to force us mission
aries out Of the city. Some weeks ag(
our best native minister was attacked
and struck with ~ stone. Some day:
later another native minister was hi
in the head with Il stone. Then the
Armenian bishop forced the govern
ment to order that none If our preach.
eTs should enter any of the Armenian
houses, 50 our worE isgreatly hindered
Yesterday one of our school girls
went with her mother to visit her moth
er's brother, who pretended he was
going away for a long time and wished
to see them before lie left. AS 500 as
tie mother and daughter reached his
house he attacked the mother and beat
her and locked the girl in n room and
she is now Il prisoner. The reason fol-
this is this. The young lady and her
mother are Protestants. The young
lady is engaged to be married to a Pro.
testant young man, all members of our
Church. The girls uncle is an Ar
menian ard hates all Professionals, so he
beat his sister and now has his niece a
prisoner, who is also being being beat
ell and dragged.
We at ice made complaint TO the
English Consul, as there is NO Ameri-
can Consul here, and there might as
well be no American Minister in Te-
heran. Our representative there. the
Hon. Mr.. Beah, has been no good to us.
lie is now on a tour to India. Were it
not fol- the English We would be at the
mercy Of the natives. If America is
going to have any standing abroad her
foreign service ought to be run on a bet.
ter basis than mere politics, Our Min
lister in Teherali is seldom at his post.
lie evidently came with the intention
of travelling and it would be better for
us lad We no such official, then we
would have more support from the En-
glisl. Had We IL good, strong Minister
in Teheran it would help us much.
Well, the English Consul at once
took the matter to the Persian Govern
meut aud the girl and her betrotlied
were both ordered TO come before the
Persian officials. Everybody appeared
but the girl, who had been hidden 10y
the Armenian Bishop, who has insti-
gated the Armenians 10 prosecute the
Protestants. Her uncle, however, has
been arrested. While he was being
taken 10y the Persian policemen 10 Jail,
the police Men were attacked by a party
of Armenians, led by a priest who at
tempted to capture the prisoner. Sew
eral were wounded but they did moi
succeed in capturing the mar from The
policemen.
Last night This same uncle had holse'
all ready TO escape with the girl Il
Russia, but his plans were detected.
This question. of the young lady viii
be "a deep one as it seems evident tina
the Russian Consul is encouraging thes
things with a hope of creating a rio
here and then Russia will slip in ant
take part Or all of Persia. The gin
was IA very fine character who had beeI
in our school five or six years. Tn
doubleday she is beaten and drugge
to make her Professionalism
but she is Il strong character and W
feel she will remain iirm while she live.
We are so near the Russian borde
that we do not expect much from tn
examination of the case by the PERSIA
government, but W hope to rec0ve
the girl. AT present the Armenian
are turning all their energy against u
instead of Turkey, and it may be ths
We little band of missionaries may |
the cause of a great European wal
This excitement may be Il pretext b
Russia for coming in and possessin
the land If SO | do not believe it wi
he done without protest from other f,
ropean nations and Il great wal ma
follow.
Thus fat We missionaries have M
been abused, only ournative helpers.
fully believe that this portion of I'll
world will, before many years, lie IL
seat Of war. We Americans would
much better satisfied had we a Mini
ter at Teileran whom we could rely oil
We lave 10 one when most needed an
lave to trouble the English sc mucl
/ Every two or three days there is son
new excitement here and we seem to |
the center of it, though we are vel
peaeeable people.
The Armenians are fanatical agaiII'
us-something akin to The middle age
This condition is encouraged in eyei
way by Russia. Russia is the inyete
ate enemy of Professionalism and is d.
ing all in her power to crush it. WI
she succeed? Wait and see. Thong
probably successful for a time, in Il
end Cirist's kingdom will come in spit
of all combinations against it. We d
not feel discouraged though our woI
is at Il stand-still. We feel that in "A
this cOmmOtiOn Gods hand will
made manifest in the end.
WM = NJ n