Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-02-12

htArNe. Not lpIreQuenllg tnt fhiA4i'H
must 60 hungry 70 save the father rom
Starving IN prison. n the wife or other
relatives cAnilo, raise tic amount al
the tax, then the officials enicr inf
house and cnrry away everything port
able. even TO The bedding and Kitchen
utensils and sell thcm at auction iQ'
whatever thcy will bring
Finany. at the end Of the year what,
over part Of the taxes rcineius unnil
j. returned as delinquent TO the elders
Of the Christian church Of the district,
7vho arr compelled 70 assess the amount
against those Of 10 fnambers who arc
An OF this. let It be remembered. IS
direct taxing hy the Turkish government.
for which the Christians receive no re-
tDrn-not even protection from private
plunhcring, rupinc and murder.
For the support Of their schools and
churches. and for tho improvement Of
their cities, they must tax themselves.
In the city Of ZaytOon, 10 the pro-
vince OF Cilicia. the taxes were 80 inot-
dinate that the inhabitants offered to
surrender the land. with all OF the I'M
proyemcnts upon H. TO the government
IN payment Of the impost. As matter
of fact, the taxes amounted to i've times
the value of the property, aud the GOV
ernnient refused ~ accept IL. As tue
Inhabitants could not endure Il, they
tried 10 rebel. aud the government sent
six regiments of soldiers there. The
people, driven to desperation. defended
themselves as best they could, being
without firearms, and many were killed
before the so-calle1 seditiOn was put
down.
, ans, u YOUNG man OF 49, ,il", ~
countrrmen. got together a band o.
tweniy-eght friends, armed themselves
as best they could with iiint-lock muskets
ahl o'hpt unngunlea weapons enu heu
70 ne mountains Whlch SURROUND Ihy loon
huu, VIII w" 10 pruslus the uN9
Pvstlensss ul .uv sltuallph 20 lue Allo"i
enks oi VIZ government al Nonalahti-
nopl'' N.Heu rom theit retreat IRON
,iu'e 10 u'Ne anu al'hlAeu lurAiHh
in9ing tlat bhp'g was not man 70
w itlny5 NhuI lhe EpNefhm'll sent MN
si''iul Paluph 10Y PAST oHenscs anu
luz 1lu sVlnnuhuei OF tue Mohu'hiL
tuhru ior we Profession OF caravans, III
Nli''n hg u,u moot chlclent srr'l'e. but
.hv g.hiah spNeinmtul was NOS zone
Hllu nin ne was lnNlel 10 tue wed
uluE "t ,nr sou OF f'llIea plHna' IN tue
wy on ANrash' IN hecofaahce with me
tn1'on OF me t3uh'ly' gave presents 10
'Ht a'I' AUS on 'ie groom ihc presents
"NN pMio lhFhu, uul Il' El'"N' pI"-
UaflhE lch9lsg Wt"l low character
WV fNAFANN lNH hAh'lNNH NNlA hWiiHE
the marriage feast ana a-sHssiuHtrd the
young Armenian commander while vt.
ting al the banquet table Tho groom
was not punished thp court ndiudginr
that he was Insane. therefore not re-
suonsIblr And go Turkey was nd OF
dangerous lender of sodiii0n,
Molrss nv h "a nafna B,ra ~ Iass
familiar i'm America iIc ,yas for eigh
years Forrrnor of I'pprr Armenia. Dur.
ms th5, limo bis crusit,as Ycrc ,,nsBsat g..
TX sh"t uHg W 'l1'', NV. 49, WE i','i.'
sue ~ n'H'.ol,ni uh, uu.ugu ,oG ,'i,.
~ = w. Ill.,, e., .-'..i.i 4
'a' ~ w t'Vl'1 ~ ~ ~, 1917
,lt any Oh aus euple''s wy aui Haugn-
era whose u'nut} NlN'h Jus lnuJg a.,
ilhahy, some OF me Deet citAens' hnnple
lu endure hl- cruelliei any longer drew
~ and signed o petition for hs recall
10 be Forwarded 60 thn patriarch IN Con
ttauunoplc, With the request that he lay
l. before tho government. Moos5a Bey
earncl OF the movement, intercepted the
petition. called tho sigucrs before him
md asked thom iu turn: Are these the
5nren. which signed the peutionf' when
,nsvered IA, mo Affirmative he caused
ibe.r hngers ia be rut oh, and thcu mndc
h.m stapd ON loose powder, which was
tear, aud the outside world never heard