Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-26
TO DISCUSS ARMENIA
A KltlYs VIII Lecture al he First Bar.
list Church Tonight.
WHY HIS oousrRYMES srFrnr.
They Are Nassncrcd by Turks To-
cause of Their Religion and OF
for the Evils.

Rev. Krikor Hssop Basmafan. no Ave.
menia. viii lecture at the Frst Earf.l
church tonight upon ths massacre no TO
people By the Turk. and tte Gauss 1.
and remedies Tor these outrage
subject VIII De handled .n q most erI-.
taining and instructive manner PSI 'r-
Basmaj.an. The lecturer ID tt1raE
vcrsed with the situation existing teta..
the Mohammedans snt hs onn l
Tor the past Gu years. having been
his life a student and an .nyestsanr
the cruelt.es perpluatel upon An.
by Turkey.
CHAT WITH THE VISITOR
when sfr. Bssmii.an was seen at
clearinghouse by a Dispatch man
night he chcerfuly consented % d..
terviewed upon this plte0usy-lnter.s..r
topic. He commenced by saying l..
his own people could not learn OBJ. Dew
Tor distance Of twenty-five miles afo..
them. and many OF his friends wr'tr
him since be has been in America CD a.-
certain Information regarding tie
sacre. sad SIR Basmajian. "ln Aru-
MA we are absolutely under tfe ccru
OF the Turkish Government We cafr..
even so much as hang up portraits of o.-
own heroes il our homes. We f.r0
speak the word Armenia The sarr
OF Turkey show that about 5000 tr
mans have been killed ty the Turks
the past year ard haH ilt Z
that the number VIII reach fully
The million ana q haf OF Armcrl.-
Turkey have been Invested 90 all
and ere not even allowed OBJ have 'i.
knife. They are absolutely lefen0
Continuing his interesting convera-r..
Mt Basmaiiau SAID: These Outrage.
dictated by the sultan and arc ODE
suit ~ a number Cf causes. First
Turks do NOT believe that che Europe.
nations are going 20 do anything 1
down Turkey. Second. they age l.l.l-.
OF the Armen.ans. because Efy ono
more enlightened race. ana ere mah
more ~ their opportunities tfau
sluggish Turks Third the Turks
afraid ~ the influence q these Chasta.
people"
HOW THEY CAN SETTLE
Tho Armenian minister then tunnel .
remarks 20 the means OK settling 'les
troubles. He said:
Il believe sincerely that tho present
Armenian question can De- easily seeded
Il the Powers OF Europe should SEND al
ultmatum o. the sultan. AS they
bound t0 DO by the siXty-frst article
the Berlin treaty an ultmatIm r
only thing thar the sultan fears. Cent.
words. diplomatic notes. statesman.
policy. cannot have any effect on l.u
He has played with The diplomats C-
Europe long enough Oh know h1W Dr.
can cheat them Die knows how % scat
ter seeds az d.scorI among them. am
while On the one hand he attempts t0
plan % reform in Armenia presented hr
the English Russian ana Preach govern
ments on May nth, cn t-e other lani
be orders the massacre OF Armenaus
and there have been more Of them ma-.
sacred since hls adoption or Die reform
plan
KILL THEM WHILE HELPLES
Again" said ar. Basmajan. % do dbl,
and cannot believe that there VIII tc
general uprising agains, The ChrstIar
Let rs remember that there is "a yolH-
Turkish party to-day which is Oh symr.
thy with the suffering Christians. h
sides. there are districts where the Chr
tiaus form the majority ~ the plpn.atlr
where a general massacre is lmpcs-.0.
Further I say, that when this oDpres..I
and d0wn-troddcn Christian people
sure their Christian brethren ~ Elr.l.
are in practical sympathy with them. a.
finally VIII come 90 their rescue. they V
DO their best. under the circumsln-e..
and viii then sell their lives dearly
case o. a M0slem riot Let Us not i-rG
also. that the days OF ch.yalry iu r.
Turk are gone. He ls a mean c0R.r
to-day. He Is afraid OF retaliation. i.
loses courage before an opponent Il
Turks viii ruin, rob. and Kill the CHRIS
uans as long as they see th-m help
less"
WHO THE MINISTER Is.
Mr. Basmai.an was born OF Armenia
parentage az Adranopie in Eurcpcll
Turkey. 10 I&3. Ills lie has been srlr
IN the ministry in his native city and
C0nstantn0pie. For a better education
he came 20 this county in lS6. lie tool
ful theological course or study
Grocer Seminary. graduating IN 1859. IL
was ordained % the Gospel ministry
Philadelphia ia 1880. The Baptsts hay.r
at present no regular missionary wor
10 his native land, he IS waiting the
clement Of present dir culties Tor a
opportunity % return and do his work
a preacher lie Is thoroughly acqua.r
with the causes and enOrmiles 0f
Armenian massacres. and tonight 81.
also tell Of the religious customs. mode.
OF worship and forms OF faith az h
people. IL VIII be worth hearns.