The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-11-25

sionaries have suffered 1t has been con-
tented always with the promise CT
Turk that everything would be right.
Now man or government that takes
such a promise is a--well it would not
be respectful to say fool.
The English government will not tole-
rate such things. Let us hope that we
shall have one that will not
DR.. Hamlin said that the 2, 500, 900 Ar
menians pay more money into the Turk
ish treasury than any 100000 Turks.
They are prosperous, provident peasan-
try. Nothing can be more cruel and un-
called for than plan TO deliberately de-
stroy such people unless they become
Moslems.
The Sultan feels, undoubtedly, that
he
is DOING HIS DUTY
in endeavoring to turn them into Mus
sulman. At all events he is determined
to do it and has been doing it for a year.
This was begun by the Kourds, who
live in the mountains and have always
robbed the Armenians in their fertile
Hithertosthey have been muzzled robbers.
They robbed eve year, but did not de-
str3y because -ey wanted to rob next
year. The Sultan saw that he could use
these Kourds. About five years ago, he
called their leaders to Constantinople
and caused them to form the Kourds
into regular cayarly, armed with Ameri-
can rifles. He said to The powers that
he was getting control of the Kourds.
Really he has made them regular
IMPERIAL ROBBERS AND MUIR
DERERS.
Also, all along, the hand of Russia is
apparent Russia wanted to get into
Bulgaria and caused insurrection there,
which brought down vengeance upon
the Bulgarians by the Turks.
just SO in Armenia Russia has sent
Armenians around to incite revolution.
They travel about and preach sedition.
That idea is ridiculous. The case is
perfectly hopeless, yet these men are
deluded or paid to preach it by Russia
and thus bring down Turkish vengeance
upon all Armenians. This revolutionary
movement is most pernicious 1t gives
the
TURKS A CERTAIN EXCUSE.
DR.. Hamlin related heartrending stories
of the unspeakable tortures in the al.
legged suppression of this revolutionary
movement
After the first slaughter when 10, 600
Jo1 +ho
land and was suppressed. England did
nothing. The Sultan does not fear that
she will.
The six powers are still demanding re-
form. The Sultan is saying: Sim
ready to reform, gentlemen, give me my
programme. Thus while they are talk
ing the Sultan carries on his programme
of blood and bills the Armenians. I
really fear that large portion of them
will be killed.
Whether my daughter and her family
and the other missionaries are living or
not do not know. l
THINK IT IS A DOUBT.
The powers glover ct each other and
do nothing The Sultan knows this.
The powers understand that he does
know it.
England does wrong TO check Russia.
She would be terrible power for our
missionaries to contend with, but let
Russia in. 1t would be better.
Who would not prefer the stern des-
potism of Russia to the bloody despotisln
of Turkey.
pray God that Russia may go in and
save the Armenians II ever there was
a time for Christians to turn to the Al.
mighty prayer, and ask Him to interfere
in His own way and with His own wis.,
dom, it is i'll this terrible and almost hopes
less situation.
Our great and. rich country ought to
send million dollars to aid the starving
Armenians and with power to see that
they got the aid.
Z Though nearly So years old, DR.. Ham
lin is in excellent health, and spoke for
half hour steadily. distinctly and forcibly.
DIR. Hamlin is the guest of Rev. and
Mrs E. P. Wilson.