The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-01-09

one compact ,.
ing July IL, 1878, but just before its close
the British government announced its
treaty of defense with Turkey, causing
great sensation
This unholy covenant was published, as
follows:
TREATY BETWEEN GREAT BRIT
AIN AND TURKEY.
Article IF Batoum, Arabian, kars
or any of them shall be retained by Rus-
sin. and if any attempt shall be made at
any future time by Russia to take posses
sion Of any further territories OF ms I'M
perial majesty, the sultan. in ASA, as
fixed by the definite treaty OF peace, ENG
land engages TO join his imperial majesty,
The sultan, in defending them by force
OF arms. A.
"In return. his imperial majesty, the
sultan, promises to England to Introduce
necessary reforms, to be agreed upon later
between the two powers, into the govern
ment and for the protection of the Chris
tian and other subjects of the porte IN
these territories; and in order to enable
England to make necessary provision lOr
executing her engagement, his imperial
majesty. the sultan, further consents to
assign the island of Cyprus, to be occu-
pied and administered by England"
This compact had been secretly signed
at Constantinople on June 4, 1878.
Thus the land that claimed to be the
lending nation of Christendom was
leagued with the head power of heathen-
dom, and that the worst in all the world;
almost as holy an alliance as league
between heaven and hell.
AS a direct consequence of this damnlng
deal. the deyilsh Turk has trampled upon
these three treaties with perfect impunlty,
while deliantly disregarding overwhelming
forces which are watching each other,
fearing to interfere, while he not only
aids and abetS. but instigates and perpe-
tratcs the robbery, torture, murder and
rapine of his helpless victims whom he
promises to protect, and whom all the
parties to these treaties committed to ms
cnder mercies. pledging heir faith to the
whole world to defend them from harm
and protect them fully in all their civil
and religious liberties and rights by all
the powers of Christendom at their COM
mand.
THE MOHAMMEDAN UPRISING.
While Europe watches and waits, the
bloody Turk keeps up his awful work and
the raising of the standard of the false
prophet may prove the final effort of the
rulers of the Ottoman empire to restore
the prestige of their diabolcal despotism
by arousing the hundreds of millions of
MOhammCdan barbarism, to rally to the
rescue of their accurscd cause; or what
is infinitely worse, to wreak fearful
wrongs upon helpless victims of their
fanatical fury till the dcsecrated earth
shall tremblc beneath the tread of their
abhorcnt hosts.
The awful atrocities in Armenia are
merely Mohammedan massacrcs, to
which the bloody Turk would commit
all mankind, not Moslcm. The cause of
Christians in Armenia therefore. is not
one of any particular race or religion,
but humanity at large and civil and reli-
gious liberty in general. Neither financial
considerations nor National jealousics
nor fratcrnal relationships should be per-
mittcd longer to prevent the powers from
fully enforcing peace and justice. The
unfurling of the green flag of Moham-
med among the troops that are overrun-
ming Syria means not only the massacre
of Christians but of Budhists and others
ns well. This is the signal for II holy
war;" and the sign of II general uprising
of Mohammcdans, which, unless met i'm
mcdiatcly by the united, powerful forces
of Christcndom, will spread until armies
of millions arraycd for robbery, murder
and rapinc may indefinitely extend an
era of cruelty and bloodshcd so terrible
that the world may well shudder mt the
very thought of it. Can Christian ma
tons continue To listen quietly to the
cries of despair that come to us, and
either from greed of gold or territorial
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT or cowardicc conniye
longer with such crimes? If Islam is
allowed to gather itself together for the
great death grapplc of the ages, in its
final struggle with Christianity for the
conquest of the world, beware. Any ma
ton that will permit its politicians to trilie
longer or plot further for the preserva-
ton of this abomination should he
branded by the Christian world ms UNI
worthy of recognition in the councils of
Nations and ostraciscd from all future
alliances of civilization. for it is in the
power of the people of Europe unitedly
| TO put an end to these atrocities
Over one hundred million of Moslems
| in Africa, forty million of Islam in In
din. besides uncounted millions more III
| China, Arabia, Persia. Thibetn, Afghan
istan. Turtary, Turkey and other coun-
tries consider the sultan rs their religious
| if not political ruler, and Constantlnople
ms their actual capital being bound re-.
ligiously to obey him, if not be political
| allegiance, by the tyramcai ties OF rel'
gious bigotry.
No more warlikc races. nor barbarous
rcligionists ever devastated the earth
than have fought for the faith of Mo
hammed on many of the blOodiest fields
| of history.
~ According to the recent reports. of their
uprising in Central Asia they are over
running peaceful promises in the interior
in vast hordes, pouring in upon North
western China with all the fury of thciI
tiCndish fanuticism, and sweeping the
miscrably equipped, poorly trained UNI
patriotic forces of the Celestial empire
like sheep to the slaughter, utterly ami
! hilatiug whole armies of Budhsts.
They are reported to have captured the
great city of Si-Ngan, the capital of the
province of Shcnsi, China: the metropolis
of Central Asia; second only in size and
Importance to Pekin, and it is stated that
they have maSsacred many thousand OF
Budhists there-men, women and chill
dren. but spared all the Mohammcdan>
among the mixed population composed OF
Thibctans. Mongols and Tartars. the vas
ma iorty of whom were Budhsts anC
Confusians, though the heroes of the frs
century of the Christian era had taught
the truth there and left II tablet still
standing dated 4. d.. Il.
This is one of the oldest and most re-
murkable cities in the world, with IT.
records reaching back II centuries be
fore the Christian era began, and tn,
opening pages of the fourth thousan'
years of its history are thus written an,
blottcd and blurred with blood of thous
ands of victims of Islam. this being ou