Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-22
THREATEN THE SULTAN
Armenians Tn America Plotting
 to Kill the Turkish Ruler:
CoNsPIRAToRs ARE SENT TO DO IT.
The Revolutionary Hnehagist Societies Are Anxious About Their Emissaries, Who Have Been Reported Captured, and Are Breathing Revenge.


 NEW YORK, Oct. 22.-There has boen great excitement among the different groups of revolutionary ArmcnIans in tnis city for two days past over adyiccs that band of conspirators sent to Tur- Key by Armenians in America for tho purpose of assassinating the sultan had been captured upon landing at Beyroot and carried in chairs to Adana, in Asi- atic Turkey, where several of the party were put to death by Turkish soldiers.
 Two facts give color to this report which Is accepted by most of tho Arme. nians in New York. The first of these is the extraordinary activity which has pre- vailed of late among tho Hnchagists. n society of Armenians, with branches here and In other large cities of tho United States and whose object is to frcc Arme- mia by force from tho oppression of Tur- key.
 The second is that because of the trou. bled condition of Turkish politics and the growth of revolutionary sentiment all Armenians returning to their native coun- try recently have been stopped at the bor- ders and forbidden to enter.
 Turks Do Not Believe It.
 In Turkish diplomatic circles the story is secuted as m Hnchagist boast based upon the refusal of Turkish officials to al- low many Armenians to return to Tur- kish territory when once they hayo left It.
 At secret meeting of Hnchagist lead. CTS. held nt $50 East Thirty-third street. confirmation was secured of the report that revolutionary emissaries hayo recent ly been dispatched to Armenia for the purpose of fomenting revolt and m open avowaI that the object of the society Is to strlke at the Turkish government by the means employed by the anarchists and nihilists
 Tho Hnchagists exist wherever there Is an Armenian colony. and in New York they contend that 100 of tho l. 900 Arme. nian residents arc members of the society. The remaining Armenians, while caually open in their denunciation of Turkish barbarities on Armenian soil, condemn tho Hnchagist methods. They desire to save their countrymcn by securing the in- tcrterence Of the greater European DOW CTS, which, they declare. are diplomatic ally blind to the system of pillage, rapine and murder which Turkey has allowed the hurds and Circassian hordes to prac- tlce Tn Armenia ever since n revolution ary sentiment began to grow there.
 Dr. Nevdon NJ. Boyajian, a physician at 47 East Twenty eighth street, who is one of tho most prominent Armenians in New York and president of the Armenian Young Mems Christian association here. was interviewed concerning tho capture of Hnchagist emissarics.
 Yes, Dr. Boyajian said, II have heard about party of men sent from this city to Turkey for revolutionary pur- poses. and l know that story of their capture has caused somo stir in the Ar monian colony.
 The Revolutionary Movement
 II wish to say before discussing the matter that am not n member of the Hnohagist society and am not in any way identified with it I have always con demned the methods thoy employ. lam opposed to the use of force A printed statement to tho effect that I was one of those violent revOlutionists did me great harm when it reached Constantinople. where my father lives
 The story is that these men, chosen by Hnchagists in this city. Chicago and Boston and setting out from New York in secret late in September, were appre- hended upon their arrival by tho Turkish who had been warned of their coming. It Is known that the Hnchagists have made no end of trouble in Armenia. and that their committees hero and else l where havo boastcd from time to time that they were sending active young men back to their native country to stir up | trouble.
 
 has been counseled or decided upon You ran scarcely blame the sultan for han ding roughly these Armcnians who cumc l from America, for he has constantly to | bear tho hatching of trouble in his em- piro by revolutionary agents of the yio- ont order. The result has been that no Armenian Is now allowed to ret enter his 
 G. kntooni. who is prominent in the .Nas- yists, lives at $50 East Thirty third street When a reporter called thero he found n noisy group of Hnchagists on the fourth ioor. kntooni was not there at the mo- nent, but fierce looking man left tho throng of mon who were in 'arnest debate in a small and poorly ighted apartment and consented to an. wer questions. When he learned the mission through an interpreter. ho asked hat he be allowed to give only his first lamc Call mo Murad. he said That Is enough"
 The man is a Russian Armenian and Is typical anarchist in appearance. His Iair is thick and very long; his face is warthy, and when he spoke his words anne in @ stream that was incessant
 Mean to Use Force.
 When asked about the arrests of Hncha- lists on their way to Turkey. he shifted neasily for n moment and said with a mile: II do not think these arc our men. hey arc rarely caught. We hays not ent any men very lately. When: I do ot care to say. We arc active. We work lways. From our central committee in Athens our society has notifications which extend all over tho world.
 We aim at the government, the sys- em which has robbed and Is robbing Ar lonia of the lives of Its men and the hon. { r of its women." |, Then came a torrent of words. The interpreter, whose speech was also rapid, aught some. Who can blame us if we strike at our . ppressors when there Is no other way! resident Cleveland has been persuaded : hat we arc nihilists and thugs unworthy be heard. and governments will not I sten. Force. l say, Is a last resort We six that our wrongs bo recognized: that he atrocities which go on daily in Ar lenia be made known in other countries. ; "The Turks have loosod upon our peo- To for years past the kurds and Circas- | ans, with liberty to kill and plumber he most horrible cruelty that half civil zed man can plan has been the result"
 A Starving Actor. NEW YORK, Oct 22.-Weak from lack food and the exertion of tramping the 'reets all night, Revolle Germain, an ,tor quite we'll known among members I the profession. dropped in a faint in ont of the Sturtevant House At the ew York hospital the case was dIagnos. as probably ono of starvation.
 Children Burned to Death. : ARDMoRE, I. T., Oct. 22.-Near here ; erry and Fannie Cox. and II years old spectively, wore burned to death, and S Nj. Cox, their father. was so badly irned that no hopes of his recovery arc itertained.