The herald., 1896-02-02
A prayer FOR TIE RELIEF
Of the Prosecuted Christians of
Armenia
THE EPISCOPAL BISHOPS
Sign a Strong Memorial to President
Cleveland
Asking That ths Government Join With All
Civilized Nations in Demanding
That Atrocities Cease

Associated Press Special Wire
NEW YORK, Feb. 2.-The World this
morning says: This numerousIy-signed
memorial has been mailed to President
Cleveland:
|. I'VE, the bishops of the Protestant
Episcopal church in the United States, beg
most earnestly to address you. the chief
magistrate of the nation, in regard to the
massacre of our fellow Christians in Ar
menia. The extent of these mas
sacres is not fully known. but enough
is known to reveal the horror OF the
situation and to call for the indignant pro-
test of all civilized and Christian people.
1t is estimated by those we'll acquainted
with the facts that no less than $4,000 of
of our fellow Christians are now suffering
and are in danger of perishiBe in conse-
quence of the massacres in Asiatic Turkey
and that at least $4,000 have been already
murdered.
Villages are sacked, property is destroyed
and men, women and children are tor
tured and put to death for holding to the
faith and practice of the Christian religion.
The enti.e severance of church and state
in our country should not be allowed to
sti fle our sympathies or hamper our action
in a case like this. 1t should rather stirnu-
late them. 1t is a case which especially
appeals to us as men aud Americans. As
ciizens of this republic we have learned to
know and dared to maintain that no
form of religious belief should expose
its adherents to persecution. 1t is as rep.
resentatives and mainteiners of this essen
TALLY American principle that we appeal
for national action in this matter of a for
eign persecution whose details are too her.
rible 10 depict OF enumerate.
We feel profoundly that our nation
should cease to recognize the Turkish gov
os.~.Is I<.wz< ea
barbarous treatment of the Armenians
continues, and that it should bring every
influence to bear upon the civilized nations
of Europe, which me- cause them to pre-
sent a uniform front in demanding that
such atrocities cease at once and forsver.
(signed) John William; Bishop Of
Rhode Island. presiding; Thomos Marsh
Clark, Rhode Island; r. H. Winner, Ala
bama; G. T. Quintard, Tennessee; H. M.
| Nicely. Maine: d. S. Tuttle, Missouri; +.
McNeece, Whittle, Virginia A. N. Little
john, Long leland; F. Huntington, New
York; o. W. Whitaker, Pennsyly ania: H..
n. Pierce, Arkansas; William w: Niles,
ing, Colorado; A. G. Garrett,
Texas; r. U. Dudley, Kentucky
f, j. Scarborough, New Jersey: 6. d. Giles
pie, Michigan; William E. MacLsren. Chi
caeo; A. Burgess, Illinois; G. w. Peter
| kin, West Virginia; G. F. Seymour, Snring-
field; C. Whitehead, Pittsburs; H M.
/ Thomson, Mssissippi; Henry C. Peter,
New York; William David Walker, North
Dakota; A. A. Watson. Carolina; n. S.
Roulison, Pennsylvania; William Parrett.
| Maryland; William +. Adams, Easton.
Maryland: James S. johnson, Texas;
A. Leonard, Nevada; A.. L. Coleman. Della
ware; A. Leonard, Ohio: I. +. Davis.
Michigan; A. RGraves. North Platte, Neb. ;
E. Il. Atwill, Missouri; II. M. jackson,
Alabama: ]. L. Nicholson, Milwaukee: G.
r. Hale, Illinois; VIM. G. Gray Florida;
+. X. Brooks, Oklahoma; E. Cape, Caro-
| lima; Arthur Hall, Vermont; f. r. Mills
paueh, Kansas; j. B. Cheshire, jr., North
! Carolina.
| To these names will be added the names
of western bishops who have been coinmu-
nicated with, but who have not had time to
| answer.
The memorial is the outcome of a recent
meeting of the church club at which DR..
| Peters of st. Michael's church presented
| letters from reliable persons in Armenia,
| whose disclosures we're SO impressive that
| a committee of three was appointed to
confer with Bishop Potter.
| similar communication Is to he sent to
the archbishop of Canterbury. the czar of
| Russia. the emperor of Austria and the
emperor of Germany.
RELIEF WORK.
| BosToN, Feb. 1.-The American board
has just received word from Erzeroum,
Turkey, that through relief money which
is sent, bread is given daily to about 1900
! persons in that city alone, but applicants
| for relief are nearly twice that number.