St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-11-20

| are now driven W desperation is tHc
work of the assassin"
MIR. Smiths excitement about the mis-
sonares is rather amusing. He seems
to have just discovered them and makes
haste to reveal his discovery to the world.
They have been in Turkey these seventy
years. Their characters and works are
known and read of all men. He declares
| them all teachers OF revolution, in league
with the plotters. have had an extern
sive acquaintance with them for sixty
Years, and / never knew one of the char.
acter which he tributes to all, His testi-
mony is false and malicious. 1t is evi
IDENTIFY shaped to please the Turks. But
some OF it is a little funny. He repre-
sents as one OF the results of the teaching
of the missionaries the attempt by these
Armenans ito murder their own Mon
sipnor Bartholemeos Izmirian" (Sic.)
This is little confusing. The Armeni-
ans had a Patriarch Izmirian. He was
much beloved and honored by the mis-
sionaries He abhorred the Hunchags.
Some months ago he resigned, and
Bishop Bartolemeos is in his place.
Probably Mr.. Smiths dragoman wick
edy put the two names together and
then laughed in his sleeve to see how
readily he swallowed them. But, now,
which was it they tried to assassinate
We have heard, from other sources, that
Izmirian was often threatened by the
Hunchags but that would not answer
Mr. Smiths object. He must have a
man who can be assassinated according
to missionary teaching. But, still, we
have to give it up, for there is no reason
why the missionaries should want to kill
poor Bartolemeos. We suspect Mr.
Smith obtained most of his information
from his Levantine dragoman. These
Levantine dragomen supply more infor-
nation to unsuspecting travellers than
they could learn from books in. year.
They are quick, also, to see what COM
plexion to give to their treasures.
at is my honest opinion" says Mr..
Smith, that fit had not been for the at
titude OF the missionaries in Turkey,
these outrages, or great many of them,
would never have occurred" What "at-
titude of missionaries" has led to the
slaughter Of so many men, women and
f children? They are preachers of the
Gospel and teachers in schools and col
leges. All their work has been open to
friend and foe. They have visited the
, sick; they have interceded for the
/ wounded; they have refused to leave
| their posts; their dwellings have been
burned and all their contents looted OF
DESTROYED. They have fled from place tc
. place under fire, and yet their attitude
= has been that of brave and patient en-
durance OF all, for the sake of this poor
' slaughtered people!
, We pity poor Mr.. Smith, that he car
1 see nothing noble or sublime in Corinnf
Shattuck's latitude" at Urfa-tacing {
b. fierce and bloody mob, and telling then
=. she would not give up the Armenians IL
e her house, and they could enter only b,
6 taking her life! The mob yielded to th
one weak, defenceless woman! Is tina
n the missionary attitude" Mr.. Smitl
h would condemn?
b. More recently, in Hasskeuy, one Of tn
e suburbs of the capital, where the per
n sonal authority Of the Sultan is supreme
S the mob approached an American house
t.. occupied by two American missionar.
d ladies' They threw out the America
Il flag from the window over their doc
y and cried out, This is an America
" house! You cannot come here!" TIL
q mob pulled down and tore up the flag
- and trampled it in the dirt, burst ope
q the door, killing the only servant the
O found, and gave up the house to plumber
g The two ladies made their escape. The
!. did right. They looked to their cour
trys flag tor protection, and when the
n found it worthless rag they fled.
5 This may be said to have occurred a
, most under the eye of the Sultan. 81
,e was a grand, noble and plucky fight fc
A. him to make-and he did it admirably
CYRUS HAMLIN.
r New York, Nov. II, 1896.