New-York tribune., 1896-11-23

,,.rIoVls1's AID ANARCHISTS.
r, The Editor Of The Tribune ,e-,,.
sH ~, ,,teranccs he made regarding the
s-.oriars which appears IN to-days llouhe'
a. 70 dornoystrate once more how poorly III
- arc those who hob up INTO punhci'y once
f0'~' lille nv making abusive attacks on the
N 49,. who have been subjected to the most
roonstr0us pfrS''u'''' ' ~
a., the darkest ages.
~ -, sunday Dr. Hademan arose in Ills pulpit
La ,,~,.d authoritatively that the Armenians
s"" ,Dsrchists and that the Turk was rot so
80 ba WAS rainted and that the ArmeniGns
- .ere no. so good a represented. itis utter
"SO ,o,s r,portod in the newspapers. Many
an0', ~ -, what sort of information this Bap-
.;eter could have based his words which he
Isl 's i, co authoritative a tone. Those who
" .ho-,selves 20 he better Informed on the sub
N.Y. NJ. ~, Dr Haldcman came out 20 correct his
- ,,a - show that he did not seem 10 know
~ nj, what he spoke. To-day DR. Haldeman
.s out with a letter in The Tribune 10 defend
-, and gives the authority on which he
,s his attack on the Armenians And his
s,,y is nothing more or less than an old article
-, ~ Cyrus Hamlin published in The Congre
- w.,oralist" three years ago. wherein Dr. Hamlin
80 that he had been Informed by very in
I,,o,, Armenian gentleman that there was
,.;o,arv movement among the Armenans
nlq
.,ars and exasperate them until they would
~, ona massacre the Armenians. and then
,o would rush into Armenia and free the Ar
,ocs Further Or. Hamlin asserted authori-
.,.,, that these Armenian revolutionists were
,,s,ar agents and were doing these things in
.b interest Of Russia.
''' IA regretted exceedingly that Dr. Halde-
rbo comes out 10 speak about the Ar
.n.rs has no better authority than this old
nv mi regretted
=, ,o.s not know even the history OF Dr. Eamlins
r.,cjs and IFS value in the market DR.. Hamlin's
,ca has been used many time by persons and
,susrapers that seem TO have particular anxiety
"a defend the urspeakahle Turk in his hideous
w,rt of horror But Dr. Hamlin. the author OF
,hs, article himself has retracted his assertions.
s,d has protested against its being used in the
rranrer that ii was. IN an explanatory letter pub
usbsd IN The New-York Herald Of December
oa lss, Dr. Hamn contradicted himself. and hS
has shown that his letter was not to he used as
authority and that il did not have the weight that
uss being maliciously attributed 10 II ny NAV
roveni Rev. the then Turkish Minister in WASH
inrtor who endeavored to make capital OF IL 10
defame the Armenians ard to justify the great
massacre OF Sassoun.
7 earnestly protest against the use that Is being
made OF Dr. Hamins letter That letter has done
immense injury 10 the Armenians. and has done
much to prejudice the minds of tho Americans. /
have no doubt that Dr. Hamlin would have never
written that article had he known what use was
70 be made of il: and each time that article is
mentioned as authority 10 iniure the Armenians
believe DR.. Hamhn is greved.
All men are liz BILE TO fall into and liable 10
BE- deceived We cannot hold DR. Hamn to lie
exceptional His article was not based on personal
but on information received from
others man who impressed DR. Hamlin 10 be
"a very intelligent Armenian gentleman disclosed
NTH,
plans as would horrify the old gentleman. and Or
Harnlin Immediately drew the conclusion that this
revolutionary movement Russian intrigue.
Immediately he wrote and published his famed
article in THE Congress tionalist. warning the
missionaries and the religious bodies not TO
courage any Armenian revolutionary movement II
any aid should be solicited. He did this in the
belief that his warning might be the means OF pre-
venting brewing trouble.
