The San Francisco call., 1896-11-04
FRANCE CRIES OUT
AGAINST CRUELTY
Deputy Denys Interpsllates
the Government on Its
Policy.
Declares That 1t Is Necessary to
Make a Clean Sweep of One
Corner of Europe.
IN THE NAME OF HUMANITY.
Protection Against Massacre Must Be
Given to A Armenians in
Turkey.

PARIS, FRANCE, Nov. 3.-In the Cham
Der of Deputies to-day M. Denys, Deputy
for Cochin China, interpellaIed the Gov
ernment. demanding to know the action
France would take in defense of the Arme-
mans. Continuing his remarks. be asked
what the powers had done since 1880 in
defense OF race whose sufferings were
without parallel in history. M. Denys
then recapitulated the horrors of the mas.
sacres in Asia Minor and Constantinople,
during the recital of which the Cham Der
was greatly agitated.
The Deputy for Cochin declared th at it
was the duty of France to decree in the
name OF humanity TO prevent the ccur-
renee of further massacres. In order to
effect this, he said, it would be necessary
to make a clean sweep of this corner of
Europe and to guarantee protection not
only TO Christians, but to the Turks as
we'll. The whole of civilized Europe was
interested in the purifca ion of Turkey,
and France had right to convert her
allies and all Europe to undertake the
task.
The speech of NJ. Denys elected great
applause.
Count Albert de Nun followed NJ. Denys
in speech in which he declared that sad
der even than the Armenian atrocities
Was the inertia with which Europe toler-
ated such outrages.
Europe" he said, "cannot longer re-
main passive. While the present state of
things exists it is only natural that the
Armenians should be in perpetual state
OF revolt"
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Armenia as we'll as for Crete and take the
initiative in a concert to assure the secu-
rity OF the Armenians."
NJ. de la Gosse and NJ. Hubbard ap-
proved and emphasized the remarks of
Count de Nun, and NJ. Hanotaux, Minister
of Foreign Affairs, followed. NJ. Hano-
taux said that the Armenian movement
would not have taken upon itself such an
intensity of contact with our people had
not it imbued certain Armenians with a
desire for independence.
The excesses of the Ottoman Govern
ment, he said, had furnished legitimate
motives for complaint and when the oues-
ton assumed an aspect of grave import
ance England understood the danger of
acting alone.
The powers, he said, were convinced of
the necessity of their solid union, but
there must be no isolated action and no
interference with the integrity of the
empire.
Among the fertile results of the recent
visit of the Emperor of Russia to Paris,
M. Hanotaux said. may be mentioned a
precise exchange of views in regard to
Armenia, and the perfect community of
ideas which exists in united Europe will
give the Sultan to understand the neces-
sity of his assuring the security of all his
subjects of whatever race; but violence
will not aid the difficult task of Europe.
M. Jaurez, the Socialist leader. replying
to NJ. Hanotaux, said that the Sultan had
been frequently admonished, but without
avail. The remarks of M. Hanotaux, he
said. left the whole question open. He
reproached the Foreign Minister for en-
deavoring to render the Armenians solely
answerable for their troubles in the re-
sponsibiity for which Europe and the
Sultan were involved. Eighteen months
ago, he said, Europe undertook to defend
the Armenians, but the atrocities continue
to this day.
M Develle moved the order of the day
approving the declarations of the Govern
ment, and the motion was adopted by the
Chamber