Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-01-16
THE CRY OF ARMENIA
DR.. TALMAeE RELATES THE HORRORS
OF The MASSACRE.


WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-It was appro-
pirate that in the presence Of the chief
men of this nation and other nations DR.. |
Talmage should tell the story Of Armenian |
massacre. What Wi be the extent or |
good of such discourse none can tell. |
The text was II Kings xix, 81, "They es- |
capped into the land of Armenia"
In Bible geography this is the first time
that Armenia appears, called thcn by the
same name as now. Armenia Is chiefly a
tableland, 1000 feet above the level of the
sea, and on one Of its peaks Noah's ark
landed, with its human family and fauna
that were to I'LL the earth, That region
was the birthplace of the rivers which fer
tilized the garden of Eden when Adam
and Eve lived there, their only roof the
crystal skies and their carpet the emerald
of rich grass. Its inhabitants, the ethnol-
ogists tell us, are superior type of the
Caucasian race. Their religion is founded
on the Bible. Their Saviour is our Christ.
Their crime Is that they will not become
followers of Mohammed, that Jupiter of
sensuality. To drive them from the face
of the earth is the ambition of all Moham-
medans. To accomplish this murder is no
crime, and wholesale massacre Is matter
of enthusiastic appreciation and govern
mental reward.
The prayer sanctioned by highest Mo-
hammedan authority and recited every
day throughout Turkey and Egypt, while
styling all those not Mohammedans as in
fldels, is as follows: 20 Lord of all orea-
turesl o Allah, destroy the infdels and
polytheists, thine enemies, the enemies of
the religionl o Allah, make their chill
dren orphans and defile their bodies
Cause their feet to slip, give them and
| their families, their households and their
women, their children and their relatives
| by marriage, their brothers and their
| friends, their possessions and the race,
| their wealth and their lands as booty to
| the Moslems, o Lord Of all oreatures"
Turks at the Old Business.
The life of an Armenian In the presence
of those who make that prayer Is of no
| more value than the life Of summer in
scot. The sultan Of Turkey sits on a
throne impersonating that brigandage and
assassination. At this time all civilized
| nations are in horror at the attempts of
that Mohammedan government to destroy
| oil the Christians Of Armenia. I hear
somebody talking as though some new
thing were happening, and that the Turk
| ish government had taken a new role of
tragedy on the stage of nations. No, mol
| She Is at the same old business. Over
| looking her diabolism of other centuries,
we come down to our century to find that
| In 1899 the Turkish government slew 50,-
900 anti -Moslems, and In 1850 she slew
| 10, 600, and in 1860 she slew II ,000 and in
1 1875 she slew 1000. Anything short Of
tho slaughter Of thousands Of human be-
| ings does not put enough red wine into
her cup of abomination to make 1t worth
quaffing. Nor is this the only time she
has promised reform. In the presence Of
the warships at the mouth Of the Darda-
nelles she has promised the civilized ma
tions of the earth that she would stop her
butcheries, and the international and
hemisphere farce has been enacted of be-
lieving what she says, when all the past
ought to persuade us that she is only paus-
ing in her atrocities to put nations off the
track and then resume the work of death.
In 1890 Turkey, in treaty with Russia,
promised to alleviate the condition OF
Christians, but the promise was broken.
In 1889 the then sultan promised protec-
tion of life and property without reference
to religion, and the promise was broken.
In 1874, at the demand Of an English min
lister plenipotentiary, the sultan declared,
after the public execution Of an Armenian
at Constantinople, that no such death pen
atty should again be inflicted, and the
promise was broken. In 1850, at the de-
mand of foreign nations, the Turkish gov
ernment promised protection to Protes
tants, but to this day the Protestants al
Stamboul arc not allowed to build 6
church, although they have the funds
ready, and the Greek Protestants, who
have o church, are not permitted to wor
ship in it, In 1856, after the CrimeaI
war, Turkey promised that no one should
be hindered in the exercise of the religion
he professed, and that promise has beel
broken. In 1878, at the memorable treat.
of Berlin, Turkey promised religious lib
erty to all her subjects in every part OF tn
Ottoman empire, and the promise wa
: broken. Not once in all the centuries ha
! tho Turkish government kept her promis
of mercy So far from any improvement
the condition of the Armenians has be
come worse and worse year by year, an
4 all the promises the Turkish government
now makes are only gaining of time b
7 which she is making preparation for tn
complete determination of Christianit
from her borders
Blot Out Mohammedanism.
Why, after all the national and cont
mental and hemisphere lying on the pai
of the Turkish government, do not th
warships of Europe ride up as close as
4 possible to the palaces of Constantinopl
and blow that aooursed government I
atoms2 In the name Of the eternal God Z