The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-04

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~ sne As1sn1ss Bevsf ss1sn1se2
London, Feb. sl-Ths special correspcnc-
<ug az the Associated Press VITO - znyes-
tsxafsng the Armenian outrzges writes.
..As Tor dc Turkish consmisxson. II Is
such srzud that 4. II = waste Of breath
90 talk about a. ThIs assertion my seeEn
to be ct sbs nature ~ hanging nsen be-
k1re ~ y tsssd. but sn ConstAnsincpae no
European a. ordinary Intelligence has any
ether vssw q Il. II xAe fosetsn embasstss
there IL. OF course. disposition 20 give
<hs Turks . chauce 30 show what the
commission VIII DO. with perhaps hope
that The European delegates Nah have .
COED effscx toward creating at least
sembIance Of an 4nvestigatiou. but. ~ the
foreign delegates have no power 20 direct
the course Of the inquiry. and are little
more than ordinary spectators. there Is
not much hope fhak anything OF conse-
ousnos win be dcne. What the European
restdsnss Of Constantinopse are really
looking forward to with confidence II the
Investigation Of the whole affair by .
European commission. They believe that
~ Turkish commission viii bring IN
such an unsatisfactory report thai the
CHRISTIAN nations will appoint . commits
sion and make an investigation, whether
ts1s Turks like Il OF rot
''The suitan's promise Of reform win
no. be binding upon the Armenian revoin-
f4onary agents no matter what may come.
and until the revolutionary agitation Il
provided for one way or another by the
Christian powers OF the world. there will
be no end to the disturbances In Armenia
This ID the revolutionary party's oppor-
tunity. and IL viii make the most OF q.
II Christianity does not step Ia now and
put an end TO the question once FOR ali.
crimes. massacres and the nameiess atroc-
tiles will continue. The financial methods
OF these men are almost as Ingenious
as their plans OF political agitation. Ger
tally are required to furnish so many
thousand pias;ers 20 the committee. and
the means OF obtaining the money are
plaiDiy mapped out. A wealthy Turk IN
the service Of the government at Con-
stantinople received a letter that unless
he deposited $1,000 in q certain places
within fwenty-four hours he would be
killed. The letter was written by an ar
usenisn who had bean In hts employ as a
trusted servant for several years The
servant confessed his guilt. but he as
serted In sef-defense that the revoiu-
tionary agitators had compelled him to
write the letter under penalty Of death,
1t was case of choice OF evils, and the
poor wretch saved his life at the expense
Of long term of imprisonment.
f- I'd
are never perpctrated by Turks upon
other Turks, or by Kurds upon their fell
low iribesmen. 1t IL always upon the Ar
n1entan Christian that the Turk and Kurd
let loose their deupravity. II Il the dif-
ference Of religion th1t In the basis OF all
this injury. oppression and wtong What
will the practical Christianity OF England
and America do about 1t? VIII 1t help
the Armenian revolutionist party to form
an independent state, in order that the
women and children may be protected
against outrage and death? VIII It give
Armenia 10 Christian Russia, where al
ready many thousands OF Armenians are
living In peace and prosperity? VIII IT
drive the Turks from power and divide
their empire among the nations OF Eu-
rope?
Whatever practical Christianity decides
20 do. Il Will not do X as a result of the
report OF the Turkish commission of IN
quiry. Already the Turks show signs OF
keeping this commission away from the
communicating influence Of facts. Arune-
mans in the disturbed district have been
arrested by wholesale and removed to
distant prisons: money has been SENT from
the palace at Constantinople to repair as
far as possible the damage done to the
Sassoun village. and ON top of all the ef-
forts at conceaimenlt and delay. nature
has come In 10 help the Turks obllterate
all traces OF their evil An unusual fail
or snow has buried the ruined Villages
and blotted cut the roads. Even the cara
van routes to Persia and Russia are
blocked with snow, and the snow is still
falling. From Sassoun IN the Black sea
TO this city. the mountains are masses Of
unbroken white VIII the commission IN
vestsgate thoroughly in snow up 10 the
housetops? Let him answer who knows
the Turks best.
As the situation now STANDS. one Il
forced TO believe both Turk and Armenian
are IN the wrong. SO far as the Turk de-
ciares that he Is trying 10 suppress a rev.
oiutionary movement, he IS nnquestiona-
bly, In the right. Most of the acts of the
leaders OF this movement are no less
shocking than those OF the Turks oppos-
ing Il. No one can tlsae the Turk for
trying to suppress revolutionary move
mcnts. or for taking prozns,. measures to
maintain the Integrity Of his empire. yet
what must b. said ~ him when he Oh
fains the destruction OF two dozen villages
upon the mere rurnor that sn uprising n
IN progrssss We have only 10 seek ;he
counterpart ~ It's cruelty among some az
the leaders of the Armenian evolutionary
movements. II Is a fact that certain OF
these Armenian conspiratoSs arranged 10
murder Rev. Edward Riggs and other
American missionaries at Marvyovsn ans
fassen the blame upon the Turks. In or
Ger that thu United States might Inlet
summary. punishment urcn the Turkish
government. thereby making possible Ar-
nenian Independence. One viii search a
Tong tiuse IN the pages Of history fer a
more dfahoiieal plot than thar for tie
murder ~ the missionaries Dr. Riggs
has uuse,ashiy given ais life ~ tae exfu-
cation Of Armenian youth IN the mission
airy schools. ana has done more than any
Armenian cries TO % toward making Ar
rneaians worthy 81 autonomous govern
mens. ye. the revo.utloaary cansrsrasors
apparently save the fact little shoegh.
In sss hatved az Christianity and his
rawe at revolutionary conspiracy. shs
Turk believes. and would Ike 20 prove.
that TIRE Arurentsss missionaries are re-