Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-01-16

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Christian Heroic Work OF Mission.
aries-Duty of tho Nations 90 Stop Per
secution-C hristendoms Apathy.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.--It was nppro
pirate that in tho presence Of tho chici
men of this nation and Other nations Dr.
Tamage should tell the story of Armenian
massacre. What will DO the extent or
good of such discourse mono can tell.
Tho text was III Kings xix, a. They es
capped into tho land of Armenia.
IN Bible geography this is the first time
that Armenia appears called Their by tho
sai;lo name as now. Ammonia is chiefly a
tableland, 1000 feet above the Lowell of the
sea, and on ono of its peaks Noahs ark
landed, with its human family and fauna
that were to Ill tho earth. That region
WAS the birthplace of the rivers which fer
tilted the garden Of Eden when Adam
and Eve lived there, their only roof tho
crystal skies and their carpet the emerald
Of rich grass. It's inhabitants, tho cthnol-
ogiSts tell us, are "A Superior typo OF tho
Caucasian race. Their religion Is founded
on the Bible. Their Saviour is our Christ.
Thor crime Is that thcy will not become
followers of Mohammcd, that Jupiter Of
scnsualty. TO drive them from the face
of the earth Is the ambition of all Moha,n-
medans. To accomplish this murder is no
crimc, and wholesale massacre is matter
Of enthusiasts appreciation and govern
mental reward.
The prayer sanctioned by highest Mo-
hammcdan authority and reCitcd every
day throughout Turkey and Egypt, whilo
styling all those not Muhammodnns as in.
ldcls. is rs follows: 20 Lord of all crca.
- m. a..
polythoists, thine enumics, the enemies of
the religionl o Allah make thoir chill
drcn orphans ana dGflo their hodes
Cause their feet to slip, give them md
their families, their households and their
women, their children and their relatives
by marriage, their brothers and their
friends their possessions and tho race,
their wealth and their lands as booty To
the Moslems, . Lord Of all crcaturosp'
Turks at the Old Business.
Tho life of an Armenian in tho presence
Of those who make that prayer is of no
more value than the life Of summer in
sect. The sultan of Turkey sits on u
throne inpcrsonatlng that brigandagc and
assassination. At this tins all civilized
nations arc in horror at the attempts of
that Mohammedan government to destroy
somebody talking as though somr now
thing were happening, and that tho Turk
ish government had takcn now role Of
tragedy on tho stage of vitions. No, mol
She Is Mt tho same old business Over
looking her diabolism of other centuries,
we como down to our century to find that
In 1899 tho Turkish government slew 3d.
600 anti -Moslems, and in 1850 She slew
10000, and in $50 she slew ,0O0, and in
1876 sho slew 10, COO Anything short of
the slaughter of thousands Of human be-
ings does not put enough red wine into
her cup of ahomination to make it worth
quafllng. Nor is this the only timc she
has promised reform. In tho presence of
the warships at the mouth of tho Darda-
nelles sho has promised the civilized ma
tions of the earth that she would stop her
butchcries, and the international and
hemisphere farce has been enacted Of be-
lieving what she says, when all the past
ought to persuade us that she IS only paus-
ing in her atrocities TO put nations of the
track and then resume the work of death.
In 1920 Turkey, in treaty with Russia
promised to alleviate the condition OF
Christians but tho promise was broken
In 1889 tho then sultan promised protcc-
ton Of life and property without reference
to religion and the promise was broken.
In 1914, at the demand of an English min
lister plenipotentary, the sultan declared,
aiicr the public execution Of an Armenian
al ConstaNtinOple, that no such death pom
atty should again be inflicted, and tho
promise was broken In 1880, at the de-
mand of foreign nations, the Turkish gov
eminent promised protection TO Protes-
tgnts, but 10 this day tho Pedestrians at
Stamboul are not allowed to build u
church, although they have the funds
ready, and the Greek Professionals. who
have II church, are not permitted to wor-
ship in it, In 1856, after the Crimcan
war, Turkey promised that no ono should
DO hindored in tho exercise of tho religion
he profcssed and that promise has been
b. oxen. In 1875, at tho memorable treaty
of Berlin, Turkey promised religious lib
erty to all her subjects in every p0rt of tho
Ottoman empire and tho promise was
broken Not onca In all the centuries has
the Turkish government kept her promise
of mercy. So far from any improvement
the condition Of tho Armenans has be-
come worse and worse year by year, ard
AL the promises the Turkish government
now makes ara only gaining of timo by
which she is making preparation for the
complete determination Of Christianity
from her borders.
Blot Gus Molammedanisrn.
Why, after all tho national and CONT
mental and hemisphere lying on the part
OF tho Turkish government do not the
Tarships o! Europe rido up as close as Is
possible ~ tho palaces of .Cunstautinuple
ana blow that accurscd government 10
atoms? In tho name of the eternal God Let
the nuisance of the ngos bo wiped OF the
face of the earth Down to tie perdition
from which IL smoked up sink Mohau-
mechanism! Between these OUT hroal,s Of
ilassacre the Afmenians suffer in silence
wrongs that are seldom If ever reported
They are taxed heavily for the moro priyl
luge Of living, and the tax Is called "the
humiliation tax" They ARE compo lied 30
give three days entertainment to any
MChammedan tramp who may be passing
that way They must pay blackmall to tho
assessor, lest he report the value Of thoir
property too highly. Their evidence in
court is of no worth, ana if 40 Armrniaus
SAN wrong committed ana one Moham-
niedar was present the testimony Of the
ono Mohammedan would be tgkon ana tho
testimony Of the 80 Armcnians rejected
In other words, the solemn oath Of "a thou
sand Armonians would NOT be strong
enough to overthrow the perjury Of one
Mohammedau. a professor was condemn
cd to death for translating the English
"I'ook of Common Prayer" into Turkish.
Seventeen Armenians were sentenced TO
10 years imprisonment for rescuing
Christian bride from tho bandits This
Che way the Turkish government amuso,
Itself in time Of peace. These are the d.,