Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-07
A coon WORD Tor TURKEY.


Among the dispatches nppoau an'
other cry Of distress from tue interior
Fl Turkey. Tue Armonians lear that
tho extreme destitulion TO which they
have been brought may cause an ~.
rislDg In sheer despair for n last sirug-
gle, which will end In their total ex.
termination.
In the minds Of those aequAiL ,od
with tho conditions under which the
Atmonians live, there " no doubt
that they arc deserving Of much
sympathy, but every story hoe
more than one side, aud hiIn.
erto the Turki1h side hal
been heard chiefly In diplomatic
circles. II would soom uul right
therefore, TO give some allontiOn to
Whatever can bo said on this side. II
la question In the minds Of many
whether the continued prosecutions are
solely the result ot difference In oplu.
ION on religious points
A missionary In the service, We be-
lievr, Of the Seventh Day Advoutists,
writes 10 Evangelist seudObud, n
paper published In Battle Greek, Mich,
that ho ana another missionary were
In Cons,antinoplo from September 10
to October H. during the days OF
the great Armenian excitement
there. They had a Bible school
Ia the home Of Au Armenian Ia STAN.
b0ul, aud Armsuiaus, Greeks aud
others visited the school every day.
Tue room was on the ground hlOt
with the doors open. Yet, DO tAys,
no attempt was ever made W any lu
authority ~ modest those who irr,
quontod the place. Turkish troop.
parsed the houeo every day nud often
looked ia through tho window. a
low days alter the excitement Two
persons were bar,Ead IA the DidIlJ
% lhe DAY, not moto than Elk ninutesi
/ walH from the Armenian church
There were many Turks present, bal
not one made any disturbance or save
any Ngu that hc would like 10 prevent
the performances Of the ceremony.
The writer further sIatos that he 1,
personally acquainted with gTgal
number VI NrmUuians who DO not be-
long 10 the Armenian church but 10 d
eel that 10 known not to NEEDLE o.
auy way with politics but iuouIoait
tho doctrine uisuumisslon 10 tho eslau
llshed authorities. Thesr, hu rays, AZ
generally protected by the rdTEith
authorities, u they ere 'ho obltclH ul
persecution by o,hert. A. Gu insyanc,
he relates that they had pfinIol
q card oonlailiug the ton com
mAnIments, which they sold iu
tho streets u ConsIAnunoplo, Al
Armenian engaged Ia this work
was one day arrested anu lnohrcoTateu,
Whom tho incident was brought TO the
knowledge OF the chief Of police, this
lllclal ordered tho prs nee srt 81 lib
cry, aud to tue uflogr who haJ made
tne arrest he saia: "rhis IL "a goo doc,
umcnt to have distributed ~ tuoh b
ume as lbis." The conclusion DO tina,
much Ol the sulierlngs OF the Atmenl'
ans could Uo avoided ~ the people
mkiug more wiso course han they
sometimes 10,
II ism. doubt true tina, the trouble
m Turkey D largely due to the desire o.
the Amguiaus 10 gain independence
uf Turkish rule, aHd That were lhr
problem exc,uuvrly religious Jue, Il
would cause nut little dItilcully. Aud
while il isa source OF qualification o.
hear lhutat least one Christian mission.
AIRY has a good w.rI tosy iOr the Turz-,
the TACT remains that M differences
between tue Turkish people and the
! Armenian people AFRO Of such a naIuIa