Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1896-10-03
BURNING DISGRACE
t<FORTt NATE AR NII<ItS$ ARE
STRANDED IN FRANCE.
Having Escaped the Blood. Eurit
They Are Now L0oi>in. /" the
Land of the Free.

Marseiles Sept. 29.-There exists q roa-
dition of affairs in this city II tl4-,.;lt
which seems to be y disgrace 10 euro ~"
and TO the Armenian associations .srIri
ally throughout the world. SuDsi.,5iW@ ~
the government, municipal OF pri.ale
charity here. are 501 unfortunate Arm
nians-men. women and children. Enlas
and old, healthy and sick-Who haE'. sage
ceeded in escaping from The bloody AIS
sacres a. Constantinopla, ana who werr.
one and all, buoyed up by the hope q. l4<-
ing able eventually to reach the iand Of
the free-the United States. Three Me Ks
have already elapsed. and nothing IL
mite appears to have been done for n*.
relief, much less towards finding ;h..&u
homes. by any of the many aS5oeia-i -ipl-
FLOR the relief of the suffering Arm, aie5.s
which have been organized in ln.sll1l o..
America.
These unfortunates however seem to
be the very class to which the ilaad #
charity should be first extended T'lry
are homeless, nearly All penniless ,n4nH
are enduring the panss of hunger. slHd
Yet no one seems willing TO Step iii and
guide this band Of refugees 10 some - t,.,
where they can begin life anew ana lt.l-
der more promising circumstances. I.a1.sr
amounts Of money have been rAisnd in
the past for the Armenidns in Armrai4.
but the situation Of the latter is nos >
whit worse than the Understanding p"p .Ie
here, if as bad The -Arnenians III ~
mcnia certainly had their corei&i4ni-rs
and fellow-countrylnen to fall back Gpg4.
The poor people here seem to haec= i,
friends in the wide world. Vet they ,ire :s
honest and industrious d class a. yoH t:.t
lind on the shores Of the Mtditerrall ';tE
Some South American speculators is
true, taking advantage OF this tleploraa3'
situation, have prevailed upon 206 9tl -
CT the Armenian refugees to allow h.. n
selves to be transported TO tho Af4entin@
Republic, there i'll all probability 10 ul.-t
the fate OF thousands of Hebrews OF ''t3
Sli. who. thanks to the philInt lITu3H= f
he late Baron Ilirsch, rnli4:ate.l "a
South America. only 10 find thenatl l7.rs.
iiguratively speaking, tossed from 5he
trying pan into the tire. - IS ;ruc '11t|
the climate OF Argentine is said - n5|
more healthy than that of the rr-i,
that the poor Hebrews tried to setj1. ill.,
but the end IS likely to be the sane isl
The case OF the Armenian Refugees .=to
arc not Il class OF people To thliEr lt
roughly founded colonies
only about IS Of the SEQ ArmeMians 40
reached here have as Yet been lIe 10
start for the United States. But Whstt is
10 become of the remaining unfortlina. &
Christians, fleeing from the bloods1 .in..j
Turks who are living on charity nrfs.
with their eyes turned longingly towards
he United StateSo 1t would seem tt4l.
jheSe poor people may be barred frtm
reaching the United States. and they nay
be forbidden to land there even if fhny
succeed in obtaining transportation ta IT,
shores of North America. Surely if eyer
there was Il case in which iron Iut T.
necessary no doubt. might he rell ls,.ll. Il
S' in the case Of these stricken 9e1Dfn
flying from the prosecutions and hgltaa-
cries that have prevailed in their 7NA
land. There is material hope for H..
foundation of a strong Arn1eGar ooiom.. |
ana 1t would appear that there must ~.
scme spot on earth where these vic ina
Of the hloodthrstiness and misgo ."r.f-
ment Of Abdul Hamd, sultan OF 1'u ila"
who. according to generally credited r.
ports must have caused he nass1r"c 1T
20 600 Christians durnG the IA&l 4, X
years. can earn an honest living