Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-13

AlOnzO Excel.
erty and the interruption of their great
work, appealed to the American minister at
Constantinople, his answer was: Get out
of Turkey! This statement was greeted
with hissses from all parts of the tent The
minister said to the missionaries: Il cannot
protect you; you must leave the land" The
missionaries answered they would stay and
die with their people, and the English min
lister ipterfered and told the sultan that
these people were dispensing the bounty of
England, and that If he touched a hair Of
their heads the vengeance of the queen
would be brought down upon them
Il have idea continued Mr. Mills
that If the Turkish gunboats were to bonn
hard and destroy Kentucky distilery our
American minister would move fast enough:
or II the mast of some milionaires yacht
lying at anchor in the Dardenelles were to
be splintered by a Turkish shell fired by ac-
cident, there would be a tremendous uproar;
while II our President should happen to he
On fishing excursion in the Bosphorus
and the bullet of toy pistol should chance
to go through the sail of his craft, the
American people and government would
have 1t understood that that was some of
cur business, and official measures would
soon be taken to bring redress for these in
tolera5le insults. Some says we can
not Interfere on ACCOUNT of the Monroe doc
trine l will venture to say that if Pres-
dent Monroe knew what was now being
said in his name to thwart the principles
of Americanism he wbuld turn in his grave,
people.
Charges Against This government
Il charge the government of the United
States with MISREPRESENTATION of the en-
lightened sentiment Of the American people
in this matter. The President of the United
States. the Secretary of State and the
American ministers have dsregarded our
broken treaties: they have permitted Amer
lcan llVes to be epdapgered they have per-
United American'proyerty to be destroyed
without reparatlon. and American citizens
to be imprisoned.
Our governm9nt! have stirred the pas
SONS Oh the AmeFiSan people to anger
against England, ona ,ooth part of the
tgGtext that wo4ld, have su1heed fo< a de
suuctive war with Turkey, The adrninIs-
uation officers haze turned deaf and al
n est scornful ear to- the sntreaties and rem
reservations OF some of our best citizens
missionaries churches and moral societies
ana denounce their conduct as unpatriotic
uncivil, undemocratic unrepublcan nm
American. unchristian, selfish, weak, wick
ed, harbaric and criminal in the ewes of
men" gu
In an instant every man and woman in
the tent: which was row entirely filled, with
nundreds standing by their sides arose
and cheered. Handkerchief were waved
IN the air, and for several minutes pande-
monium reigred. Dr. Hoyt advanced to the
'front.' OF the rostrum when the noise had
slibsided somewhat and called for another
cheer Again the voices rang out in ire
mendous volume. Some man in the au-
diencc called out: Say it again." and this
cry was taken up until thousands were
Gaining upon Mr.. Mills to repeat his denun-
citation. When he had concluded his reit-
Grafton there was another burst of cheer
ing that lasted for at least two minutes
I hope" said Mr.. Mills, when he could
be heard again, 'ftiat you will cheer until
you can be heard. not only in the State De
partment, but at Buzzards Bay, and touch
the heart of one who is certainly not a
coward, but who is misguided as to his
duty.
Now. it is asked. what can be doneo
we can wake up and keep awake and
wake other people up and keep them
awake. Stop sending petitions to Congress
ana the government and send remon-
strances- Stop sending delegations and
send regiments. England once realized
something that she thought she could not
90 mad to be done. You may remember
the story that man once told about
dog that was chased by bear. The dog
was very much frightened and the bear
very I ear. So, the man said, the dog ran
to the nearest tree and climbed it. One of
the bystanders remarked that every one
knew that dog cannot climb tree, but
the story-teller replied with the all-suffl-
Gent response: But this dog had to climb
England had to do something and America
will soon have to act, whether she wants
to do SO Lot. t...
Reasons for Helping them.
There are reasons for helping the Ar
menaans First, it is necessary to keep
their faith alive; they have told the Turks
that they had faith that their Christianity
would help them, and little help has been
given them, and the Turks are now asking
them where are the signs OF their God and
His aid The second reason is to save their
lives; and the third reason why we should
help them Is the perfect administration of
the relief work which fnsures ms that not
a penny given will be lost or squandered
l do not know why 1t is but it Is never
theless, true that the Turk however hor-
rible his massacreb and butcheries may
have been. is nevertheless giving OFF,
cial protection and hslp to Miss Clara Bar
among the suffering and sufferers. and We
are sire nothingaas rnisused or -misspent
Yet. when we sent her across the sea, we
dollars. and we hsvs sent her Just 100000,
and the money htfs@ CEASED to come in
Mr.. Mills caiiett uhon all those present
mao were will Z w Yses tb for the Ar
pie Immediately sfooT before him
menia," said the speaker. Give all you
And h y9 aed T 5s ADDRESS fs with with
touching recital atqf The fourth wise man
who started for fethlehem wnen the great
star flashed in II skx and who sought for
The meeting Absbught to close with
the singing of the; hymn, :'Speed Away"
A member of theSArsnenian relief commit
tee took positionsat the foot Of the ros-
trum to distribute. literature and receive
contributions, and in a moment she was
overwhelmed with offers of money and
calls for information.
TENT ENDEAvOR.
Many From Far-On Lands Speak for
the Movement.
The strong breeze that blew out Of the
northwest this morning tempered an at
mosphere that would have been otherwise
almost unbearable to the thousands who
gathered in Tent Endeavor. The crowd, as
usual. began to gather early. and. as usual
again, whenever Mr.. Excel Is to lead the
music, the praise service began long before
the appointed time for'tt tn commenco Ho