The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-21

ward the Armenian cause, while, in 9TH
er places, other less temperate orators
have harangued ia favor of war aud the
determination OF ine Turk.
bug the AFFAIRS in Armenia have not
been rghted, rev complications have
sprung up .l 81 ccce which make the con-
dition of the Sick Mon still more Dreca-
riOus, and, added 20 an these dangers,
which menace the ottoman Empire,
comes "a usty champion in the person of
Robert $. pharin. whose ambition is not
only TO help the Armenians and the
Greeks but 10 wipe Turkey off the face
of the earth.
Alr. Tharin is every inch an enthusiast,
and no one can be in his presence five
minutes and not know that he is thor
oughly in earnest and has perfect con-
ndence in his ability 10 subjugate Turkey.
Painters and poets portray enthusiasm
in the form of youth, but Mr.. Tharin
is sIxty-scven years old. straight as an
arrow, with a luxurant growth of soft
gray hair, beard like a pauiarch's, keen
eyes. forceful manner of speech and the
air and manner of a polished Southern
gentleman-"one Of tho real old stock
lie received a Tribune representative
in his modest quarters on the third floor
the dignity of q judge. and asked his
visitor to Dee seated boz the only chair In
the room with as much grace and as lit
tie embarrassment as though there were
dozens Of chairs from which TO select the
most comfortable.
That he was always an independent
man and not swayed or influenced by
his surroundings is shown by the fact
that he was a UniOuist all through the
war although he was born in Charleston
and was the law partner of William H..
Yancey.
Il was a Unionist from the start he
said, "as my father was I'm the nullIhca-
ton days. l served i'm the Union army
In the Sixteenth Indiana Volunteers, ana
earned the il-will of my Southern friends
for recruiting for the Union army and for
blocking the game Of my former law
partner in his efforts TO secure the rec
opniuon Of tho Confederate States by
England"
But the annihilation Of Turkey is at
present the object of the venerable en-
thusiast and according TO his plans. II
Will be accomplished, although the prime
mover Will not be compelled TO move out
OF his third-story Darkroom; and, IN the
light OF his theories. the preparations for
war with Turkey are entirely uncalled
Tor.
All men have their missions me said.
some know theirs. and others do not.
/ know my mission is to annihilate Tur-
key. and I cannot die until that is ac-
complshed." and he arose from the bed
on which he had been sitting and looked
straight ahead at an imaginary applaud
ing audience.
The Pro-Armenian Alliance was organ
lied in Washington by Mr.. Tharin TO
remedy the defect i'm the Armenian STU
alton and 10 afford permanent relief hb-
erty and comfort TO the dOwntrodden Ar
moniaus.
Tho alliance is the only organization on
earth that ever meant or means to Grad
icata the letheal cause OF the horror
which under the name of the ottoman
Empire for 200 years mas defiled the plan
ct before God and man.
Besides the publication OF several pa
pers. the first act OF the alliance was the
preparation of this hll which Mr. rha-
rim had introduced in the House Of Rep
resentatVcs:
4 bill for a United States Commissioner
TO treat with a commissioner from each
Christian nation Of the world. for the
correction Of the intolerable evil. so per-
Hlsttutly ana sun cVhllt"i'1f III TIC 9''"i-~
Of the Ottoman Empire, and Tor other
purposes
BE IL enacted by the Senate and House
OF Representatives Of the United States OF
America in Congress, assembled, That
there shall be a commissioner OF the
United States, who shall be IA citizen OF
the United States. appointed by the Pres
dent by and with the advice or the SEN
ate. whose duty IL shall be TO appoint one
deputy commissioner. one private secre-
tary. two assistant secretaries, and 10
promptly enter into correspondence win
CI,rlsfiaa nafiQua- plQ.