Dr. Hamlin has since then repentel more than
once for having given publicity 10 MS has;y con-
clusons. The who gave him the information
tha, ne published not "a very inielligen; Az
menlan gentleman: there was no revolutionary
movement in Armenia. and no Russian gold and
craft" were being employed TO create trouble IN
Armenia. All the Independent informaiioas from
Armenia not emanatins from Turkish sources-all
the infOrmatiOns from Americans. Canadians Eng
Esnrnen Russians and others-have SHOWN that there
was no organized Armenian rebellion, that there
defence of Zeitoun was The only exception. and thdt
could not he called rebellion 1t was an ordinary
thing for the Zeitoun district. Tae few thousands
OF Armenian mOuntaineers OF Ze.tOun nave always
defended themselves against Turkish aggresslOnJ
Armenans have no. revo.teI because they could not
The Turkish Government and its agents nave con-
t.nualy essayed to deceive the world tnai The Ar
menans rebels and Anarchists. and that me
LUX IS simply trying 10 restore order But always
they have use DR.. Hdmlns tatteTcd article. other
e'luences being sa4ly wanting To prove tnat the
AIhehiahs Were IeDeis ihey W.l always haunt INTO
your face Dr. Hamnn's article, and 10 snow tnat
Arnen.ans are Anarchists they VII. point 10 the
luhlsh Government : ridiculous BOMB snow IN Inc
arsenal In Cons -antinCpe consisting Of collection
1ns eT,L,ts' l,, M 'u ps
.is lurklsn Government iiscli ana bearing laOeis
WIN Armenian characiers-as though labels IN Ar
aaImehan m4nuiaciuIe Tney nave no stronger cvi-
oences; no murdered Pacaas, no blO~n-up palaces.
As 20 DR.. Hamlin's assertion tnai knSs.an gold
sna cTait "ef" benz used 10 create trouble in Ar
nlena the story could have been believed by some
OF Russia IN the lat iwo years comes 10 snow ina,
p ~, ndmIn Gid not know much about what ne spoke.
nussa was not ready 10 invade Armenia therefore
Soud not oe desrous Of creating trouble in that
Armenans neither Anarchists nor revolution
The bap protest against the caiumnious assertion
s'e oooo of nyriads Of unOffenilng Armen.ans VINO
10. Desh murdered in cold blood protests against
Anarn1eeei n1eeioos tongues VINO accuse them with being
n ,,iiS.s or revoutionists. There is evidence
ns Lew persons who acting Armenian
- Drei"dlce.7 were agents o. he Turk employed
intelligent Armenian gentleman. was also Turk sh
s-nn,,, sr., moiHlhg TO spread prejudice against the
intend 10 disclose in due ,ine
,bsS ie,ssr mas already been altogether much longer
.IaH expected and cannot claim more OF your
,pace. st 10 sum up. | maintain that Armenisns are
n,uer Anarcniss nor revoluiionsts. ana that the
sause OF me Arme1ians mas been grossly msrepre-
sented by Dr. Haldeman and those like him I
. ,na; the few so-called Armenian revolution
ar. .,ytHin- Dut Turkish agents. ] have made a
u.s s,n'V. OF the Armenian troubles. their causes
o 81 .nef nistorr and there il the slightest doubt
iE antfn of h.4ra "a
astot! ~ me Armenian troubles and all tne evil
yyhic-s "hica demonstrate this beyond doubt But
nave snpWn nat such Is the case ny aDunid mt
nsss of facss In my book. "Armenia's Ordeal" Gt
=. no! my OBJECT 10 take advantage of this occasion
70 a1Veriise this hook. although In allud!ng 10 II
pace rnysh'f In undesirable rosi'ior which I
.anhot n|ln) In t1st book have arDDiv shown tina
,ne unsneahahle Turk has thrown internal net
,nork around 're Armenian and herr the Ana rci j.
~ himself accuses .ne Arnenans Of heiny Anarch-
Ms ana desires 70 blin1fo'd the world through 'hs
sso-called Armenian revolutionisis who hs