The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1894-12-22
THEARMENIAN HORROR
Statement From American
Foreign Missions Board.
MOREOR THE HORRIBLE DETAILS
The Position Of she Missionaries Of the
American Hoard Wphia the TarlI.h
Enpi's 10 .I Extremely Dsiieas- Oa.
Iuased.

hrapiss 10 an Extremely Dsiieas. Oas
Iaassa.
Bosfos, December ls.--rhs American
Board VI Commissioners for Foreign Mis-.
sions more than any other missionary
organization ia America eentfalixes lis
work in behalf Of Afn-nians in A.ialie
Turkey. Its Western Turkey mission
b-gan in 1919. its Eastern Turkey mis.
s!on In ls'J and its Central Turkey mis.
sion iii isi7. These three missions yt,,-
Prise fifteen stations and $50 out -staIsuIs.
Here are foi,y-fiye missionaries, ole
medical missionary ia Eastern Turkey.
toEiy'tso married Women and seventy.
thTe- unmarried women. They empio,
:vl native lshofrfs. Tii~ss iatofer. o..
cuPy 30 places. The sunday school.
numb-r "a. The aihrrvnts are est.-
n ated a, III. ssji. Therv are a.. churches
~ith membership Of ii.isl. ot which
as, sefr received within a year The
educational sofs 10 extensive. There
arc four Theological srlia-o.s; u.ius-ou.
Colleges. high and hoaidihg sci.uois fos
bsoss. tsuGty colleges, high and t,JaRiins
schools Tor sifjs, ami 81. c,s,si tason sei...,s
containing lo,s,x5 papils. fh- ooi,,rit.o.
ts1ns Of the BaI!su. i&sI year to the Atn.ti.
can Hsari amounted Ia t5i ,76s. Ihesr
facts 30 not Include Tie sosk Id fur,-
i~aa Turkey.
Numerous Inquiries have t-~n s-exiseI
from the press AID tfoin o,iaefs in tic
L hi,ri States, which have iniur~d ,l...
.syAs
s,aieiisen, relating to Affairs Ia Tuiksy.
We are not anconerrn-si by the t--
ports OF tho tnassArfes ia Eastern Turkey,
The roeisioa ot The tnissaorafl~s OF tho
American Board .i,hib The Ta,kish kn,.
p1fu h an -hifrnsrly deiara,r on-. syna-
i>aihasias ds~ply Oh nns ssie . an all - 10
arc Suffering by '~ason OF poverty. ot,.
pf~sesoa and niastalr. they have YET t~-vn
loyal so tho government under which
they hare lived. and have never ooan,--
nsne~d s-iisIos OF rvt~llaon. /, has
b--n their bi~ssrsi privilege ~hile p,.aeis.
leg tho sust-l Of Jesus Chris, To aid The
t~sof. TO protect. as lar as t.sesibi~, tsr
oppressed anil la dsllyrs from an lus, of.
neiAis tnaislairs ~i.o hasv i-~~n ARRESTED
OF Imprisoned. IL IL bos n.s~ssary Tor
oar missionaries alter th~sr snosrs 81
srafs VI sIrfUIton and devoted lAlsSr TOT
tho native rare Ot Turkey so pfuse their
sympAthy wisA tho Suffering ADD OBJ
pFr~s~d by ysiHing others .lso. al a sztc
distance trvtn the s-ns of danger. arc
passins rssusous Resolutions in condrn.
nation OF Tho sronss tnftctssi. They
arc ioins their lost AMID tso iil,ic PERIL
tn themselves in the tn,sr~s,s Il ilso.s
t,r -hon they have hong lat-pfri t~a,
bar rrsslrrs ran aril pnarsssatsi that tos
tho saar both Of tho helplsss and lot ,ts
hslf~.i IL ~ tneI t-esiieu, lot us {" pfo-
rrri tuII s,a,ctnon, Of all .e hrar aisd
t-ltrsr. -os1ae thtpgs wo may property
tAy print a. tho tall snYessAs aispu 81 tho
alleged AiruritArs, whAsh so rusi sill
- a. asiS by The representatives OF tosh
oGt ssiesrHnsnt and Of Tie EarpI'cau
J"srfa,
In Tho sassoun ,egson. ~cT1ih o9
Mupsh plata. ,h~s~ arr. 80 ssfv many
Wages inhabited by Armensshs- These
people ~.fc automatically foblSsi OF
,i.o,t Gosas by kutd.. AMI IN ihr lai,rr
Isrt Of the summer tho Armcnisns pgf
slci ,isc rpist~rs in their endsaV~s 80 fr
cusrr ,hrit prpp~f,y. In sar ashi ~htrl,
rrsui,r.i sosn- OF tho Mud. .efr Allied.
siuapf whorn ~cse sotnc ~ho wrrr en-
tul.eh a. Turkish solJicss. Whrn in
i'rms,y"a sac sixrn that tho Armchair
hst i,lcI .s,,n~ 81 tho ~ulisn's ;rnpI'
to change 81 rebellion "a male sht OF
Hsss .err cont ,a pa, dosn the insuFrrc
ton. Tho rrsnlt .as ,h~s~ larisss ans
uncontrolled suIdirrs made indi~fiut
nat" slaughter OF tho people ~ho hs'
susi, d, to dot. ad their propefty. In tbs
ln'rlblo massacrrs which toiln~csi si1oI
sarbs wrrr slain. ssmc stasr Il 900. other
'Hfun. Tho details ut this hoTttl'ls ala
Or" NJ, obtainahle even by ;lsuse uca
'.' sc.nc. They ALL ncvrr 10 oh,Ain',
rr''ss 'nr~ gu governments insist nPn'
thorough inVcs,is alton conducted "
'.f"tsusrs. The I,oor people are in ter
tH'. anil 10 not toll The truth unlrs
0rlrf protection. A dss umcnt has l-nr
prepared near tho sc~nc of tho ca'nas
31tI"t,ius to give III" Judgment OF ~
I' ~" that tho thousands slain in Ia
r." no, ihrir tus, deserts. AMI csprrs'
,rf regrets ,hs, /, he'd l~en though, t-r'
- send tpusuls to investigate sint
'Hotr has been M ncri Tor ,hrir cuniri
4U" value ~ sHsh a dorumCn. wtli I
unlrreto-pI phrn the methods for seru'
irt signatures are known. hut surh IN
v's'iRaitnus should 10 ,pust ,ieprons|
Irshesi, either 10 relieve the 1uvernmer
from pnirst charges. II the ssatments A.
'n0rrcrt. or. II they should bc pruv"r
4 bring al-pu, the conditioning punish
meu' of the guilty parties"