The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-12-08

The Cars Government Wants to
Take Possession.
CYRUS HAMILTON INTERVIEWED.

UI Rus HAMlLlUN lNIbhVlh lhW BID
The Former Missionary to Armenia Ridi-
culcs the idea of Revolution ON the
Part of Armcninns-Thc Turkish Hatred
OF Christians.
LEXINGTON. Mass, Dec. s-Dr. Cyrus
Hamlin, of this town, whose article in
The Cougrcgationalist on the Armenian
troubles year ago has been translated by
the Turkish government and sent out to
the European powers as o defense for the
recent atrocities committed upon the Ar
mcuinns by the Moslems, was seen last
night by an Associated Press reporter
The article i'm question was regarding the
existence of a revolutionary society Of Ar
meniuns, which the writer denounced as
senselcss.
DR.. Hamlin was for many years mis-
sionury in Turkey, and knows something
of thc temper of the Turks regarding
Christians. He had, moreover, a seven
years contest with the Turkish authorities
over the building Of the famous Roberts
college i'm Constantinople but finally car
ried the day He said;
"The Turks are capable of being melted
to atr0cious acts through their intense
Mahommedan feeling. They are capable Of
religious excitement that would lead them
TO the most horrible extremes. The great
danger is that the populace will become
excited, and instead of trusting to the
soldiery will become an infuuuted mob to
destroy the Armenians themselves. That
has been my fear. At the same time, l
have always said that the revolutionary
movement is of Russian Origin. Russian
gold and craft govern it, That is my opin-
ion still
"The Armcnians are so scattered in
Turkey that the very idea Of n revolution
on their part is absurd. I think that the
Turkish population has been growing un-
friendly to the Armenians for the past
three or four years on account of their
comparative prosperity. The Armenians
are everywhere buying up Turkish lands.
The Armenian population is increasing,
and the Turkish population is decreasing.
Twenty years ago a Turk would not sell a
piece of land to an Armenian at any price.
Now the Turks are eager to sell, because
the Armenians are the only ones who will
buy The Turkish governments is wholly
inexcusablq for the recent atrocities.
'It has been published in the newspaper
reports that word was sent from COustan-
tin0ple to 5ubluo the rebellion. Tt would
be just as reasonable to guard the wolves
of Kurdistan from the attacks Of the
lambs from the plains. The Turkish gov
eminent shows that it knows the weak
ness of its position by its frantic efforts to
| hide the truth from Europe. It will not
| even allow persons to travel from the re-
| gion of the existing troubles to the cap
| iJal, and many Armeniaus who have at
| tempted to reach Constantinople have
| been captured by the authorities and sent
back If these people should reach that
| city tho true state of affairs would not be
| long in getting to the ears of the embas
! sizes and through them to their own gov
| ernments
| 'I have a strong suspicion the Turkisl
| minister at Washington is in league witt
! Russia. He is q Greek He belongs 60
the Greek church, and he is in natural
| league with Russia. l cannot see why
| the Turks have sent a Greek to represent
| them in America. 1 know the Turllist
character very we'll, and know there is Q
I great deal Of good in it, Yeni has re
! ported to the Turkish government that
! the Armenians in America are sending al
! arms through Russia into Turkey fol
| revolutionary purposes. That is childish
| 1t is nonsense to anybody who know,
| anything about the matter but these re
ports sent out from such an authority
throughout the world will be believed
| venture to say that there has never been
| rifle or a pound of ammunition sent into
| Turkey by the revolutiOnists Of America
'The whole idea emanutes from Russii
and is merely a subterfuge to give gooC
occasion for Russia to march into Armonii
and take control and, if the Turks are t,
be so easily bofooled, let Russia go in ant
teach them lesson although l an
strongly opposed to having Russia do so
because ner government will be mucl
worse than the government Of Turkey, /
you set assassinationtions aside
81 am profoundly disappointed on tn,
folly and wickedness of the Turkish gov
ernment and its action in using what
have written for purposes exactly opposed
to my views, You may depend that tn
Turkish government has not produced i
in full. am still opposed to the revolu
tionary movement, because it is silly anC
foolish, and the Turkish government cal
never exculpate itself from the atrocitie
by reference to any proposed revolution
by the Armenians. Such a revolution
an absurdity on the face Of it,
He Worked the Gold Brick Scheme.