The herald., 1896-10-20
Considered in Mass Meeting of
English People
THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
Appeal to the Powars to Cooperate
With England
In the Meantime the Only Aid Extended
Is to Immigrants Who Landed Yes
terday at New York
Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
LONDON. Oct. 19.-St. James hall was
packed tonight with an audience of 2O0O
people, a large proportion OF whom
were women, to take part in the dem
oastration of protest against the Arme-
MAN massacres. Nearly 1000 people ap-
piled for admission to the hall.
The Bishop of Rochester presided in
stead of the Duke of Westminster who
wrote regretting that i'll health com
PEELED him to be absent The Earl OF
Portsmouth, the Earl of Meath, Baron
Abinger, Baron Kendall, Viscount OK
enbridge. the Earl of Stamford, the
Bishop of Winchester, the Bishop Of
Hereford. the Bishop of Aberdeen, Rt
Hon. James Bryce, Rev. Harry r. Drew
and Mrs. Drew(Mr. Gladstone's daugh-
ter), Canon Wilberforce, Canon Maecoll
Sir Lewis Morris, Rev. Dr. John Cliff
ford, Rev. John Guinness Rogers and a
number of members wearing their u-
sigma sat upon the platform Ten
peers, twenty -eight bishops and mum.
Der of deans and Nonconformist minis
ters wrote expressing their regret at
their inability to attend the melting.
lhlCiSG litCItst was IlldHleSleu DN
those present especially over the read
ing of letter from Mr.. Gladstone. III
this letter Mr.. Gladstone expressed the
hope that the meeting would worthi,y
crown the Armenian meetings of the
past two months, which. he said, were
without a parallel during his political
life. The great object, said Mr.. Glad
stone, further, was to strengthen Lord
Salisbury's hands and to stop the Sc
ries of massacres which was probably
still unfinished, and to provide against
their renewal. AS he believed that Lord
Salisbury would use his powerful posi-
tion for the best, personally he objected
in the strongest manner to abridginy
Lord Salisbury's discretion by laying
down this or that as things which he
ought not to do. 1T was a wild paradox,
without the support of reason or his
tory, to say the enforcement of treaty
rights to stop systematic massacres, to-
gether with effective security against
Great Britain's abusing them for selfish
purposes, would provoke the hostilitiss
of one or more of the powers.
To advertise beforehand in the ears
VI thC SiCeal tNoScoSiii ehtbl 1ISal Id IL
aims action would cut down what the
most backward of the six powers think
to be sufficient, would be the abandon
ment of duty and prudence, and would
be to doom the national movement to dis
appointment The concert of Europe,
said Mr.. Gladstone, was valuable arr
important, but such an announcement
would certainly be followed by its fail
ure
Mr.. Gladstone's letter concluded as fol-
lows: II have special opportunities of
knowing of what materials the sultan,
with all his seeming obstinacy, is made.
From deplorable and disgraceful causes
he triumphs for the moment. but for the
moment only In the face of civilized
mankind he has recorded the final con-
demnation first and foremost of himself,
but next, and no less effectually those
who have been his willing, brutal and
sanguinary tools"
The meeting unanimously adopted
resolutions expressing adherence of the
Armenian massacres and in support Of
the British government in its efforts to
stop them; appealing to the powers to
cooperate with that object. and asking