Morning journal and courier., 1894-02-13
The Perseeution of American mii
 sionarfes In Armcnis.

sionarfes in Armcnis.
 To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND CouRIxK:
 The cruelty of the Turkish government toward Armenisns because they are Chris tians may be inferred from a single fact: The Porte distributes fire. arms (which Ar menians are not allowed to bssr) among the most dangerous bands of Kurdish bri- gands who murder Armenisns, plunder their villages, barn hsrvests, capture wo- men and profsne churches.
 We may say without bigotry that what the Mohsmmedsn government fears Is not 80 much Armenian sedition ss Christian civilization.
 Ottoman tyranny is exercised to prevent intercourse with foreign nations.
 The Sultan will not permit Armenian Christian missionaries to pass through any Turkish custom house any paper from England, or elsewhere. having any refer ence to Armenia; any book containing the name, "Mobsmmsdsu;" any picture of the "Ruines D'Arminie.
 Through fear of enlightenment the Su- blime Porte persecutes Armenian Chris tisn missionaries.
 The Armenian home missionary in Tur- key may not teach Armenian htsksry In the schools, or sing 60 simple hymns as "Onwsrd Christian Soldiers" or "Hold the Fort" His private letters are liable to be opened at any time, he Is in danger of ar rest on mere suspicion, is subjected to the most cruel scourgiDgs, whether guilty or not, and is then compelled to hstter and mske merriment for his tormentors. In regard to all this the missionaries of the A k4ar Il g their cause, tell the truth, however srievous and tyrsnnicsl.
 I. TYRANNY.
 Note some examples of tyranny, accord ing to the U7ndop) paper of Professor Techersz, who is so conservative as to be called Tory: Thousands of Armenisns have been thrown Into prison for no cause whatever. Thousands of women have been ssizei and thrown into Oriental ha- rems. Thousands have been forced to vi- olate the Sabbath by working in the fields without pay. Thousands have been killed because they protested against such out rsees. Professor Tscheraz, who always advises loyalty to the Sultan, has had traps laid for him to drag him back to Turkey for torture and death. Armenisns, hay ing no consuls to protect them, are left to the mercy of their oppressors. And Turk ish officers are regularly agents of the of fcers to get bribes from clients.
 Professor Tscheraz, the conservative leader, depends on the growth of educa- ton to soften tyranny. But it is precisely Porte is directed. Certain Armenian schools are closed, scientific studies ban ished from others, professors are exiled, and the introduction of the press into Ar menisn provinces is absolutely prohibited. chemistry Is excluded because 1t has the symbol H20. which the Meet High Sultan and the Sublime Porte interpret as Hamid 11-0. The word "star fish" must not oo- cur in natural history, for his royal majss- " thinks 1t refers to his "Star Palace. |" Finally government officials are sent out in the nineteenth century to arrest one St. Paul for printing his sedttious letter to the Galatians, the director of the provincial schools of the United Armenian societies is exiled to Africa, and Professor Tscheraz is expelled from his country because he was present when the Berlin treaty was signed by the seven powers which opposes Armenian persecution. Said Dr. Clark, Turkey is the most wretcbedly misgov- erned country on the face of the globe"
 II. CONCEDED RIGHTS
 Armenia asks nothing that Turkey her self has not admitted that she ought to grant. That Armenia is morally and le- gslly entitled to some measure of reform, and autonomy has bsen claimed by the first class powers of Europe in official &C., tion. By article sixteen of the treaty of San Stefsno, by article sixty one of the treaty of Berlin, aDd by the Cyprus con vention his ms ssty Abd ul Hsmid Second agrees to protect the Christians of Arme- mia against murderous Aohsmmedsn bands of Kurdish, Circsssian and other Turkish outlaws.
 By this same article the Sultan pledges himself ito carry out without delsy tie improvements and reforms demanded by local requirements in the provinces inhsb- ited by the Armenisns. and to guarantee their security against the Giro sssians and Kurds." "The smbssssdors of the same great powers in Constantinople later on explained In a collective note addressed to | the Porte, that the only way to carry out | the reforms in Armenia Is to give her au | tonomy."
 Turkey herself granted in 1861 e sort of | national constitution ss a preparatory | step tows1d Armenian autonomy, which | the powers advised the Porte to enlarge but on the contrary the constitution wal | revoked altogether.
 III. PATIENCE. | President Cleveland gets the impression from the Turkish ambassador that Arme nisns are generally seditious. Pncissl, the opposite is true. They ask only obe diencs to law. They want the Berlin Urea ty of 1878 carried out. Neither Professo
 rscheraz in London nor Dr. Gabriel ii New York counsels violence or revolution | l know little of MT. Portuksllsn in Mar
 seillee. CT of the Huntchsgist party il
 Greece; but 1t is reported that less thsl
 twenty per cent. of the Armebisns outsid
 of Turkey are radicals And yet, as DI
 Clark has said, 'Tt ever a people had
 moral right to rise in rebellion, and stan
 out the governing classes. that right b,
 longs to the subject nations of Turkey" ". THE DUTY CT ENGLAND
 The duty of protecting Armenia VI
 laid, by the Berlin treaty, on Eoglsnt
 But Armenia claims that England protec, Turkey in her oppression instead of pr' tecting Armenia from 1t, because Turke allows England to have virtual dominic in Egypt and watch the port of Suez, tt l | key to India. Mr. Gladstone informs m } however, that the British government do
 not consider that 1t has the rights of [ 9 exclusive protectorate.