The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-03
JOHNNY BULLS FAULT.
Pastor Wick Talks About the
Armenian Atrocities.

yesterday morning Rev. Robert K. Wick
preached III the Wayne Street Reformed
Snurcn on the troubles in Armenia, which
ne said could have been prevented by
Britain. He said
'Altholgh there are undoubtedly many
persons today in dire need of the worlds
aid.' said Mr.. Wick. II know of no men
or body ofInen more wanting our commits
GRAFTON. generous open-heartedness and
pnlianthropio consideration than the poor.
outraged people Of Armenia, / do not
Know when my blood has been made SO
hot with Indignation as it was by reading
the story of the way the European Turk
has been pillaging and outraging and muir
dering these people while England pledged
to their protection. has stood passively by
and allowed this devilish work to 20 on,
Mr. Wick described the conversion of the
Armenians early in the Christian era, and
hcW their devotion to this religion has
won for them the intense hatred of the
fanatical Mussulman.
Failing in the effort to convert the Ar
menians TO the Mahometan faith said
MI. Wick, .the Sultan evidently a few
years ago concluded TO them.
Arnenians who have been occupying Off
cial positions were removed and followers
OF the prophet We're put in their places.
The Armenians were burdened with taxes
and prosecuted. and when these things
failed the Kurds. a nomadic tribe. were
turned loose to prey upon and murder
them. The stores of their diabolical do
ings which have leaked out are simply
awful. Let the most bestial man in this
city conjure up in his imagination the foul
est saturnalia of crime that his mind can
cQnrAVA 0f and LOT him oSpoa a1d ,atn+
for US the shameless picture and you will
have some idea of the way the defenseless.
women Of Armenia have suffered from the
kurds. Turks and the regular soldiers. 1t
has been a carnival of blood.
1T is estimated that since 1920 in Tur-
Key $4,000 human beings have fallen vic
TINS OF Mahometan fury. Thirty of
forty thousand Armenians nave been slain
lately. and $50. 0cO have been turned out to
freeze or starve, unless they became fol-
lowers of Mahomet.
atical religion Of the Turks is responsible
for this slaughter. and he added:-"But
this revolving record is also due to the
particularly to the apathy of England, |
say o. England particularly, because when
in 1878 Russia had whipped the Turks out
stant nople to guarantee the Christians
against further atrocities. England stepped
in and sad to Russia:-'Yog shall not oc-
troops and ! will promise that the Chris
tian subjects of the Porte shall receive
due consideration and humane treatment
For hat Intervention England secured
from the Sultan perm .ssion to occupy the
Island of Cyprus, and during all these
years, with the cries of that slaughter of
thousands ringing in her callous ears, she
has not SO far as l know lifted a finger to
make good her plighted word to those poor
to trust her lying promises. England's
only defense is, If we were to keep our
word what would become of our trade?
The autonomy of Turkey must be pre-
served. She must guard the He1lespont
and 50 stand as a buffer between herself
down into our Ind a., If ! mistake not.
that is initiating Judas and beating him at
his own game. on. the shame Of it."
Rev. Mr.. Wick warmly indorsed the
Armenian resolutions adopted by the
United States Senate and praised the
courageous Clara Barton on her errand of
mercy.
Pastor Wick's discourse so impressed his
hearers that S164.51 was raised for the
Armenian fund.