The evening times., 1896-07-13


our cooperation, and with all our pO werS
and resources we will stand behind you, do
you not think that Great Britain would have
welcomed such message!
Probably IL woulu not nave been necessary
for single gun 10 have been fired. The
mere ultIlnatum OF England. With America
back of her. would have been sufficient
The Turk always does what lie has To d.
And tens of thousands of lives as the re-
suit would have been saved. and the liberty
OF a lOngnppressed Christian nat. on would
have been secured.
Why in the critical moment did our gov
ernmeDt remain inactive? Christian public
sentiment Tailed to make itself heard. THIS
is Il government by the people. II Is not
the Cabinet or Congress which rules, the
sovereign people OF these United States are
the rulers 4 lie men VINO stu the ia binet
and in Congress are but the servants of the
people, and one great task which lies before
you who lave the welfare OF the Arinen-
ian people and OF the other oppressed and
down-trodden races at heart Is 10 arouse
the Christian conscience OF this nation TO
realize that no man livetl TO himself, and
no nation liveth TO itself; but that men and
nations equally must live for the glory OF
God and Tor the good or humanity.
What would be tile result, do you think, II
every one in this large audience Should
write, before one week had passed, a per
sonai letter TO the President OF tie United
States, and should induce a friend to write
personal letter to the President In re-
lation to the Armenian question? Do you
not think the President would believe that
on the matter,
Tn.s WON Tor the suffering Armenians
will call for labor and sacrifice on our part,
but snail we ,oEtenl ourselves with Gol.,g
only easy things? Shall we never be Will
| ing to 90 anything hard for Christ's sake?
Tne early disciples rcJoiced that they Were
counted worthy to suffer for ChriSt's saks,.
| The Christians or Armenia have suffered
and are suffering for his sake. Have You
ever suffered for His sake? Have you ever
been ridiCuled, scorncd despised misun,ier-
stood Tor ms sake? WISH tnau every ane
OF US was willing to die-nothing less-for
His sake.
THE TURKISH oUTRAGES.
After the chorus had sung "B!est Be the
Tie that Binds b. Fay Mills, of st. Ed
ward. n. Y, was introduced He reviewed
the history Of Turkish outrages i'll Armenia,
including the destruction of twenty seven
Christian villages.
The United States, he declared, has
had more direct practical cause to act in
Armenia than all the other nations to-
gether. Why, only the other day some
Turkish robbers fired upon three men, an
Eneiishman, ii German and an ItaItan, and
already, though it is hardly three weeks
ago, the Turkish government has paid
! $3.50, COO 10 their families But when the
Turkish soldiers, not robber bands merely,
| itStIps SlNusptp NOIttA Ol <AuitTlt HIS
sion property we can get no reparation.
And now 1 want to say some words,
cody considered. They come from heart
| not hot with anger, but from u heart white
hot with Indignation for the wrongs OF
these people.
You hear men say the Monroe doctrine
commands Us TO let Europe take care of
her own troubles. Why, don't you know
| when Greece arose for her freedom Daniel
| Webster passed u resolution OF sympathy
throug the American Congress, and it bore
| the signature of james Monroe? II that
man knew the use now made of his name
he would turn in his grave.
Here today, as free-born American
citizen, charge the American government
with misreprese entation of the sentiments
OF the American people. In view of the
| wrongs, the danger TO American lives and
destruction OF American property, 1 de-
| nounce their conduct as un-American, un-
civil, undernocraic, unrepabican, bar
barous, and damnably criminal.
Il wish these words might echo in the
deserted halls of the mansion on the hill
yonder, and re-echo even afar TO Buz-
Yards Bay, and reach man who Ger
| tainly is not coward, but is unrepre-
sentative of the American people,"
The whole audience cheered and shouted
furioGsly at this and as they subsidized a mo-
ment DR.. Hoyt steppedt to the front and said
he wanted all who Endorsed these senti-
ments to rise, and as if by an electric
touch the multitude that filled the tent to
its edges and beyond, stood up with rear
after roar OF shouts and handclapping wav-
ing of hats, ha andkerchiefS, fans and para
soils. Mr. Mills was asked to repeat his
words and did so, raising another storm
of approval :
MR. CLEVELAND CRITICIZEp.
Mr. Mills then contrasted the action of
President Cleveland in sending a message
to England regarding the Venezuelan
swamps'' with his inaction regarding Ar
menia. He said the swamps ut least might
have waited.
They would have been there yet The
Armenian question couldn't wait. The
people were being butchered. women and
children left to starve. All America had
to do was to demand OF the European
nations in terms as she had spoken in the
Venezuelan question. ami the matter would
have been settled.
In conclusion, he urged that all send aid
to Armenia, not through agents here. but
through the New York society, Of which