The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-09
REVOLVING TALES ARE TOLD
OF THE OUTRAGEs PERPETRATED
ON ARMENIAN CHRISTIANS by
MOHANrMED's FOLLOWERS.
ROUSING MEETING IN BEHALF
OF the Suffering Victims of Turk sh
and Kurdish Oppression in the
Orient.

when he has such a meaty theme to
speak upon as the Armenian masacres.
The distinguished evangelist held a
large audience in the closest attention
at Central Presbyterian church last
evening and brought shivers Of horror
in his graphic recital of the horrors
which are enacted daily in Turkey with
the sanction of the sultan. Mr. Mills
Is fearless in expressing his views For
this reason, the association of Ameri-
can citizens formed to secure relief for
the prosecuted people engaged the
speaker to deliver a series of lectures
throughout the country. The lecture
last evening was an eloquent appeal
Tor aid, and it brought its results. An
orering of money followed the address.
and large sum was realized. One
SUBSCRIBER, who had no money at hand,
threw q heavy gold ring into the
basket.
The substance Of Mr.. Mills address
is given below:
l cannot begin to tell you at such
time as this Of the details of the
terrible prosecutions which the Ar
men1ans have been subjected to for the
last fifty years. If I should attempt
1t, feel sure that you would shut your
ears and flee in horror, for the details
are far too awful, too revolving for
sensitive and refined minds.
The question Is often asked. why Is
the Armenian question not settled by
allowing the people to govern their
own country and live aside and apart
from the Turks, who are their natural
enemy. The answer Is that there Is
~ Toh nfoo A
been for a century. One night as
well suggest the setting up Of a new
Palestine in the United States, and al
lowing the Israelites to maintain a
distinct government. The Armenians
are scattered people. They are out.
numbered by the Turks and Kurds
to l. For years they have not been al
lowed to carry any weapons of any
sort, not even knives sharp enough to
cut the meat eaten at dinner. For 800
years they have been a hunted, perse-
cuted and down-trodden people. They
have been ground down from q race Of
over 20.000,000 people to less than $780,
900 souls. When discussing the atroc-
tiles which are .perpetrated upon them
and their women, I have heard ladies
say that the women Of Armenia are Of
a coarser cast, and do not look upon
outrage and rapine with the same
sense Of horror that other nations do.
But such statements as these are un-
true, for the Armenian woman is a re-
fined, modest being, whose innate pur-
1ty is above suspicion. They are a
law abiding, honest people, who COM
init no crimes, and whose dealings with
their fellowmen are above suspicion.
They are tender hearted, naturally re-
Hgious nation. There are perhaps 10000
Armenians in the United States today.
and it Is g. notable fact thtat not one
of them has ever been In a police court
or under arrest for a misdemeanor
There are four causes for the terrible
brutality manifested by the sultan of
Turkey. First. the fanaticism Of the
Mohammedan religion. Their belief
teaches them that robbery, pillage,
murder, arson, rapine and outrage, If
carried on against the Christians, is
obeying the prophets. For hundreds of
years they have been taught that 1t is
an act of religious worship to extermi-
nate the inf1dels.
Second, the fault is that Of the Ar
mcnians themselves. not through their
faults, but through their virtues. rfhey
are a simple, inoffensive people, who
cherish the story of Christ and His
teachings Of peace. They are race Of
fine instincts and intelligence Three Of
our greatest physicians in America to-
day are Armenians, and one OF our
greatest preachers and orators. They
have gone to civilized countries. gained
a higher education, and then gone back
to their native land and electrified their
countrymen with The marvellous spirit
of the nineteenth scentury.
"A third reason is that his royal high
ness, Abdel Hamid, the greatest
wretch of this age, sees in this edu-
cation a menace to his reign. The per-
funed sultan of Turkey is not the gal
vantZed idiot that people think. He is
one Of the shrewdest men of the age
He Is shrewder than all the crowned
heads Of Europe, shrewder than all
the ambassadors within the shadow of
the sublime porte. In comparison to
him, our own ambassador to Turkey Is
a toothless babe. It is this wonderful
ShreWdnesS, combined with his litter
lack Of principle and conscience that
is the cause OF his terrible brutality.
He saw that his Only hope was to Kill
off all the brainy young men and wo-
men, and to exterminate with the torch
and sword the entire race.
but the great cause of these terrible
massacres is the. dannnable perfdy,
the awful jealousy of the nations of
Europe, especially Of Great Britain
The only reason why there is any Tur-
key today, is because the nations Of
Europe have for the past so years held
together the rofting old carcass. The
cause Of the existence Of Turkey to-
day Is that Russia wants 1t all, and
England Is determined that she shall
not have it. This was the real cause
of the Crimean war.
"All the nations Of Europe signed the
treaty of Berlin which was a pledge
that the people of Europe should have
protection from further butcheries.
this treaty and called upon all the
world to witness the fact that she
was sponsor for the lives of the Armen-
ians. But the slaughter goes on, Co.
600 in the last two years. The nations
of Europe are itching to let slip the
dogs of war at each others threats,
but their guns are silent in defense Of
the Armenians, although they are
pledged in the most sacred of compacts
to defend them. I am not at all sure
but that there Is blood upon the hands
OF the United States. Turkey has ruth
lessly broken her treaties with this
country. The United States Is SUBJ
ject Of derision in that land. Over $780,
600 worth Of American property has
been destroyed American subjects
have been killed and outraged, but yet
Washington Is silent. They have torn
down the stars and stripes and all the
United States government has done is
to demand an apology. Turkey makes
promises which she never expects to
keep, and for years she has hoodwinked
this government and then laughed at
her success.
Whatever else England fails to do,