The Portland daily press., 1896-02-03
HAMLIN VS.. WALLACE.
The Former Questions the Generals
veracity.

Says He Has Not Stated Facts I'm ReIatio,
Talks in Emphatic Language to the
Massachusetts, Club.
Boston, February 1.--Rey. DR.. Cyrus
Hamlin was the guest of the Massachu-
setts Club at it's dinner this evening and
made an eloquent ana instructive address
on "Turkey and the Armenians." DR..
Hamlin resided for forty years in Turkey,
both as representa- tive OF the American
Board of Foreign Missions and as presi.
dent of Roberts college IN Constantine
pie, and his remarks were listened tc
with the closest attention by the forty
members of the club who were present.
DR.. Hamlin, at. the outset. referred to
the fact that the Sultan has supreme
power in the empire. This being SO,
whatever is done to the Armenians in
Turkey is done by the Sultan or by his
authority, Russia, however, is undeni-
ably at the bottom of the slaughter She
did the same thing in Bulgaria and
reaped an immense benefit from it. Rus
sia investigated the revolutionary move
ment among the Armenian subjects OF
Turkey. The Turks themselves know
that the idea of the revolution is absurd
and that it is q
TRICK OBJ RUSSIA
to make trouble. Those incendiary pub
lications in London, Paris and New York
were all translated into Turkey and re-
published in Constantinople. That fired
the Moslem blood and then began the
slaughter of the innooents.
Next to blame after Russia is England,
which has actually done nothing in the
premises. The Armenians themselves
cannot rise IN revolt, because they arr
simply farming people and know moth
ing whatever about the use of firearms.
Gen. Lew Wallace. am sorry to say, ;
said the speaker, sis one of Hamid's
apologists. He tells us to be calm ant
that all the accounts of Armenian massa
cres we receive here come from the Ar
menians themselves. That is
AN ABSOLUTE FALSEHoOD.
Not one of the accounts has come fr ON
the Armenians. They come from
American and other missionaries and
not one of them is an exaggeration.
There must be now from 400, 600 to 500,
900 people in those villages absolutely
without habitation, because the Turks
will not allow them to rebuild them.
France gave notice to Turkey that if q
single person under Franch protection
should suffer, either in person or prop
erty, the Turk ish government would be
held responsible.
"Oh, that England or this country
would give a like warming. Engand
might have protected the rights of all
Armenians under her jurisdiction, just
as France did and is doing.''
The speaker said that there is a won.
derful uapability in the Armenians, how.
ever slow in rallying, in raising and
bettering their conditions. The Sultan
had been praised for his work on educa-
tional lines. True he has done much to
educate the Moslems but he has done ev-
cry thing possible to throw his Christian
subjects back and prevent their receiving
any education. And yet the Armenians
are his most intelligent and progressive
subjects. In conclusion, DR.. Hamlin
said he should be greatly surprised il
Clara Barton did not prove superior to
the Sultan Other speeches in similar
tenor were made by Rev. DR.. Edwin G.
Porter, Hagob Bogigian, p. W. Moen OF
Worcester, an employer Of many Arme-
mans, Hon. VIM A. Russell, and Hon.
Chas, Carlton Coffin,