The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-21
THE HORRORS IN ARMENIA.
Rev. I. Nj. Yonan Gives a Graphic
Description of the situation.

ANS'' IL W. Il onan Gives Graphic
Description of the Situation.
Rev. I. M. Yonan, the Armenian who
IS lecturing in America on the subject of
mis- native country in the effort to enlist
aid for the unfortunates that are meeting
with daily prosecutions at the hands of
the Turks, addressed a large audience
last night in the Sunday school room OF
the Independent Presbyterian church,
giving those so fortunate as to hear him
an interesting, though distressing, ac-
count of the condition of affairs in his
own land.
Mr.. Yonan began his address by giving
brief outline history of his country and
a few practical points regarding the Ar
menians. Armenia" he said, ranked
once with Egypt Babylon, and Media, but
now she has no nationality"
1t was in the sixteenth century that
the Moslem power overthrow the Arme-
man government and to-day the country
lies in three parts within the boundaries
OF Russia, Persia and Turkey.
The speaker recited many instances to
picture to the minds of his hearers the ex-
cessive cruelty of the Turks and the
Wanton outrages that the fanatical
promptings of their Mohammedan faith
LEAD them to iniict upon the Armenians
NO human tongue" said Mr.. Yonan,
can exaggerate the cruelty of a Turk
You have read many stories of the atroci-
ties that the Kurds and Turks have com
mtted, but not half of all their brutal
crimes has ever been told"
Mr.. Aonan said that since jan J. 1885 it
mas been estimated that $50 900 Armenians
nave met death at the hands of murder
Gus Turks, and there wild Kurdish troops.
and that among these are not included
those that have suffered deaths, owing to
the pilaging, burning and destroying of
their rapacious enemies, in the shape OF
starvation or cold.
What" said Mr.. Yonan, sis Armenia's
crime that this terrible punishment is
meted out to her? Nothing but that she
follows the teachings of Christianity rath-
er than those of Mahomet"
The speaker said that five times a dav
the Moslems pray to Allah to render the
Christian dogs and all that belongs 10
them into the hands of the faithful to AL
lah and his prophets, and the scenes of
violence, rapine, bloodshed and murder
that convulse Armenia are but the evil
dence of their efforts to put into execution
the commands that they consider fail from
on high for the determination of the in
fideis.
Several stories were told Of the rapac-
ity and cruelty of Turkish officials, as
evinced towards even their own fellow
countrymen and brother believers in the
Koran. Then, when even their own coun-
trymen are not safe from their murder
Gus hands, Mr.. Yonan said that the treat
ment to which the Armenians are sub
jected, those whom they consider are but
the objects of the especial detestat ton and
contempt of their god, could be under
stood He gave instance after instance
of the studied cruelty that has been com
mon during the time the atrocities have
been committed.
Temporizing with Turkey as a cure for
the evils in Armenia, Mr.. Yonan said. is
useless
The government of Turkey is rotten to
the core, and all efforts to reform it or
lnstlll kindness or moderation are use
less. THE only cure" said he "is for
the warships of the nations to force a
passage through the Dardanelles and
blow Constantinople from the face Of the
earth"
The kurds were described as consist
ing OF 100000 people, idle, shiftless and
lazy in all things, but quick, alert and
energetic when mounted on their Arabian
steeus, ana possessing a refinement of
cruelty that respects neither sex, age nor
condition in its horrible infection upon the
Christian Armenians
They say threir mission, their business
is TO make war and kill and it is by this
and the resulting plumber that they make
living, descending at night from the
mountains of Armenia, where many live
ana their neighboring country, Kurdis-
TAM to lay waste the fields, burn the viii
lagos, murder and pillage."
Mr.. Honan said that ii FuroDe with
her jealous chickering's and strifes. will
not undertake the emancipation of Arrne-
ma from the horrors of the Turkish rule.
the United States should take a hand as
Tor several reasons, it could more readily
do so than any one of the Euronean
powers.
Mr. Yonan said it is his belief that with
the Armenians rendered homeless and
destitute by the Kurds. there will be h,lt
Few of them able to withstand the So
verify of the winter, and that thousands
VIII be added to the list that already
stands as monument to the unparai-
leled cruelty of the Moslems
collection was taken up at the closa
OF the lecture for the benefit of Mr. yo-
nan, who wishes to spend another wear
IN TINS country in the study of medicine
IN addition to the four he has ALREADY de.
voted to general learning and tbeolorv
after which he expects to return an6
work among his countrymen.
Don't think that becausa vva bo,..