The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-08-08
GLADSTONE SPOKE
The Armenian Question the
Subject OF q Resolution by
the Ex-Premier.
FOUR EXPRESSIVE WORDS
Plumber, Murder, Rape, Tor
ture, Sum Up the Tes-
timony.

CHESTER, Eng. Aug. THE town
hall was packed with people, the au
dience including numbers Of Armeniani
in anticipation Of hearing the speech Of
Mr.. Gladstone upon the Armenian
question.
Among those present were the bishoI
Of Ripon and Messrs. D. r Clifford
and Robert T. Pain Of the American
Peace society. The audience rose with
vociferous cheering when Mr.. and Mrs
Gladstone, the Duke q Westminster.
the bishop Of Chester and the mayo,
Of Chester entsred the hall. The dis
tinguished visitors wore conducted r
places on the platform and the cheer
ing did not suhsids until the Duke o.
Westminster. the chAixnan. rose T.
speak. The duke. after, few opening
remarks, read . letter from the Marquis
OF Salisbury, the new, premier, notify
ing the duke that the sum Of 81 600
which had been subscribed for the 10
lief Of the Armenians had been for
warded to the British ambassador al
Constantinople. Sir Philip w. CuErie,
who had been given fnll discretion q
to the manner in which the money
was to be distributed.
Gladstous's Resolusiens
After the usual prslinndnaxiss Of such
q meeting had Sbesn Concluded, Mr.;
Gladstone arose amid an outburst Of
enthusiastic applause, and addressing
the meeting said the Armenian a6ai,
was not a party matter or religious
affair. Continuing. be said that the
present situation in Armenia resulted
from bad government perhaps the
worst on the face Of the earth. ZAP
plause.)
Mr. Gladstone then read resolution
to the effect that:
This meeting expresses its convic-
viction that her majesty's government
will have the cordial support Of the en-.
tire nation without distinction OF par.
ty in any measure that it may adopt
in order to secure for the Armeniane
such forms of administration in the
province as to provide effective guar
antees for the safety of life, honor, re.
igion and property, and that no good
can be effected without continuous con
troll Of the European powers.
"Plunder, Murder, Rape. Torture"
Mr.. Gladstone then said the resolu.
ton was a moderate one, compared
with some of those Of their trans-At.
lantic brethren, who felt even more
strongly than did those present that
the dispassionate inquiry which was
made after the Sassoun massacre
showed that the powers Of the Ian
guage did not suffice to describe the
statements which made the blood run
cold (Applause.)
The inquiry, he confirmed, had yeri.
fed all the sickening details not only
of European but Of American testi
mony, which was doubly entitled te
credence, as America, politically, had
no interest IN the Levant.
This testimony, said Mr.. Gladstone.
with much energy, summed up into
four words, was:
s.Plunder, murder, rape, tortured
But, added Mr.. Gladstone, plumber
and murder were the comparatively
mild side of the work Of the ravishe1
and torturer.
.eThis is not the work Of the danger.
GUS classes" continued Mr.. Gladstone,
'.but of the government Of CONSTANT.
nople and its agents, and there is none
: of their deeds for which the govern
ment is not responsible. The Kurds,
troops, police and tax collectors. en-.
tered into deadly competition as to
which should prove the most adept in
this horrible, internal work" loud
and continued applause.)
''But guiltier than they are the high
er officials Of the government. It is
not true that the acts Of the Turks
were reprisals upon the Armenians for
rebelIng. On the contrary the Turk
ish government disarmed the Arme-
mans and then turned out upon them
the barbarians and villains masquer.
aiding as the sultan's cavalry"