St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-08
AID THE PERISHING.
Gladstone Raises His Voice In Be-
half of Suffering Armenians.

half of Suffering Armenians.
CHESTER, Eng, Aug. 6.-The
town hall was packed with people
today, the audience including num-
bers of Armenians, in anticipation
of hearing the speech Of Mr.. Glad
stone on the Armenian question.
Among those present were the Bish-
op of Ripon and Messrs. D. R. Cliff
ford and Robert T. Pain, of the
American Peace society. The au-
dience rose. with vociferous cheering
when Mr.. and Mrs, Gladstone, the
Duke of Westminster, the Bishop
of Chester and the mayor of Chester
entered the hall. The distinguished
visitors were conducted to places on
the platform and the cheering did
not subside until the Duke of West
minister, the chairman, rose to speak.
The duke, after a few opening re-
marks, read a letter from the Mar
quis of Salisbury notifying him that
the sum of $1,000, which had been
subscribed for the relief of the Ar
menians, had been forwarded to the
British ambassador at Constantine
pie, Sir Philip w. Currie, who had
been given full discretion as to the
manner in which the money was to
be distributed. After the usual pre-
lifninaries Mr.. Gladstone rose amid
an outburst of enthusiastic applause,
and addressing the audience, said
the Armenian question was not a
party matter or a religious affair
The present situation in Armenia
resulted from bad government-per-
haps the worst on the face of the
earth. (Applause)
OFFICIAL ACTION.
Mr.. Gladstone then read a resolu-
ton to the effect that this meet
Ing expresses its conviction that her
majesty's government will have the
cordial support of the entire nation,
without distinction of party, in any
measure that it may adopt in order
to secure for the ArmenianS such
forms of administration as to pro-
vide effective guarantees for the
safety of life, honor, religion and
property, and that no good can be
effected without continuous control
of the European powers"
Mr.. Gladstone said the resolution
was a moderate one compared with
some of those of their transatlantic
brethren, who felt even more strong
ly than did those present that the
6iSna ta inn,1ir.v which Wao
made after the Sassoun massacre
showed that the powers of language
did not suffice to describe the state
ments which made the blood run
cold. (Applause.) The inquiry, he con-
tinued, had verified all the sickening
details, not only of European but of
American testimony, which was
doubly entitled to credence, as Amer
lea, politically, had no interest in
the Levant. This testimony, said
Mr.. Gladstone, with great energy,
summed up in four words, was:
"Plunder, murder, rape, torture"
But, he added, plumber and murder
were the comparatively mild side of
the work of the ravisher and tor
turer.
WORTHLESS PROMISES.
'"Thfs is not the work of the dan
gerous classes" continued Mr.. Glad
stone, ''but of the government of
Constantinople and it's agents, and
there is none of their deeds for which
the government is not responsible.
The Kurds, troops, police and tax
collectors entered into deadly COM
petition as to which should prove the
most adept in this horrible, Internal
work. Cloud and continued ap-
plause.) But, guiltier than they, are
the higher officials of the govern
ment. It is not true that the acts
of the Turks were reprisals upon the
Afmenians for rebelling. On the con-
trary,, the Turkish government dis
armed the Armenians and then
Turned out upon them the barbar-
iafis and villains masquerading as
the, sultan's cavalry. If there was the
slightest foundation for hopes of bet
ter government, the Constantinople
authorities would have been eager
toxdiscover and punish the perpe-
traitors of the outrages; but the gov
ernment only met the allegations
made against it with denial and
alsehood-weapons familiar to the
Turks. The treaty of 1878 bound the
sultan to carry out reforms, and gave
England the power to redress griev-
ances. He has made three PROPOSE