New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-21
,sb the proposed park and save from r"r'hef
muti,ation the magnificent Palisades.
PClfEuBER ARMENIA.

,,,, Eurono with n readiness that would
T., .,,rnr,s,np were the reason for It not evident,
turns away from the attempt TO secure JUSTLY
for Armenia for the discussion or Engianu
torr,torial claims in the New World, we III
America should not forget our duty as ''i'S-
tiop Nation to continue our good ofilces III pe-
holf of the Christian sufferers under lurkisl
rr,e Great Britain which Is aroused TO SUCH
wrath ot the thought Of losing a single goiu
m,ne on the South American coast looks on
comnlacently at the humiliation Of the Armenian
race. for whose protection she has made herseir
rosnons,hle All the "Christlan' nations OF Ei-
rome after loud denunciations Of the outrages
perpetrated under the protection OF the o.'o'
man Government. have settled down In satisfac-
ton over the admission OF few small guhpoa's
TO the Bosphorus, which can do about as much
good to the starving and hunted Wretches Vi
Asia Minor as II those same gunboats were III
the harbor Of San Francisco. They make ho
prctence Of intention to trouble themselves 1ur-
Their about the Armenians and win sign vi
relief turn from dsagreeabe business mar
heartetlly undertaken under the pressure OF pup
lie opnon TO the voluble discussion OF troubles
rs far away from Constantnople as possible.
We have part in those troubles, but let us not
with the same heartlessness forget the righteous
cause Of Armenia
Orr course I'm the East far has been highly
creditable. Minister Terrell has apparently been
most diligent in looking out for the sa1ety Oh
American residents. and has done all that pos
sih,v could be done for the oppressed natives
No foreign Minister at Constantnople can race
the civilized world with clearer consciousness
of having done his best in the cause OF humanity
than he With only the shadow or Meet 10
support him. he has done all that was possible
TO maintain the dignity Of the United States, ana
certainly our record IS one that we have reason
TO be proud OF in comparison with That OF the
Powers who have taken upon themselves the
task OF righting ArmeIia's wrongs. Minister
Teyrol's report as presented to Congress by the
Secretary of State. will cause patriotic satisfac-
ton at the same time that II will cause indigna-
ton that the Porte should have permitted our
missions TO suffer In one place property to the
extent of 100000 has been destroyed by the
rioters. and elsewhere damage has been innlct-
cd IN amounts not yet asccrtained, but which
are doubtless great. Every American VIII echo
thc Minister'S demand Of the Sultan that full
satisfaction be made for these outrages' anu
there is every reason to believe that the Govern
mcnt at Washington will vigorously support us
representative in his action.
The Porte Is not Government which can De
treated leniently. 1t appreciates no argument
but necessity, and S master OF all the arts OF
delay and suberfuge This fact our Govern
ment should keep before it. and not allow itseil
TO be diverted, as the European nations nave
been. from getting at the main object OF us ue-
mands one Of the best uses our Navy couid De
nut to would be in making. II need be, a demon
stration at Constantinople which would convince
the Turks that American missionaries are not
in Asia Minor to be mobbed, and that their prop
crty cannot with impunity be interfered with
or destroyed.