The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-07-18
CHAMBER OUTFITS.

his absence the massacre began and his
young wife and their three-months-old
baby were seized. The child was tossed
among the soldiers and caught on the
points of the bayonets until the little
body was in fragments, when the mother
was surrounded. In her struggle bag
OF gold which she had concealed on her
person burst and the cupidity OF her cap
tors in struggling to get the treasure gave
her an opportunity to escape, and after
three weeks of wandering and almost
absolute starvation she found protection
and nourishment In friendly village
In the meantime the husband returned TO
the village where he found nothing but
his baby's hands on the door step OF what
had been his home. He made his escape
and after very much the same exp"rience
which his wife had gone through " th he
arrived by chance at the same village
where she was being cared for, and the
two made their way out OF the country.
This Is but one concrete instance. Null
tiply that by 20, 900, imagine the roasting
alive OF infants, and the forcing of the
burning flesh down their mothers
throats, the driving OF young girls In
herds from village to village and selling
them along the roads, and the seizure OF
brides at the church doors for the salts
faction OF the Kurds and soldiers. and you
will have some idea why the Christians OF
America feel justified in appealing TO the
government that can IL 1t will put an
end to this frightful shame.
The following petition. for which it is
desired TO secure 8, 900, 600 subscribers In
this country, was then read:
To the Rt. Hon. The Marquis of Sails
bury, the Rt. Hon. A. j. Balfour,
the Rt. Hon. William T.. Gladstone,
and the Rt. Hon. James Brice, NJ. r..
Whereas, We have learned from un-
impeachable sources that the inhabitants
of the eastern portion of Turkey, includ-
ing what Is commonly known as Arme-
mia, have been and are still great sufferers
from governmental injustice, misrule and
apathy, which conditions eliminated in
recent barbarous massacres that regarded
neither age nor sex, and
Whereas, Ne are convinced by past his
tory and present conditions, together
with the attempts of the Turkish Govern
ment to conceal the facts of crimes COM
mitted against humanity, that there Is no
hope whatever that Turkey will originate
or execute any measures OF reform, or do
anything 10 ameliorate the conditions OF
the oppressed and suffering people in the
region named, and we ara convinced that
there is no ground for hope that her
promises now for future reform will be
OF more value than those repeatedly made
heretofore and as repeatedly broken.
Therefore, We would individually and
collectively, as citizens OF these United
States, and In the name OF an outraged
humanity, respectfully and earnestly petit
tion you that you entreat the government
OF Her Majesty to provide at once for
Eastern Turkey n safe and just govern
ment which shall not be dependent for
its integrity and continuity upon the will
OF the Sultan or any of his subject coun-
sellors. We make this petition, believing
that Turkey by her repeated acts OF
barbarity has forfeited all right to be
regarded or treated with as a civilized
nation.