The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-18

massacre., From Baibout the road en-.
f Ss1as on bs sSme w ssan o ,hs, wau, Soq hs y c TrS'h
to a much more civilized poop Q. The trouble
10 the want OF a market. owi:g % the cost and
mailing by. the Turkish %antlorit es OF every
enterprise that they think likely to be 'FRONT.'
able. Nearing Erzeronln the country improveS
NIT Of the kop DaRh. the ascent pnd descent
of which are tedious. South Of this noun.
Euphrates. along which Il continues. until
IL turns oil to India. a small town near E"zer-
cum. celebrated among the "cople OF that city
and fortress for its baths and hot springs.
The entrance To Erzeroum is by a well-kept
road through gates in Qualifications Of ancient
date. that are now useless against weapons
OF mod. RI attack. The CITY IL built on ground
sloping gradually upw ard toward u rang. of
mountains 70 the south thai hide from view
the snow-clal submits OF the BingOl DRgh.
he population Is mixed. the ArInenians form
ing the bulk OF the Christian inhabitants.
the ltusso-1urkis war most of them migrated
TO the Caucasus. and were settled in the coun-
try round Kars. that had been abandoned by
the Turks after the ceasion to Russia. The
Armenians of Erzerouni found themselves
after the war surrounded by n revrngeful
Mus sulmRn population. and IL is mat r of sur
prise not that the Turks and Kurds killed so
many of them. bur that they left any al all alive.
The Armenian National School at Erzeroun
deserves a passing notice. 1t was built and
endowed By the generosity OF n wealthy Rus.
sian Armenian OF the name of Sanissarian.
-Tuh "DOUl u U I ALL NJ wa TtultT-
Ing great service to the Armenian people in
keeping up the national spirit. The Amer
lean missionary establishment also was doing
good work. but the very goodness OF the work
both the national and American schools we're
doing had much to 90 with the determination
OF the Turks to get rid OF the Armenian ques.
ton by getting rid Of the Arrnenians. The
vigorous Awakening of the Armenian youth
under the influence of the liber.l education
given them proved their misfortune.
The Sultan and the fanatical party around
him saw danger to themselves In the revival of
outin olood and ifttev have not entirely carried
out their plan 1t was because II involved per-
sonal danger to themselves IL persevered In.
AS II t.. Turkish rule In the Turkish fashion
in Armenia is do )med. even though the Turk
iah nag may continue TO float over the fortress
for II while longer. The Russian has already
vice Set mis- standards on the walls Of the for
trcss. and within eighteen hours march there
10 now an arms superior to anything Russia
has yet put into the fe!d in ASIA. only waiting
the order to advance. IL r.uroue is Tilling. one
OF the richest regions on the globe passes under
the Russian flag.
AS an xricuitural country tie great plateau
lying between the Black Sea and the, ligris.
and between the Persian frontier and a line
.irawn south from Samsnun. is hardly e1ualled
by any other country either in the diver sity or
qualify OF its produc ions. Its mineral wealth
,um ara coal deposits yet untouched. The ores
OF all the common and precious metals are
known TO exist. but no DEVELOPMENT was nos
sitle or permitted by the Turk. All that the
country needs TO make IL a paradise is good
government. and all that term implies: hut
koOu RoNtT. IntuL buu turkish RUE nave n6tIl-
ing in common; they cannot exist side by side.
All the world is naturally interested in The
Immediate future OF Armenia. and the rem
nant Of its people. but they Themselves more
deeply so than any others. The nat iral feel
ing Is that a people so long suffering should
have an opportunity for Acknowledgement: but
whatever their future may be. IL will always
DO a satisfaction II the generation OF TURKS
which have inflicted such c%ruelties on the Ar
menians should suffer in their persons and their
Government the Just punishment FOR their
crimes. The pnssession of such a country as
Armenia Is would be well worth n struggle.
for it IL n prize worth conteIding for. and IL
the Turkish empire is To go into liquidation. 1t
10 but natural that Russia should be preparing
u lay hnnCs on It. If. however. Asiatic Tur-
key 10 to be made a kind Of Euro pean Reichs-
land. that would PROBABLY he "A more satisfac-
tory settlement for its own people. but in any
case the rule of the Turk must be cut short.