The herald., 1894-11-28
THE ARMENIAN MARTYRS.
Further Particulars of the
Massacre.
Twelve Thousand Christians
Slaughtered.
The Porte's Commission Of Inquiry
Is q Mere Farce.
Turkey Must Be Brought to Account.
The British Governments 6corsd
for Its Apathy - France
Being Stirred Up.
By the Associa ted Presa

By the Associate Press
LONDON, Nov. PA meeting OF the
Anglo-Armenian association was held
here today under the presidency of Mr..
Francis Seymour Stevenson, member OF
parliamens for the Eye division OF Suf-
folk and chairman OF the Anglo-Arme.
nian association. Among those present
were Prot. ]. A. Root, d. D., and many
distinguished Englishmen who are in
sympathy with the cause Of the Arme-
nians. besides G. Hagopisn, Petrus and
Aganoov and other natives OF Armenia.
At the opening of the mesting today =
telegram received from DR.. Cantarrion,
a Russian physician ct Tif1is, was read.
1t says:
II learn that the people at Sassoun
surrendered to an overwhelming Turk
ish army on condition and on the SOL
emn promise that no harm would be
done them. Alter laying down their
arms the Turkish troops attacked and
massacred men, women and children
and pillsged and burned their homes.
The number Of the killed muat exceed
300O"
A letter was also received from ]. I.
Secunder, merchant OF Paris and
president of the Armenian society OF
France, in which he stated that accord.
ing to kis advices not less than $4,000
Armenians were massacred.
Speeches were made and resolutions
passed strongly condemning the earl of
Kim berly, secretary OF state for foreign
affairs. and the British government for
their apathy in the matter and for
screening the Turkish atrocities by
Withholding information from the press.
1t was decided to commence an agits-
tiUn on behalf of the ArmeEiana in the
house of commons and to hold an indig.
nation meeting, the platform OF the
movement being q letter received by the
association from Canon Malcolm Mac
Coll, who was the first to call attention
to the Bulgarian atrocities OF 1877, after
having eeen the people impaled ON the
banks OF the Danube. In this letter
Canon McColl says:
For almost every massacre lately
perpetrated in Armenia, the porte has
been responsible, directly or indirectly.
make this assertion from an intimate
knowledge of the methods of the Turk
ish administration. The commission
which the porte has ordered to make an
inquiry into the Armenian massacre,
like the commission sent to Syria in
1860. and like the one sent to Bulgaria
in 1877, is an ntter farce. the only OBJ
ject being to throw dust in the eyes OF
Europe. The real criminals will be ex-
onerated and Innocent parties will be
blamed.
"Even il the porte and the sultan
were sincere the commission could not
get the facts. for by the sacred law of
Turkey, which ia absolutely unchange-
able, Christian evidence is never re-
ceived against Musselman, and no
Musselman will give evidence against a
Musselman. The commission is obvi-
ously shrewd imposture. The porte
should oe forced to fulfill it's obligations
under the treaty OF Berlin by the pow.
ers or by England acting in concert with
Russia. In any case England should
Immediately declare herself released
from the Anglo-Turkieh convention by
which she is engaged to resist Russian
aggression in Armenia by force of arms.
Protests are merely waste OF paper.
Ths sultan is forbidden by gacrcd law to
sanction any reforms in favor OF the
Christians except in the way of force.
II have letters from persons through
out the country urging that action be
taken Immediately"
Mr.. Iskender's letter states that the
Armenian society of France is in COM
munication with Premier Dupuy and NJ.
Honontsux. the French minister of for
eign affairs, with view of securing
some action on the part of the French
government In the matter which has 40
greatly affected the civilized world.