The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-18

London. April 17.-TCopyrighted, 1895,
by the Associated Press. 1.-The CORE
spondent Of the Associated Press,
writing from Armenia, March II, says:
| have travelled many. hundreds Of
miles in Russia and Persia, and have
visited Armenian colonies as far east
as the Caspians, and as far south as
the city of Teheran. and have learned,
after the most careful investigation
and Verifcation of the facts, that the
Armenian question will soon reach an
acute and painful crisis. In fact, Ar
menia is preparing for war. The rev.
dictionary party has now both money
and guns. During the past eight
weeks money has poured into the rev.
oiutlonary treasury in a steady stream
from the Armenian colonies in Batoun,
This, Baku, Erivan, Etchmiadzin and
other places in Russia, and from
Rescht. Kaxvin, Teheran, Tebriz.
khoia and other cities in Persia The
central idea of the plan of campaign
as a general uprising of Armenians
Throughout the Turkish empire some
time during the month of May. The
leaders have promised the people in
the eastern part of Armenia that the
chief attack will be made in the city
of Constantinople itself and that the
brunt of the lighting will be done by
the Armenian residents therein. But
this may be only a subterfuge to en-
courage the faint-hearted at Van, Bit
lis and Moush.
Would Seem to Be Folly.
The Armenians have at least 1000
Martin Henry rifles hidden in secret
places in the mountains, not a great
distance from Lake Van. For a hand
Til t1f unframed A
erately begin a fight with 800, 900 reg
ulsr troops OF the Turkish empire
would seem to be folly too colossal for
human conception. Yet the purpose is
not 10 bring Turkey to terms in q
Iair fight, but to settle the quarrel by
intervention of the European powers.
Before the revolution is three months
old the powers. it is believed, viii be
compelled to take hand in the con-
hict. for the cruelty, atrocity, the OUT
rage, the blood-lust and butchery OF
the struggle will be so unthinkably
horrible that Christian humanity will
interfere. Armenia, it is then hoped,
may get her freedom
For the most part the revolutionary
leaders are of the younger generation
OF Armenians; who argue it is nc
worse that a. few thousand Armenians
should be killed at one time than that
they should be killed sepa fately during
a period of few months or years.
Willing to Die For Freedom.
To what extent the plans of the rev.
dictionary leaders are approved by the
Armenian people at large it is difficult
TO tell I seriously doubt if those
plans are known in detail to more
than 8 per cent of the Armenians.
Still, there are genuine patriots VINO
believe that to free Armenia from the
J, 70 ;1h Oh t.
they must surrender some of their fell
low countrynea to torture, outrage
and death.
There is d belief in Europe that
Russia desires to make the Armenians
Russian subjects by annexing the east
ern end of Turkey. Curiously enough
this belief is not shared by the Rus
SLAMS of the Caucasus regi5r The
Georgiars certainly would resent aay
further increase in the Armenian pop
ulation. The business methods of the
ArmeniapS are not generally approved
by Georgians and Russians. It Is,
therefore, believed unlikely that Russia
wants the Arnenians; but whether OF
not she wants the Turkish territory
which the Armenians inhabit is quite
another matter. For the most part
the average Armenian is anxious Ia
have some other man fight his battles
and he is willing to believe England
and Russia are only waiting for Z
chance to come in and dismember the
Turkish empire.
VIII soon End.
The Armenian newspapers in Russia
and Persia contain no hint, however
remote, OF their preparations, but con-
tain only oenunciations of Turkish /
tyranny and demands for the enforce
ment of the siXty-first article of the |
Berlin treaty. The lower classes are |
less discreet. In Tifiis especially they !
fiE themselves UP with vodka and go /
about the streets clamoring for an /
Armenian king. AS the time for the /
revolutionary uprising approaches the /
words of the Armenian Catholic. Mgr. |
Khrimiran, have an added signifi- /
canoe: Armenia is in sore distress,
but her sufferings will soon Re at an /
end"