The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-23
HE PITIES POOR ARMENIA
MIN Waunamaker Returns From a VISIT
to Foreign Lands

to Foreign t-aHus'
PHILADELPHIA. June 22.-Tanned by ms
eea. VOYAGE and his wanderings Under
The bright sun of the Orient, eX-Post-
master General John Wanamaker ar
@red at his country home at Chei1eIl
Hills Yesterday, after a tour or TOUT OF
FIVE months, during which he visited Ihe
principal points of interest along the
borders Of the Mediterranean and
through Egypt, Palestine ana turkey
ACCOMMODATING him were Mrs. Wanna
maker and Miss Elizabeth Wanamaker'
and all were in the best Of health, al
t17ough glad TO get back from their ma
tive country and to the welcome rest or
Lindenhurst
There is really very little 10 say
nbout nv trip" said Mr.. Wanamaker.
ct would be but repetition of the eX-
perience of many others. We stopped
first at Funchal and then went to Glib
rartar. stopping afterwards at Algiers,
Nice. Rome and various other Italian
cities: Athens, Alexandria, down the
Nile 10 Carlo. and to Constantinople.
We crossed the bosphoTus al Stamboul,
syhera one Of the the bloody tragedies
had taken place but a short time before.
and several hundred pople had been
KILLED"
While in Turkey Mr.. Wanamaker
made a special study of the Armenian
troubles. and he found them much worse
than the published reports from there
indicate. q took special pains he
said, Ito inform myself in regard 10 the
situation and I felt proud Of what Phil
adelpfia had done in assisting the SUI
fering people. 1 satisfied myself that
they had used the proper channels for
distributing the gifts. The committee
that represents them at ConstantnePle
has access to the villages and means
of prudent distribution that I believe no
other organization possesses.
LAS TO the extent Of the distress and
suffering. it islvery much greater than
any one would suppose from the news
paper statements. The Armeni2ns are
a splendid race Of people. and in recent
years have made great strides IN intel
iigence and education. They may be
called the Yankees Of Turkey, and have
become an object Of jealousy among the
Turks. who evidently feared their rapid
advance. They have consequently been
severely burdened with laws. pestric-
tfons and taxation and the last show of
dissatisfaction has been The signal for
outrages and atrocities which are ap-
palling. The American missionaries
have at great peril stood their grounds,
and have been ministers of mercy. in
every sense of the word, 10 the afflicted
people"
Mr. Wanamaker had. of course, for
come time. looked upon the nomination
Of Major Mckinley as an assured event.
and he is delighted. both With the tick
ct and platform OF the 81. Louis conven-
ton The Custom House tug met Us
down the bay he said. and the first
news 1 got Of the result Of the conven-
ton was when I heard the people on
deck cheer for Mckinley and Hobart
The nomination. was. I think. the result
of an irresistible impulse OF the people.
inspired by the hope that il means tire
return 70 good times which prevailed
during the East Republican administra-
ton.
An important factor was also the
great underground Of young manhood.
which by voice and votes insists on be
ing heard. and 81 will not be 50 easy. here
after for the party organizations 10