Evening star., 1896-11-30
AMERICAN FLAG INSULTED
Houses Over Which 1t Floated Looted and
Burned.
Turkish Mobs Committed D.r-a.
tfons for Which No Indemnity
Has Been Demanded

-" hat does Secretary Olney mean bv
protection, / should like to know? | won
DER II he calls that protection at Harpr ,t.
when they burned to the ground eight
buildings. above which waved the Ameri-
can flag? Was ii protection at Marash
when the Turks burned the American
Glrls College. over which was flying the
stars and stripes of free America? ?''
The spee ker WAS Rev. DR.. Cyrus Ham,
lin, the veteran missionary to whom at
Boston a Philadelphia Press reporter had
taken the statement of Secretary .oIney
printed in Saturdays Star one paragraph
Of which was this:
The State Department authorizes IN,
statement that the assertion made by Dr
cyrus Hamln. that American women in
Haskeul fled from the massacre. no; tina.
ing protection under the American flag. /.
an entire mistake; that the flag was nettna,
furled nor insulted at that point. and thai
not an American man. woman or child was
at Paskeu during the massacre
Il will say this regarding Haskeul." said
the doctor, that since | made my state.
f:eht have had other information to tins
effect tnat the two ladies in the house al
lfaskeul had left some time before m.
mob anne, not apprehending any sich ont
break at the immediate tim. so that n
cannot be said that they fled irasmuch a.
~ WAS ihesr Intention 10 return soon when
they went. They left two of their hous.-
hoid servants in the house as was their
custom
When the mob came. ore Of the servants
put Out the American flag TO indicate that
III was the nome of an American subject
and entitled TO projection. But the Turkish
mob entered the house. tore down that
nag. and killed the servant The only rea-
son th.t the other servant WAS not Killed
was because he went into the cellar ang
hid himself under the wood pile lie was
so completely buried up in the wood that
they did not find him.
nv. oney does not say that they did
not loot the house. He cannot deny that.
III was very thoroughly looied from top To
bottom. and every thing Of value Was taken
| oGt of il and carried away
Il have not heard that any movement
for indemnity has been made for that
and l should lik" to ask Mr.. Olney whrfh.I
the American fag does not protect tnt
household of the American cItiZ ns. his
property, as well as himself
~ Nnra>h.
AT Narash. the Academy building which
they destroyed. was not very far from the
Turkish barracks. and the missionary ask
ed for guard of Turkish troops. fearing
the mob and a massacre, because there had
been Indications of such trouble there but
his request was not granted. The mon
came and the building burned. though
the American flag. our star-spangled .A-
fr,r. was floating over il when the .rob
arrived
our da lighter stood there with her chill
drcn clinging about her and the flag of her
country flying above her. powerleSs to pro-
tect her, expecting every moment that er
hour had come.
When the house had burned 10 gn and
everything was gore. then the Turkish
guard appeared to protect the ashes. Turk
ish soldiers We're seen to go into the rild-
ings. and after they came out the flames
burst forth. Does that not show that the
soldiers themselves set the fires? OF course
they did.
"It is true ;har no American missionary
has been killed but American properly has
| been destroyed and the lives OF American
| citizens placed in jeopardy, yet no in'!cm-
nifty has been asked.
| al Marash. l say. that protection was
demanded and a guard asked for, but that
| reither was given.
| Well Ne shall bs very glad if our r,.la-
tions with the porte are now receiving the
| attention of Mr.. Secretary olney. con-
| tunu.d Dr. Hamlin. continuing his reading
| OF the statement.
| "Nhv. here" said he. 1.-The man gives the
| lie to DR. Grace Kimhan Well my answer
| is let the public judge who tells the truth.
| Dr Grace kimhdll OF this man who writes
| this. At Harpoot everybody fled from the
| bull lngs at the coming of the mob and
| MIR. Wheeler. who was paralytic, was car
ried out
Il should like to ask if Mr.. olney calls
| The case at Soutari protection. when Iro-
| lection was asked tor an Ol0 ldnitk servant
| in the Girls College by the American mis-
| Sionary. and they took him and carried him
off and bc has not been seen since.
| Il should like to ask il our minister, Mr..
! Terrell. projected that servant. though he
| was asked to do SO. They demanded Of
Minister Terrell that the servant be sent
| lack and he would do nothing.
Case of Rev. Mr.. knapp.
| He says every peaceable American ar
| rested detained has been released on
| demand of the American minister 1 NoGld
| like to have the history of the Rev. George
| Knapp. at Bills. given 10 the public right
| there. AIR. Knapp is an American mis-
sonary. the of missionary. and an
American citizen. The plain fact of his
| offending was this: That it was through
| his efforts in getting letters round 10y way
| of Russia and Persia that the Christian
world was given the first knowledge il re-
ceived OF this barbarous massacre in Tur-
key.
i 'He was exied. ordered TO he placed ca
a French steamer. to he sent out If the
country. never to return. Bu; when the
charge q d'affaircs-not our minister. not Mr.
Terrell-lealned that Mr.. KNAPP an
American citizen. he refused 20 permit IA IN
| to be taken away on French Ncs9el in
such manner and ordered thai the Amer
lean consul should he called in.
THAT was an open telegram. There was
an American vessel lying near, and when
| tie Turks "A that there lnclN to Ice