The Portland daily press., 1896-07-14
RATHER EMOTIONAL.
B. I. MILLS Calls Cleveland Bad
Names.
BECAUSE OF GOVERNMENTS AT
TLTUDE TOWARDS TURKEY.

of the Adjectives Used-His Audience
Heartily Cheers His Stand-CIosing
Day of Convention
Washington. July 13.-The last days
session Of the fifteenth international
Christian Endeavor convention began to-
day at the appointed hour in the three
white TENTS simultaneously, after the
usual sunrise prayer meetings, Presi-
dent Clark, Treasurer Shaw and Trustee
Wayland Hoyt presiding. 1t was day
reserved for missionaries.
Addresses were made in tents Williston
and Endeavor by q number of foreign
delegates, India, China and Africa, Asia,
tai Europe being represented. Among
other missionaries, Coll Of Afriua,
Rutnam of India, Bentley of China and
Hildner of Germany.
The chief interest of the day centered
in the Armenian demonstration in Tent
Washington. An Armenian relief COM
mittee has been at work all the week
stirring up enthusiasm among the dele
gates. Special Armenian relief flags and
ba dges have been spread over the city,
and they appear everywhere in the
deorations in street oars and on the head
dress and lapels Of the delegates. Three
Armenian missionaries are here, one be-
Ing Secretary Green of the national relief
committee, and the Others being Margaret
Leitch OF Ceylon and Rebecca Kirkeiran
of Turkey, just returned from the scene
OF the atrocities These thIee spoke to an
immense crowd of sympathizing Endeav-
orers today in Tent Washington.
At the same meeting Evangelist Mills,
described the brilliancy and cunning Of
great ability, and then said; II have no
doubt that these massacres in Armenia
were planned and carried out by the Sui
tan for his own purpose. "
Mr.. Mills laid the blame for the
| atrocities at the door of the Christian
nation. He declared that England stood
perjured today before God and the
England" said he, "who held up her
hands and swore to protect the Turkish
Christians, has broken her vows and the
blood of those who died in Armenia is
| upon her hands," (Great oheering.) He
showed that responsibility rested upon
the government of the United States
! She had more direct cause than England
TO Interfere. Yet she scarcely asked for
an apology, may, her minister has even
warned American missionaries to get out
of Turkey, as he should not be able to
protect them" (Hisses. How glorious
was their answer to our faltering
minister, ''We will stay here and die
with our people," (Applause and hisses.)
He explained how the British am
haaaQrnr al led To tha
missionaries so that they were allowed to
continued their work unmolested. "Thau
was the only reason they were not
slaughtered he said. 'Had our noble
President on one of his fishing excursions
wandered into Turkish domains, and had
SO much as a tiny little bullet from
Turks play pistol passed through his
sail, Americans would have found 1t was
some of our business to interfere in
Turkish affairs" (Great applause and
laughter.
| charge the government of the United
States with Misrepresentation of the en-
llghtened sentiment of the American
people In this Armenian question. The
President Of the United States, Seer etary
Of State and American minister have dis
regarded our broken trea ties. They have
permitted American lives to be endan-
| gered; they have permitted American
property to be destroyed without repara-
tion, and American citizens to be i'm
| priSOned.
Our government mas stirred the passions
| of the American people to anger against
England on thousandth part of the pre-
| text that would have sufficed for q de-
ssructive war with Turkey. The admin
| istration officers have turned deaf ear,
| and most scornful ear to the entreaties
and re presentations of some of our best
| citizens, missionaries, churches and
| / thnjr
| duct as unpatriotic, uncivil, undemo-
cratic unrepn blican, un-American, un-
Christian. selfish. weak. wicked, barbario
and criminal, In the eyes of the Ameri-
can people and Of GOD and all men,
| Every word almost, of the last two
sentences of Mr.. Mills was greeted by
| loud cheer. Men and women on the plat
form behind him and in the benches be-
| fore him, rose and shouted hearty Rp-
| proval of his denunciation of President
| Cleveland. In the nidst of the solemn
charge of oowardice and disloyalty
| leveled at the chief executive, the Secre-
tary of State and the Turkish minister,
| the whole audience arose spontaneously,
| waving flags and banners and crying
| aloud their approval.
At the end of his speech, six rousing
cheers of approval were given. Rev.
Wayland Hoyt, who presided arose i'll his
| seat beside the speaker, and called upon
the audience to reaffirm the charge, and
| again came the SIX cheers, with hearty
enthusiasm.
81 hope that repsonse will echo through
the empty White House and extend to
Buzzard's Bay" cried Mr.. Mills as he
took his seat.
Rev. B. Fay Mills also addressed an
other meeting, as follows:
I would ask your most prayerful attention