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is shot down like dog. On the Kurd-
iSh frontier the savages do not even
wait for the approach OF girls we'd
ding. but they seize her when she has
reached certain age and carry her off
to the mountains, where she is most
shamefally treated. In few days she
is allowed to return to her home.
This infamous practice is so common
that it is declared that there is not
young Armenian woman living along
the Kurdish frontier who has not been
a victim of it. Even children of tender
years are not exempt, and some have
actually died in the most frightful
agony. ANY attempt of the ArmenianS
to combat this custom or to punish the
perpetrators Of the outrages is met by
severe measures. The Turkish COM
mission
Will Not Investigate Such Cases.
and yet the state of society which makes
these things possible is responsible not
only for the SaSSOun massacre, but for
the hundreds of isolated cases of out
rage, murder and false Imprisonment
which the outside world knows nothing
of. 1t is significant fact that outrageS
are never perpetrated by the Turks upon
other Turks, or by Kurds upon their
fellow tribesmen; it is always upon the
Armenian Christian that the Turk and
Kurd let loose their ingenious de-
pravity. 1t is the difference of religion
that is the basis of all the injury,
oppression and wrong.
"What will the practical Christianity
of England and America do about ii?
Will it help the Armenian revolution
list party to form an Independent state
i,>p do. hot In
children may lie protected against out
rage and death? Will it give Armenia
to Christian Russia, where already
many thousands of Armenians are lIv-
ing in peace and prosperity? Wilt
Drive the Turk From Power
and divide his empire among the ma
tons of Europe? Whatever practical
Christianity decides to do. it will not do
it as result of the report of the Turkish
commission of inquiry.
ALREADY tina Turks show signs of
keeping this commission away from the
communicating influence of facts. Ar
menians in the disturbed districts are
arrested by wholesale and removed TO
distant prisons; money has been sent
from the palace at C0nstantinople to re-
pair, as far as possible, tho damage
done to the Sassoun villages, and, on
top of all the efforts at cOncealment and
delay, nature has come lii to help the
Turk obiiterate all traces Of his work.
'.An unusual fall OF snow has buried
the ruined villages and blOtted out the
roads. Even the caravan routes to Per-
STA and Russia are blocked with snow,
and the snow is still falling. From SaS-
SCUM, on the Black sea, to this city, the
mountains are masses of unbrOken
white. Will the commission investigate
thoroughly in snow up to the house
tops? Let him answer who knows the
Turk best.
ut must be borne in mind that the
Armenian question in Armenia and the
Armenian question in England and
America are two different things.
sin England and America it is mostly
a matter of religion and humanity, with
an incidental dash of politics. In Ar
menia it is almost wholly matter of
politics, with incidental religion. Be-
fore there can come an end to the Ar
menian question the practical Christian
of England and America must reconcile
these two conflicting conditions and ad-
minister judgment upon them with
firm hand. If the Armenians them
selves would only tell the whole of
their side of the case, instead Of care
fully suppressing about three-fourths
of 1t. the situation would be much more
readily understood; but when, unfor
tunately for all concerned, they
choose to
Tell Only Small Part
of what they know and leave the Chris
tian sympathizerS to dig the rest out Of
the snow Of the SaSSOun mountains.
''As the situation now stands one is
forced to believe that both Turk and
Armenian are in the wrong.
80 far as the Turk declares that he
is trying to suppress revolutionary
movement he is unQueStionabley III the
right. Most of the acts of the leaders of
this movement are no less shocking than
those of the Turks opposing it. No one
can blame the Turk for trying TO sup
press revolutionary movements or for
taking prompt measures to maintain the
integrity of his empire; yet what must
be said of him when he orders the de-
struction of two dozen villages upon the
mere rum0r that an uprising is in prog
ress? There is little doubt among per-
sons familiar with the facts at COnstan-
tlnople that these things actually take
place. We have only to seek the
Counterpart of This Cruelty
among some of the leaders Of the Ar
menian reuol utionary movement. 1t is
fact that certain of these Armenian
conspiratorS arranged to murder the
Rev. Edward Riggs and two other
Armenian missionaries at Marsoyan and
fasten the blame upon the Turks in Or
der that the United States might infiict
summary punishment upon the Turkish
government, thereby making possible
Armenian independence. One will
search long time in the pages of his
tory for moro dlabollcal plot than that
for til e murder of the missionaries. DR..
Riggs has unseltishly given his life to
the education of Armenian youth in the
missionary schools. and has done more !
than any Armenian tried 10 do toward
making Armenians worthy of au-
tonomous government, yet the
revolutionary conspiratOrs appar-
emily gave the fact little |
thought. In his hatred of Christianity |
and his rags at revolutionary con-
splracies, the Turk believes and would |
like to prove that the Armenian mis-
sionaries are responsible for the revolu.
tionnry movement. As matter of fact, |
the Turk is much nearer right than he |
has any idea of. The missionaries are
responsible for the revolutionary move |
ment, but not in the way the Turk be-
lieves. They are responsible for hav-
ing educated the raw Armenian youth; |
for having made a man of him and |