The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1896-10-03
ARE IN NEED OF AID
SEVERAL HUNDRED ARMENIANS ARE
STRANDED AT MARSElLLES
They succeeded In Escaplnr From
the bloody Massacre. I'm CONTAIN.
unople, bat Are Now Honele..
nearly All Are pennilesa nnd
Many Are Enduring the papx. o,
honser-They Want to Come to
America.

Vppyright. 1895. Associated Pressl
MIIseilies. Oct. I. - There EXISTS a
sonultioh co4 OF affairs in this city at prcs.
En. g.. Which seems to be a disprace IN
europe europe ana to the Armenian assMin.
.,.., ..Ens generally throughout the woril
suosistlng upon government. municinoi
or private charity here are 800 unfor.
tunate Armenians. men women amI
chi,uren, young and old and hea ithw
aha SICK, who have succeefle,i in no
Gaping from the bloody massacres .t
C0nstantinople and who were ono nnI
all buoyed up by the hone. on lnni;n"
here, of being able. eventuallv !" raan,,
tne p'e. Mnu OF freedom. the United States.
,"t,,,. m%1 weeks have already elapsed and
nk .,ona aennite appears to have been
uone a.'.,e ior their relief. much less toward
,,,n! nmung them homes by any of the
saa. .,any associations for the relief of suf-
lerlng Armenians which have been or.
ganlzed In England or America. These
"mlortunates. '.an' however. seem to he the
very ciass to which the hand of CLARITY
should be first extended. They nre
monciess. nearly all Of them penniless.
many are enduring the pangs of hung.
Ut, "nu yet nobody seems willing tn
step III and guide this lmnd of rcfu-
gees ...'e 10 10 some place where they can bc.
sn nc anew and under more promis.
lns circumstances. Large amounts OF
money nave been raised in the past for
Mestitute Armenians In Armenia. INT
the situation Of the latter In NOT n Whit
worse than that ef the half-starviny
people here. If as bad. The Armenians
II, III armenia certainly had their cO.rc-
liEionists and fellow countrymcn tn
iali back upon. but tho poor nconlr
mere seem to have no friends in The
Wlae world. yet they are as honest ana
INDUSTRIOUS class as YOU can find IN
the shores Of the Mediterranean
some South American spectators. II
IL true. taking advantage of this de-
ploraDie situation, have prevailed upon
sUo others Of the Armenian refugees
10 niiow themselves to be Transported
10 thc Argentine Republic. there. i'm ali
pron@Dliity to meet the fate of thou
SANDS OF the Hebrews of Russio
,nahks to the philanthropy of the Into
Baron Hirsch. cmigrated to South
america. only to find themselves, figur-
atlvely speaking. tossed from tho frv.
ing pan into the fire. Only about eiyh.
teen of the 800 Armcnians who rcachcl
here have us vet been able to start for
the United States.
Ihese few emigrants are of the bct-
ter class Of Armenians. They nrc fair.
~ wen supplied with funds and will
PROBABLY start for New York vim South
aMpton soon. There Is material here
Tor the foundation of strong Ar
menian colony, and it would appcar
that there must he some spot ON earth
where these victims of the blood
thirstyness and misgovclnment of An
dul hamid. sultan of Turkey. who. ac-
cording to generally accredited reports.
must have caused the massacre of
some $4,000 Christians during the last
lew years, can earn an honest living.
fhe Consta nttnOplc Maxsncrc,
Ihe tales they tell of persecution and
massacre would. 1t seems, soften the
most hard hearted. They admit that
a band of some forty Armenians about
month ago captured the Ottoman
bank. killing the Turkish gendarmcs
Ihe Armenians claim that this demon
stration. like many others. was only
Planned to compel Europe to redress
the wrongs from which they are suf-
fering. Then, however, followed the
terrible massacres In the streets of
Constantinople and it's suburbs in
which from four to six thousand pcr
sons were butchered or drowned. Hum
dreds were driven into the police and
military depots at the point of the
bnyonet only to be carted out ut the
rear doors of these buildings dead, and
were buried in long trenches dug for
that purpose in various cemeteries.
Hundreds upon hundreds of un-
armed fleeing Armenians were beaten
to death in the street with blulgeons
furnished, there is no doubt. to the
populace by the Turkish authorities.
The slaughterers went about in gangs.
directed by agents of the Turkish Of
ficials. killing all Armehians they
caught sight Of. Cart loads of dead
bodies were constantly crossing the
bridges to the burying grounds; many
hundreds Of living Armeninns were
taken in boats to the Bosphorus and
drowned. and countless others were
taken in ships to the Black sea. from
which trip they never returned.