The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-12-01
Asks One Cent From Every Citi-
zen Of Uncle Sam.
THE PICTURE OF HERWOES
Liberty, Honor and Independence Under
the Heel of the Remorse-
less Turk.

Thanksgiving proclamation from Ar
menia to the people of the United States:
Thrice happy people, you are thank
full that the lives of your forefathers
were spared to establish here a great
nation, standing upon liberty and free
dom of conscience. Today there is an
ancient Christian nation sitting around
the smouldering ruins of their homes
and mangled thousands of dead She
is robbed of her liberty but keeps free
dom of conscience by martyrdom.
you have read and you have been
Mortified at the inhuman cruelty per-
petrated upon the helpless people of
Armenia-men, women and children
brought up like yourselves in Chris
tian gentleness and purity. The glory
Of their martydom shines over the
world and the crime is against human
ity. / ask the whole American people
to declare to the world on this, the
day of their glad Thanksgiving, by
unanimous vote their horror and con-
sternation at the brutal slaughter of
thousands of Armenian families and the
crushing of mercy and justice with one
blow before the eyes of the civilized
world. 1 ask them to cast that vote,
not on paper, but on a good American
cent, dime if they will, but at least
one American cent from every man,
woman and child whose heart has
ached for the stricken Armenian ma
ton. To look upon the cent or dime
ere they cast it, and see there the Unit
ed States encircling Liberty and exul-
tant in the glory of their inheritance,
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mighty protest against all oppression
and express their intention of warm
sympathy for the bleeding nation.
MOVING APPEAL.
To-day, as you rejoice, We people of
the United States, free men of whatever
| condition, united in glad gatherings
of home, think, pray you, once Of
Armenian ruins, drenched in the blood
of her slaughtered children; think once
of the horror still crushing the heart
Of the people that remain and when
| you realize that it is possible to help
deliver them, l know you will do this
little work on glad day heartily. In
the name of the horror-stricken women
in Armenia appeal to the women and
wives of America and through them
their sons and brothers for their love,
that they will call that this vote be cast
and cover them with everlasting glory
for the womanhood of America.
I'm the name of the martyred Chris
tian church of Armenia, appeal to all
ministers of the gospel and the mem
bers of all church and Christian or
CARNATIONS to help swell the vote. The
number of cents will count the vote and
will roll over the continent of Europe
a mighty wave of scathing condem-
nation of the foul murder of a people
in this enlightened age, and on the
swelling tide of this nations thanks
giving, there will peal forth such an
anthem of hope as will be a message
to the fainting Armenian that the spirit
of liberty on earth is not dead, but is
living in the bosom of American peo-
pie.
Added to the stupendous power of
that vote will be the creation of a ma
tional Armenian fund. 1t will be the
| life-blood of Phil-Armenian associa-
tions which strive to have purity of
life, honor and property assured to the
people of Armenia.
Pending united organization of all
friends of Armenia and for the appoint
ment of officers and trustees, the fol-
lowing honored gentlemen will act as
| trustees Of the fund: Mayor of Mime
apolis, William II. Eustis: George A.
Pillsbury, and E. c. Chamberlain, pres
ident of the Security bank. Men of like
national repute will be requested to be
temporary trustees in New York. The
trustees will hold the fund inviolate to
/ he e.,
| First, to secure protection of the Ar
menian people in Turkey from further
outrages; second, to promote the cause
of establishing a righteous government
in Armenia.
MEETING AT CHICAGO.
Chicago, Nov. 25.-The Armenians of
this city held meeting for the purpose
| of expressing their opinion on the Ar
menian massacre. Nearly the whole Ar
menian population of Chicago were
present and many of them were very
emphatic in denouncing the Turkish
| government. Henpartsoon De Gar
abdyan acted as chairman. In his
opening speech, he referred to the ter
! rible massacre in which their mothers,
sisters and brothers were brutally
killed by the Turks. M. Torniak made
a fierce attack upon the cruelty which
he says exists in the Turkish govern
ment. Resolutions were adopted for
the moral and financial assistance of
the American people and appointing a
committee to plan and arrange for a
mass meeting of the citizens of Chicago
to whom appeals will be made for ex-
pressions of sympathy and moral sup
port.
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