The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-23
A BIG RALLY FOR ARMENIA.
BOSTON PROTESTS AGAINST THE
MASSACREs.

ed-GOv. GreenhaIEe, Robert Treat
Paine, julia Ward Howe, Bishop
Lawrence, Rev. L. e. Clarke, Cur
It's Guild, DR.. and william Lloyd
Garrison Deliver Speeches.
Boston. Nov. PA meeting under the
auspices of the Armenian relief commit
tee of this city was held in Faneuil hall
this noon to protest against the recent
outrages against Armenians and to excite
sympathy for and cooperation in the work
Of relief for those in distress.
The floor and sides Of the hall were well
filled with men with a sprnlling of wo-
men, when the meeting was opened Prom
inent upon the platform were Gov. Green
halce Rev. Francis q. Peabody of Cam
bridge, Hon. Robert Treat Paine, Samuel
b. Capen Hagop Bogigian, Rev. C. Ham
lin and William Lloyd Garrison.
Edward G. Potter. chairman of the re-
lief committee, called the committee TO or
der and expressed the intense feeling of
the audience upon a subject which SO
touched them as lovers of liberty. He said
the relief committee had remitted to Con-
stantnople during the last two months
over $3,OoO and had about $500 coming in
this week. These contributions We're eX-
legation in concert with the missionaries.
lie then presented the following list of
officers for the meeting, who were elect
ed by acclamaUiOn: Chairman, Hon.
Robert Treat Paine; vice presidents. GOV.
Greenhalge, Lieut.. GOV. WolcOtt Charles
Grannis Adams. Gen. Francis A. Walker,
Samuel Johnson. James j. jeffrey Roche,
Charles r. Goldman. William Lloyd Car
rison, Winslow Warren; secretary, Hagop
BOgigian.
a series Of resolutions we're presented
by Samuel b. Capen, read and made the
text for a number of speeches, after
which they We're unanimously adopted;
Whereas. during the last year and a
half the ancient feud between MOSlem
and Christian has broken out with terri
hc violence IN all parts OF the turkish
empire; and,
Whereas. it is proved by. overwhelming
evidence that the responsibility foe such
atrocious deeds rests largely with the sui
tan's government, whose authorized
agents have been foremost in plunderinS
and numbering the defenceless Armen-
Whereas, this violence has now extend
ed to the persons and property of Amer
ican citizens resident i'm that land, and
scTupulously Cbeying its laws; therefore,
Resolved, That we express our unquali-
fed condemnation of the government
which for so long a time has been not
only unable to maintain peace within ITS
borders. but which has used its power
openly 10 foment discord and to give un-
bridled license TO its troops.
Resolved, That what such a government
denounces as rebellion among its sub
jects. while perhaps hopeless thing i'm
itself cannot be censured by any lover
of liberty VINO remembers the patience,
industry and peaceful disposition OF the
Armenian race; and who considers what
the instincts or our common humanity
are, when every sacred right to which
man is entitled even under Turkish law
had been ruthleSsly violated.
Resolved, That we extend our deepest
sympathy to the Christian people of the
empire, who having survived the massa-
winter without shelter, food or clothing,
and who may he still i'm hourly expecta-
tiOn of surrendering their lives to the
rapaciOus Kurd or the fauatical Turk.
Resolved That i'm view of the extreme
destitutiou of the survivors, we call upon
the people OF New England to sustain the
appeal OF lhe Armenian reileI committee
by forwarding funds to Messrs. Brown
Bros. & Co, under the assurance that
whatever is entrusted to them viii be duly
acknowledged and prudently expended.
Resolved That we approve the project
of administrative reform submitted by
Great Britain to the powers, and only re-
gret that they have been so long in their
fruitess endeaVorS to come to an under
standing.
Resolved, That we commend the vigor-
GUS efforts of our government to guard
American interests I'm Turkey, and we ap-
preciate greatly the firm attitude of our
minister at Constantinople, who has evil
IDENTIFY done all in his power to protect his
countrymen from the manifold perils to
which they are exposed.
The speakers We're Robert Treat Paine,
the Rev. cyrus Hamlln the veteran mis-
sionary to Turkey and founder of Robert
College; Bishop Lawrence, Rev. r. r.
Clarke Julia Ward Howe, Curtis Guild,
Jr., William Lloyd Garrison, son of the
famous abolitionist; Gov. Greenhalge and
James Jeffrey Roche, editor of the Bos-
ton Pilot, also spoke.
Letters were read from eX-GOV. William
e. Russell r. John d. Long, A. Shuman
and Josiah Quincy.
Gov Greenhalge said: I'VE are here to
1gff fiaF a Qen 20 ia 90 npag
mon sense which runs through the decla-
ration of independence cannot be expect
ed of every people, The Armenian can
not reflect as the Intelligent American did
that before he rushes into rebellion or
revolution he must have reasonable
hone of success. But if he had seemed
to do what to our cold calculating intel
hgence is unwise, remember that it is
only the cry of suffering humanity after
all.
1--WE hear much about the words of the
father OF our country about entangling
alliances. but let us be careful that we do
not in a negative and supine way make
entangling alliances with crime and mur-
der. rapine and torture. Great applause)
"The United States of America cannot
afford to sit a deaf mute in the councils
or nations tdpplauSe). Enl8uglng alll-
ances! We may make them with the forces
Of hell by remaining silent. (Applause)
Il have confidence Mr. Chairman, that
the executive action of the federal gov
ernment viii be wise. prompt and effec-
tive. / hope / am not a lingo daughter
and applause. but ] feel a thrill of sat
isfactiOn i'm saying that the Minneapolis,
with 400 blue jackets and forty marines
is likely to be steaming on her swift way
to Constantinople to represent the CON
science Of Christian America" Great
applause)
The turks are not the cause Of the
Armenian troubles was the statement
made by David Ohiey this afternoon to
a reporter.
Mr.. Omey is an American who has spent
all his life in the domain of the sultan.
Flaf Ion nv