The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-19
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AMERICA, ATTENTION I!
A Ringing Appeal to the Citizens Of
Our Land.
The Death Cry OF Armenia 10 in Our
Ears.

The following is short extract from tb
official records on Armenian outrages
speaks for itself:
Thousands OF foreign born naturalize
citizens fought for American independence
and hundreds of thousands Of foreign bor,
naturalized American citizens fought .
save this land from rebellion.
Millions Of foreign born naturalize,
American citizens help to make up th
ranks of our manhood and womanhood to
day, and II necessary would unaided saw,
our land t any time from any foreign foe
Only God knows how many naturalizet
American citizens have perished In tn,
heart OF Turkey during these merciless Der
secutions In the interior-many by mas
sacres; others arrested upon suspicion
cast into some Turkish pest hold, NOT
knowing what the charges against them
were, because there was no charge what
ever. except that of being Christians:
tortured TO death To extort false evidence
or divulge Information against friends or
force the payment of bribes TO save them
selves from slow starvation or sudden
death by the process of poison.
III ever brought TO trial, no witnesses for
their defense were allowed, no counsel to
advocate their cause or plead their case.
their only hope a bribe TO some corrupt of.
fetal, otherwise their fate being sealed.
IL by any good fortune they could COM
municate with consul, they might gain
the communication OF death sentence or n
sentence for life or less by "consenting to"
immediate voluntary" deportation.
This Is the lot OF most naturalized
American citiyens in Turkey, illustrations
of which can be easily found at any time
by looking into the official records Of the
state department entitled Foreign Rela-
tions of the United States.
But this statement of the terrible treat
ment OF naturalized American citizens.
strong as it seems, Is by no means the
worst charge against our government
which means ourselves--for native born
American citizens have not only been rob-
bed and mobbed and murdered with per-
feet impunity, and no other effort than i'm
potent protests been made by America for
the punishment of the perpetrators of
these outrages, but In violation of their
treaty rights they have been arrested. cast
into and kept in Turkish prisons Article
OF the treaty Of 1880 between the Unit
ed States Of America and the Ottoman en-
pire reads as follows:
Citizens of the United States of Amer
lea, quietly pursuing their commerce and
not being charged or convicted Of any crime
or offense shall not be molested, and even
when they have committed some offense
they shall not be arrested and put In prison
by the local authorities, but they shall be
tried by their own minister or consul and |
punished according to their offense. follow |
ing In this respect the usage OF other
Notwithstanding this treaty stipulation.
IS an illustration of Turkish intrigue, Mr..
knapp, Times correspondent and Amer
can missionary at Bitlis, whose father be-
efe him WINS wounded and robbed and left
or dead by Kurds, was arrested on the
lsual false charge of conspiring against
ne turkish government and cast into
'rison, being kept there contrary to all
reaty obligations for months, until the
runs of an English and American man-of-
var were trained on the Turks, and they
we're allowed two hours to let him 90.
Vhen they actually kicked him out
And now, though months have passed
way since, he Is still held as "a prisoner
war, awaiting his trial at Constanti-
ople, where he went according to treaty
equations instead Of being tried and
onvicted, or set free, as he should be.
Ihe fanatical hatred of the Turks which
as manifested itself In the fearful mas
'cres OF Armenian Christians Is not con.
ned to Armenians but is as bitterly cruel
sainst all other Christians 1t aims at
10 determination of Christianity, so, of
'urse, its animosity must be felt against
10 American Christian missions of Tur-
~, which they wish TO wipe out, with its
'nverts, by any means in their power.
In the early part of 1898 the Turkish {.
iNefHlaeHt- began to play Its a sciftfpt1s :
acard game, which it has continued to =
rry on with such success as an excuse
'nassacres to order at any moment. y =
Being determined To secretly persecute il
much as possible safely, and II prac-
able TO destroy American Christian
lssions among the Armenians, the in G
NOUS government discovered sedtious c
sters printed in the Turkish language.
Some or these posters contained attacks j.
on the sultan, and others were oxhorta- n
ms To cxtcrminnte all Christians, signed q
the Committee of the Patrpts of
am and other equally anonymous
-
In order TO give some sort Of excuse for
Itations against American Christian H.
ssions, the charge was made against the &C
norican college of Marsovan Of having u
ntod these placards against the govern -
mt. A
n their anxiety to get some ground for v
Sc accusation against the American mis- ", y,
ns they seemed TO have overlooked the of
urdity OF trying Co prove that Christians Cl
nted and posted placards calling for
fr own destruction. bo
hey accused the Armenians Of thus con- AZ
ring against the Turkish government, =
ing been instigated by the American
'sionaries according to Mohammedan -.
cunts, which gave them ground for agi- ~
on against American missions. go
'holesale arrests of Armenians followed, ST
thousands of them were cast into -
'klsh prisons upon this false accusation, afr
ny of them being terribly tortured, those TIA
wing boing confined for many months n
hout trial - =
tho Turkish government had sincerely Ilu
red tn discover the origin Of those docu. 7