The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-08-08
THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1895.
WAS A SUCCESSFUL MEETING.
The Armenian Question Thoroughly Dis
cussed Sunday Evening.

Su0oSN puAuoJ hFOAAAf'
The meeting called at the Park ave-
nue. M. E. church for the purpose Of
protesting against the atrocities and
outrages of the Turks upon the Ar
menians was largely attended and on
the whole was very successful. n. III.
Kassabian, an Armenian, delivered the
speech of the evening and detailed
something Of the history Of the people
and their evolution from idolatry to
Christianity. Their history is a long
and extremely interesting one. At the
end he read letter from missionary
in Armenia which detailed some of the
atrocities the people were compelled to
submit TO- These were mostly Of an
unspeakable nature, and if even the
tenth part of them are true the Turks
are beyond question the most beastly
of the semblances of humanity. Those
who heard Mr.. Kassabian did not wol-
der that the Turk is spoken of as the
unspeakable." There is no language
adequate to description of him.
n. FL. Kassabian, of the Northwest
ern University, a native Of Armenia,
read carefully prepared paper, giving
description of the origin of their ma
ton, who are the descendants of Japhet
belonging to the Caucasian race. Ar
menia was an independent government
for nearly thirty-five centuries, until
the 18th century ca. d. when it was
conquered by a Turkish sultan and
made province of the empire. Since
that unfortunate time Armenians have
been subjected to the unbearable yoke
of the unspeakable Turk. About their
language he said that it is branch of
the IndO-E European languages, has an
alphabet consisting of 80 letters. AS
to their religion, monotheism was the
prevailing religion in the early part OF
their national existence, afterwards
their notion of one god dimmed, into
pOlytheism, when they began to wor-
ship the great lumlnaries of heaven,
the Venus for example, that star of love
and affection, but not in the vile way
as she was worshipped in Greece or
Rome. Diana was their favorite god
desS and used to be called " the pride
and the protection of the nation. AS
soon as Christianity began to spread it
self Armenians were the first nation to
accept the pure doctrines of the new
religion, and for 1900 years, that is
since their conversion as a nation, they
have terribly suffered on account of
their faith. AS they are the only
Christian nation in the Orient they
have been looked upon by their heather
neighbors with scOrn and disdain.
Speaking of the Kurds, he said they are
nomads and live only at the expense
of Armenian farmers; while astO Turks
he said the more they persecute and
pillage the Armenians, the more faith
full they are according to their sultan's
desire. Armenians have been called by
Prof. j. Bryce, VI. p, the most intelli-
gent of transcaucaSian races. Rev.
Dwight says the busy Armenian is the
producer and the lazy Turk the con-
sumner only. Lamartin says: " Armen-
ians are a superb race of men. They
are the Anglo-SaXons of the east, in
dustrious and enterprising. In the
dark ages of history Armenians have
rendered very important services for
civilization by defending the gates of
Europe against the uncivilized hordes
of Asia. Is it too much to ask sym
pathy for historic and deserving ma
ton like the Armenians? Mr.. Kassa-
bian says he will try to organize Ke-
nosha Phil-Armenian society as soon as
he finds that there is interest enough
in favor of Armenia. The object of the
said society will be to interest the
American public in the history, relig-
ion, folk lore, literature and the pres
ent condition Of Armenia.
The meeting was presided over by
Mayor Farr.
After the speech set of resolutions
expressive of sympathy with the Ar
menian cause was presented by Rev. C.
E. Goldthorp. They were passed
unanimously. They are as follows:
Whereas, The Armenian Christians
of Turkey, for long time have been
periodically oppressed, robbed, NAL
treated and massacred by the rulers of
the country or by the neighboring
Kurds, through the criminal negligence
of the Turkish authorities, and,
Whereas, We believe the Sublime
Porte encouraged, if he did not insti-
gate the late cruelties and massacres of
Armenians; therefore be it
Resolved, That we, the citizens of
Kenosha, Wis, in a public meeting as
sembled, express our indignation at
these gross and inhuman Outrages and
at the weakness of the Turkish govern
ment to rule Christian communities; we
do also express our deepest sympathy
for our suffering brethren in Armenia;
and be it further
Resolved, That the United States
government be requested to use it's in
tiuence, either directly upon the Turk
icb authorities 0r in SJ1nnort IF thn