Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-01-06

and left a tables, stu standing, dated
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This is one of the oldest and most re-
markable cities of the world, with its
. records reaching back TO twelve centu-
/ rles before the Christian era began, and
the opening pages OF the four thousand
years Of It's history are thus written and
blOtted and blurred with the blood OF
thousands of victims of Islam, this be-
iDs but one Of countless scenes of car
nage. which trace the bloody trail Of the
M0s.ams wherever their feet have uod,
from the times that gave them birth.
Another recent report states that a
Chinese general. whose army was CON-
posed both of Budhists and MOhamme-
dams. was warned of conspiracy upon
the raIt OF his NOslem troops TO massa-
ere an his Buddhist soldiers, jus, in time
TO defeat the plot, by arrestinS the ring
leaders, Selling the arms Of the mutin~
Gus. and hastily dividing his forces, be-
fore the scheme could be consummated.
And ibis is only another OF the innu-
mer2ble instances Of MOhammedan
tre3chery, audacity and ferOcity, which
time would fail to tell, if pen could pos
slbly depict
Theirs is the same tender mercy to-
day Do the hear. Of the Orient and in
Asia Minor. as has swept down for
. ages past with demoniac fury upon poor,
. defenseless Villages
THE TERROR or DARKEST AFRICA
tearing the infant from its frantic
mothers breast, without sufficient pity
10 beat it's brains out, before tossing II
into the fire Of the burning hamlet, or
throwing it's helpless form into the jun
gle I'D cket. To become q tender mOrsel
/ for some proving beast of prey.
Theirs is the same loving kindness
that forces the broken hearted mother
with bleeding feet, lettering on as long
as she can be driven by cruel blows, or
dragged alive by the chains that bind
the slave gang together, till they are
separated 10 De sold or slain.
Theirs is the same holy passion that
to-day ravishes the purest, tenderest
and ruest while it reeks and reyels in
the innocent blood of their outraged
victims till death delivers the defense
less who have been
BETRAYED BY THE POWERS
pledged to protect them, while these
powers delay dangerously longer TO do
their duty to which they are bound by
the most powerful inviolate sacred
treaty obligations, permitted isolated
millions of Islam to heSr the call to q
religious war, in which to win is vic
tory with booty and unbridled rapine,
and to die lis eternal triumph in a para
disc of debauchery, and delight.
Every moment spent i'm political plot
ting and contemplating by the diplO-
mas OF Europe is increasing this dam
ser and inviting dire disasters, as it in
flames the awful passions Of these tiends
incarnate fercer and farther to finish
the fearful work of vengeance they have
already begun with such sickening hOr-
rors i'm Armenia, by the horrible OUT
rage and butchery OF over one hundred
thousand helpless human beings.
THE FEARFUL FATE
Of over five hundred thousand Christian
women and children, outraged, ravish-
ed. widowed and orphaned, naked and
homeless. freezing and starving, hunted
Ike wild beasts to perish in the blood
stained snow, the bitter cold, the kill
ing blasts Of a wild mountain winter,
is being sealed in death while Europe
waits. and the heart of humanity shud-
ders as it should shudder, till the earth
shakes with the shock of an ayenging
and defending fury.
The whole world watches in horror.
as well it may while in sight from the
decks of cur great 'warships lying along
these shores. the smoke of their burn
ing homes and devastated villages rises
TO- heaven mingled with grCans Of muir
dered men, prayers and shrieks of out
RACED women, and pitiful walls of help
less children and the death cries Of
agOnized beings. whom the powers of
Europe v0lun -arily pledged themselves
to protect. What is the matter with
the grand manhood of Europe? If this
is it's standard, well may the women
weep
To meet
THE IMMEDIATE EMERGENCIES,
to save the survivors Of these ouTages,
before they perish from total starvation
and determination, let these powers
confscate the immense personal proper
~ and private fortune of the Sultan,
now on deposit fin European banks, and
distribute it for the relief of his perish
inc subjects whom he has not yet been
permitted. but ordered to be outraged,
robbed and massacred. and assess the
whole country for relief, according to
responsibility for Outrages.
Now is the time to right these wrongs.
and wipe out this disgrace upon the
world, without waiting longer to par
ley over possible divisions of plumber
while the helpless humanity perishes
The Dardenelles can be controlled by a
commission, as we'll as the Danube is
To delay is to but increase Indefinitely
the danger Of
A UNIVERSAL WAR
involving the whole world in its con-
sequences. if not In carnage. with Rus
sia on the one side and England on the
other. marshalling all the allied armies
of earth To- meet i'm mortal combat
while mo- human wisdom nor power
could possibly begin TO limit such a con-
hict or control its terTOrs
The powers which have taken upon
themselves the pledge to protect the
down trodden people Of Turkey could
any one of them fulfill that duty alone,
if allowed liberty Of action by all the
others.
SO it is certain that they can together
settle with the Sultan, who has forfeit
cd an right % property, liberty and life.
abolishing the Sublime Porte with all
of it's ramidcatOns as an abominatiOn
among nations.
They could concertedly establish in
it's stead a constitutional government.
according 20 the requirements Of the
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