St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-03-02
MASS MEETING At THE METRO
POLITAN IN THE INTEREST
OF PEACE.
WITH NO UNCERTAIN VOICE,
SAYS ARCHBISHOP IRELAND,
SHOULD AMERICA PROTEST
AGAINST THE BUTCHERIEs.
VIGOROUS FOREIGN POLIO
Capt. Castle Says the United States
Should Exercise the Power Their
Greatness Gives.

"A large crowd was present at the
mass meeting at the Metropolitan
opera house yesterday afternoon, when
the Armenian question was discussed
at great length. 1t was truly a repre-
sentative audience, and great Interest
was manifested in the proceedings.
Rev. Edward p Ingersoll opened the
meeting with prayer. J. j. Parker, as
the temporary representative Of the
city, was chairman of the meeting, and
briefly stated it's purpose.
The speakers We're Archbishop Ire
land and Capt. Henry A. Castle An
urgent appeal for aid was made by
Rev. J. w. Conley. Nearly fifty dol
lars in cash was realized and more has
been subscribed. A number of clubs
throughout the city have also signif1ed
their intention of donating to the
cause. A. H. Lindeke will act as treas
urer, and all money collected will be
sent in by him.
Resolutions Of protest were adopted
and copies will be sent out venting in
unmistakable language the feeling that
exists in st. Paul.
A vocal number by the House Of
Hope quartette proceeded the introduce
ton of the archbishop.
Archbishop Ireland, in his address, said:
Giving sympathy and aid to the distressed
brings benefaction to ourselves as we'll as to
those whom we help. Indeed we ourselves
profit more than those we fain would bet
ter. Charity and sympathy in athiction,
willingness to extend a helping hand, are
evidences of a high Christian nature. Marks
| of civilization. And these sentiments, in or
der to maintain their life and strength, need
to be exercised often. Were there no OPP
portunity for us to exhibit our love for our
fellow man, our deep charity for others, there
is peril that we ourselves would slumber and
gradually lose those high virtues which are
| the evidences of our civilization and Of our
Christianity. Were no voice Of pity and SYM
| pathy to go out in this present day to Ar
menia from America, 1t were indeed a sad
record for America. The absence Of this SYM
| pathy for Armenia would be a proof that we
| have fallen back ourselves from the highest
states to which we have lifted ourselves, and
! that would be faithless to the teachings of the
religion of Christ.
Armenia suffers today, and we sympathize
| with her, but we should and would sympathiZe
with any people, or any country where there
would be suffering on the face of the globe.
! The Armenians are Christians as ourselves,
| and consequently have special claim to our
! brotherhood but were the sufferers Moham-
medans or pagans; were they in the far South
| Sea islands, wherever there would be fell
! low man suffering, whoever they are, what
ever their race, whatever their color, what
ever their civilization, we should If we are
faithful to ourselves, sympathize with them,
and help them. This is the Christian Of the
faith Of the Christian religion. AS men we
are all members Of the same great family,
over whom reigns as the king and the father
Almighty God, and He has given to us the
| Of our brothers. There is nothing more divine
in the Gospel Of Christ than this teaching
! when the great Creator puts Himself in the
place Of the least one who suffers and takes
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of those. We are to be judged in a marked
manner by charity to others. AS we
clothe the naked, give food to the hungry and
drink to those who thirst, so do we clothe
Christ himself, so do we give food and drink
to Him. 1t is, indeed, very sad fact that in
this humanity of ours, as we survey it
throughout over the globe that there are so
many men hating, prosecuting others; that
there are today over the whole continent of
Africa wars between tribes, the purpose of
the existence of one tribe being apparently
! to massacre another. 1t is a sad fact that
even among Christian nations one Is ready,
! at moments notice, to go to war with an
other. The spread of Christs spirit among
men is slow, gradual, though sure. The ele-
| walton, organizing Of men, takes place only
| through long, long years. 1t is something,
| indeed, that we of the nineteenth century at
it's close, may well be proud that there are
more widespread evidences of universal SYM
pathy OF man to man than at other periods.
Take our own country. Some thirty years
millions of slaves. Throughout dark Africa
successful efforts have been made to put a
final stop to slave trade. Among civilized
nations daily efforts are taking place towards
arbitration to prevent wars in the future
| All this is true civilization. All this is true
| Christianity. What is civilization and what
is Christianity? Is it the building up of
| great popular cities? Is it the marshaling
| of legions of men under banners of war?
| Is 1t the fitting out of great ships of com
merce? All these things co-exist often with
absolute 'sS ps barbarsm. They have coexsted
is the, building up of the man within us.
| 1t Is the elevation Of men and of people fol-
lowing the teachings Of Christ the Savior.
! The practical carrying out of the words Of
the Savior "Be We perfect as My Father in
heaven is perfect" and surely 1t Is a 10y
| for US to take part in any work which tends
thus to the great civilization and the bright
! Christianity Of the world. 1t is not the time
| or the place to enter into discussion over
| those Christians which were brought to the
! mind the minute we mentioned the word
Armenian" There is but one purpose to
! suffering today intense, continuous suffering,
| in that country. and that we should do some
thing to alleviate those pains and groans OF
the population Of that country.
| The Armenians are one Of the most an
| Client peoples Of history-known long be-
fore the Christian era. Their history is
throughout those long ages most interest
again enslaved to some stronger nation. AS
we look through their annals we are remind
ed of the Assyrians, the Persians, the Greeks
embracing the Christian religion in the
very early centuries of our era. We find
them in later years battling with Moham-
medans as they came toward their country
! from Arabia, or from countries west OF
there. And throughout all these battles with
Mohammedans, battles which preceded
Christian periods, and continued after cru
sades had been abandoned, they retained
| Christian faith giving
martyrs in legionS.
Today they are all Christians, and the ma
jority Of them are what is called the Gre
gorian Christians, a name they have taken
unto themselves from one Of their earlier
apostles. Then a large number of them have
always continued in union with the Church
of Rome, and are called the United Ar
menians. In late years missionaries of Pro-
testant churches have established schools and
colleges, and have certain number of fol-
lowers. They are today: as far as religion
| The persecution Of the Turks had been
mainly directed toward the Gregorians al
though the uprising Of Turks had con-
tinued all have suffered, and it is today
against all Armenians, whatever be their
special religious affiliations. Why it is that
in the whole world a stop cannot be put to
these prosecutions is difficult to say. The
| Turks say the Armenians have more or less
! political sympathy with Russia, which coun-
! try has never ceased war directly or indi-
rectly with Turkey, and 1t is not necessary
for us to examine the question. We know
however, that it is very difficult for the
great powers of Europe to solve the Ar
menian question. That is, to solve it defin-
I itely. Because, put away Turkey, Russia
comes in. Put away one country, another
| comes in possession.
We Americans, in the presence Of these war!
and massacres. must lift up our eyes in graft
tude to Almighty God that we are Americans
| That we enjoy liberty ourselves, and that w,
know how to extend liberty to others Thi.
giving Of liberty to others is one Of the highes
marks OF civilization, and these older nation.
have not yet risen to that great point. mus
say for myself. and SO far as my reading goes