The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-25


menia would be allowed to remain
they would all be blotted out. Drawn:
4 himself up to his full height, ant
stretching out both arms like a sword
he said: What we gained we gained
with blood, blood, blood"
So far as l can learn in the Harpoo
= vilayet, the commissioners spent al
e their time in Mezren, and did not ever
visit the city Of Harpoot, which wal
plundered and burned, although it /:
only two miles from Nezren. No ques
4 tons were asked Of the Christians sum
. moned before them: When the commits
sioners had finished their speeches, they
dismissed them.
Another fact Of interest is the send
} ing out Of officials TO enroll in the gov
eminent lists the names of Christians
! who have become MOslems Multitudes
have been forcibly converted TO Islam
/ do not mean that they have been OBJ
liged to shoose between becoming Mos
lens and perishing by the sword, but
that they have been bound or held while
the rite Of circumcision was performed
without their consent. 1 know Of one
case in which an aged priest was tied
to his own door and circum sized. while
in other villages Christians begged 70
be killed, and their Turkish neighbors
said to them: NO, We want you to tin
the fields. We viii make you NIoslems,
and they circumsised the Christians Of
the place by force.
The government has said these con,
versions were worth nothing, and that
no one would be forced to change his re-
Hglon, but now government officials
| write these new converts. while the
Turks drive them TO say they are Mos
ieIns. In the village OF Sheikhai. the
ofhcials said to the Christians: az
write your name on a separate list to
| sdLlsfuy the Turks; there is no force
ABOUT H. But one acquainted with
- IuihIsh ways may expect to find these
christians soon enrolled as Moslem Gift
Zens. III u u
The carrying off Of Christian girls and
women, too, still continues. In the citI,
oL Falu' Turks carry off girls, keen them
ior Few days, and return them dis
Hoho[eu- The same is done in MANY otb-
81 pIdces. In one of the Ara bekir viii
IdeeS elght girls Of the place ara i'm
PrISoned IN Turkish harems. THEW
irlends hear their cries but can do moth
ing to help them.
me restitution Of the Armenians hoo
cars description. Men who were vol
.aiy IN october were begging froh raad
~ november Villages were piIIaeed
VI every scrap of fod and clothino
Mneh the plunderers could find nothing
nLo5e ~. 10 carry off the villagers returned
ana Afted the dust to gather a few L.
nefs OF wheat or barley no. n. NJ,
windows were carried off In -
cases the tImbers of the housas 80,
poIled out and carried off. lars r-oro
broken Everything Of valua vbioh
SUulo not De carried away was broken
"IHuoWs, cupbOards and boxes VOC
smashed. The utmost pains were taken
no IeaVe behind nothing Of vaIua And
all this was done a a time when 1,i,,4.,r
Was SO close at hand as wouId make -
reasonably sure that cold and hunger
would destroy those whom the SWORD !
had spared. Wherever YOU go Won |
meet want pinched faces and neonIa |
clao IN scanty garments. And Won |
hno" mat muFtudes spend the long.
ooiu hlghts together with nothing TO lie |
upon and nothing to cover with NJ |
course, disease sets in and carries tbe,,a
off % 'iieill
1t IS estimated there are be,tween en-
200 and 100000 people in extreme destitu.
ton. u
Europe and America are touched with |
compassion and funds are being gath.
cred for the delief of the sufferers in
every town and city. IT is far other
wise with the Turk. He views his worl,
with cornplacency and does not like m |
see 1t interfered with. The government. |
has given a little aid occasionally. In
many cases the allowance is one~sixtb |
as much as is given a Turkish epndarme |
or soldier. L have seen the bread given I
In several places. 1t resembles the lin
seed cake given in Europe and America |
Tor feeding cattle. Even this allow |
ance is seldom continued for anv length |
of time
"A large share of the governments an
preparations for the relief of the desti-
tute goes into the pockets of officials
moreover, the Turks are hostile TO relief
work and oppose it in various WAYS. In
the city Of Palu, the Turks said to the
Christians: ''If our benefceut suItan
wished you to have money. he is album
DAINTY able to give it; but he has not |
seen fit to do so, and now you are receiv-
lrg money from England and forming
an allPance with them We will cut
you off,
No Christian in Palu dares to receive
or distribute funds. I hammered IN
know that the Armenian missionaries
tried TO send money into Palu and il was
returned to them because no one in Pal
dared to receive and distribute it, The
same Is true of the town of Chooncoush.
In some of the villages tax gatherers
TOOK from the villagers the scantv nit
lance they had received to helm them
live. They beat them to extort from
them money. One Door vfllagar said.
The rod is hard and the flesh is soft.
so we gave it up"
see by the papers that the Red Cross
Is about to take up this work of relief.
but L greatly fear that the Turkish GOV
ernmnt viii exhaust all its tactics to
prevent them from entering the conn
Try While negotiations are pending
the Armenians will be dying. Then n
they succeeding entering Turkey. +hav
VIII nave 10 encounter a population hos
tile to their work who have been emho,-
dened by their success in recent raids
II Is hard TO predict the result.
1t should be said that there are soroa d
ceptlons to the hostility of the Turks "a
reilef work Raeouf Pasha. the COVER .
nor general Of Ezeroum. has ably SEQ
onded the work OF the relief commits
SION there. In the town of Peri. tho
local governor sent a gendarme with |
me committee in their rounds distribut-
ing reIiet. These men deserve the graa.
est praise because they act against fbe
strong tide Of Moslem sentiment.
THE Lady-"Is this novel fit one for
daughter TO read2' The Salesman = ~
don't know. am not acquainted with -
Life. oUi