Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-08-07

Relief Can BE Restored Only Through
n the European Powers.
Neither q Party Matter Nor
Religious Affair.
o!acslons's Summing Up Of Positive Evidence
Against the Turks.

Times this morning praises Mr.. Glad
ston's prudence In his speech on the Arine-
nian question, He did not say word, the
editorial continues, calculated to hamper
Lord Salisbury's government His i'm.
passioned rhetoric did not go beyond
facts. II the speech assists, as IL doubtless
A. will, In bringing about the desired con-
summation, he will be rewarded for an Of
fort unparalleled even as a mere phys
ical achievement by man of his age.
The town hall at Chester was packed
with people yesterday to listen to the
speech of Mr.. Gladstone upon the Arme-
nian question.
The audience arose with vociferous cheer
ing when Mr.. and Mrs. Gladstone, Duke
of Westminster, the bishop OF Chester and
the mayor of Chester entered the hall.
The visitors were conducted to seats on
the platform, and the cheering did not
stop until the Duke of Westminster, the
chairman of the meeting, arose to speak.
The duke, after q few remarks, read a
letter from the Marquis OF Salisbury, noti-
fying the duke that the sum of $1,000,
which had been subscribed for the relief
of the Armenians, had been forwarded to
the British ambassador at Constantinople,
who had been given full discretion as to
the manner in which the money was to be
distributed.
After the usual preliminaries Of such
meeting had been concluded, Mr. Gladstone
arose amid an outburst Of enthusiastic ap-
plause, and, addressing the audience, said
that the Armenian question was not q
party matter or q religious affair. Con-
tinuing, the great statesman said that the
present situation In Armenia resulted
from intolerably bad government-per-
haps the worst on the face Of the earth
Mr.. Gladstone then read q resolution to
this effect:
The Remedy.
This meeting expresses its conviction that
her majesty's government will have the cor
dial support Of the entire nation, without dis
tinction Of party, In any measures 1t may
adopt, In order to secure for the Armenians
such reforms In the administration In the
province as may provide effective guarantees
Tor the safety OF life, honor, religion and prop
erty, and that no reforms can be effected with
out the continuous control Of the European
powers.
Mr.. Gladstone said that the resolution
was a moderate one, and expressed not
only his own sentiments, but those of their
transatlantic brethren, who felt even more
strongly than did those present that the
dispassionate inquiry which was made
after the massacre showed that the powers
of language did not suffice to describe the
state Of affairs.
Credible American Testimony.
The inquiry, he continued, had verified
all the sickening details, not only of Eu-
rOpean, but of American testimony, which
was doubly entitled to credence, as Amer
lea particularly had no interest in the
Levant. This testimony said Mr.. Glad
stone, summed up into four words, was
''plunder, murder, rape, torture" But,
added Mr.. Gladstone, plunder and murder
were the comparatively mild side of the
ravisher and torturer.
"This Is not the work Of the dangerous
classes" continued Mr.. Gladstone, "but Of
the government Of Constantinople and its
agents, and there Is not one OF their do
ings for which the government is not re-
sponsible. The Kurds, troops, police and
tax collectors entered into deadly competi-
tion as to which should prove the most
adept In this
Horrible, Internal Work.
"But guiltier than they are the higher
officials Of the government. 1t Is not
true that the acts of the Turks were re-
upOH UHc ATIuonibuS IOE TtDcluDR.
On the contrary, the Turkish government
disarmed the Armenians and then turned
out upon them the barbarians and villains
OF the sultan's cavalry. II there were the
slightest foundations for hope of better
government, the Constantinople author
ities would be eager to discover and punish
the perpetrators Of these outrages; but the
government only met the allegations made
against 1t with denial and falsehood-
weapons familiar to the Turks.
"The treatytpf 1873 bound the sultan to
carry out reforms and gave England the
power to redress wrongs. He has made
three propositions that our demands be
moderated, but we must not accept Turk
ish promises. We must not fear the word
coercion 1t Is a word which Is heartily
appreciated at Constantinople.
In conclusion, Mr.. Gladstone said: 1--WE
are sensible as to what Is duo our honor.
We must interpose to demand no more
than what Is just, but we must demand as
much as is necessary, and demand that
this be accomplished, whether 1t is met
with resistance or not"
The resolution read by Mr.. Gladstone
was adopted