Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-03-04
5lSSOUB MASSACRE.
,,,,ni.a Of Armenia Described by
Tho Patriarch.
nLElD 10 BLOoDsHED.
... d, & Memorial to the Rus
''' dian Gar in Behalf Of the
People.

,.,,,y. March Sine ootio'pOHu'
l ~ A s,ociaioi Press who was
n''' Armenia with Instructions 10
fl' ,tiy investigate tho stories iola
S \ n, ruiGl,h atrocities in that T Ss,,
Wv i.,iote Of Tinls, Russia, Janu-
W '.s o,varded tho following III
~ ~, nth the father Of oil the
..1,,B,. Mgr. lihrimiran. Ai'sr q
l'n,, !, several days, the reverend
,.s.,gnnlei the request Of the A'.'-
l ,','1 Pres oorre,pondeni for a state,
~, ~ N, condition Of Armenia and
.- '.n,,, which led up to the 5assoun
s, .'.,,,,sB,l weight is given g the
a.a,,t by tho fact that Mgr NM.
havs,at that time preparing y
HNAu mn tbp subject 10 tbs czaf Of
s 49, nd n may DO inferred that tue
h.. NJ m this statement cOntniueu
il','-. ,ssssmoylal 90 tho car may be
.--I In this interview.
m, massacre 10 the sassoun noun,
,.',vsstbo Ialult OF a long period OF
Wa g.stb misgoyuTument. In inc
is, ,LIi pfoviuco u Turkey policy
e ,,-'sitv and oppression has continued
49, ispv lime. j myself have been
.vitbeYs Of OIL kinds " Turkish
~ .l',isp. In fact, about any years
IN M have bron passed In connec-
g,s vilh The prosecutions Ia Armenia.
fa,siV Of Unity years ago the At
a.e',ss thought thoir troubles were
III, bv heaven aB q punishment Tor
,,.i, sps. Hut later There came a
'e,sse andth Jaw clearly the real
au,s Of lboIf uoublre'
AZ res,on Tor their change was the
81 ls,vrtn Russia aud turkey IN
M which ended 10 happily for the
psi,,nnp,. who received freedom aud
,.Gssyrfumrut. The Armeniana sur
Eyd from the mllg0yernmuut VI the
mn, much more than the Bull
nd,t,. who lived In tue neighbour
gdeiths western European powers,
vbsitii the Armenihnu were nj such n
rm5ie distance from tue civilized
vsfu tbht thelf cries could not be
ff.d. AZ the clo5e Of the liusao.
Tufkl,h wal the Atmcniauf, oncour.
assd by the Improved conditions Of
Bulrann, demanded the same guafau-
savhieh were given to that county.
All kiudso d complaints anu petitions
POURED into Tue patriarch OF COns,anu'
u0pie.
iulhs meantime The European row.
ere Wtie compelled 70 sign the Berlin
treaty. Allhs period 1 was sent with
smother delegate 10 the chief capitals
% Euicin Europe 10 plead the cause
Of Armenia. visited London, Paris,
Vlenus, Rome and Berlin, but my
mission 40 not produce satisfactory
laulA pisHaled ~ tho Berlin con.
giri memorial, giving full details Of
he Iuiilih ilioci.ies Ia Turkish Ar
meniL Moreover, there was printed Ia
Berlin u lhe tame time my deEcIlp-
llln q these Atrocities.
But What We had worked for was not
realized, a., with reference TO tho Ar.
msnin question tho Berlin congress
ai5llsd whti 10 known ~ the sixty
tnl article Of The Berlin treaty, anu,
i'a'lgh the treaty was signed, u had
% lnnssaee In lttsening tho poTsocu.
iona Our h0peb were In vain. The
uaiIV oi lhu TurSlsh government did
~ cease. IL merely took now form.
blh keeping In Wow that there was n
thlyi the Turks sought for some legal
meas Of luiuIyiug their atrocities.
What bappened2 The taxea became
ltviti and all kinds Of duties became
l'iiisi and the Turkish people TO-
o'1sd flll poweta 10 tax Armenian
ftulnl,.
h'yimlng the sasIoun massacre, the
Ai1 Esther said.
Aisveiy action brings lts result OF
e.lllsi blow, tue same may DO said OF
h'0ppissll0n VI tho Armunians, who