New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-14

whose ambition Is not only to help the Armenans
and the Greeks but to wipe Turkey off the face or
the earth
Mr.. Tharin Is every inch an enthusiast. and no one
can be In his presence five minutes and not Know
that he is thoroughly In earnest and has perfect con-
hdence his ability TO subJugate Turkey Painters
and poets portray enthusiasm In the form OF
youth, but Mr.. Tharn Is sixty-seven years oid,
straigh. arrow with luxurlant growth OF
soft gray hair q beard like patriarchs, Keen
ewes forceful manner Of speech and the air and
manner OF a polished Southern gentleman-"one OF
the real old stock"
He received Tribune representative in his modest
quarters the third floor of West Side boarding
house with all the dignity OF judge. and asked MS
visitor be seated in tho only chair In the room
with as much grac. and little embarrassment
as though thore were dozens OF chairs from wnich
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 Unionst all through the
war, although he was born In Charleston ana was
the law partner of William L. Yancey. Il was a
Unonist from the start" he said "as my rather
was in the notification days. served In tho Union
Army in the 10th Indiana Volunteers and earned the
ill-wil of my Southern friends for recruiting for
the Union Army and for blocking the game or my
former law partner in his efforts to secure the recog-
milton of the Confederate States by England"
But the humiliation Of Turkey is at present the
object of the venerable enthusiast and according
to his plans. 1t will be accomplished. although the
prime mover will not be compelled to move out OF
his third story back room; and In the light OF his
theories. the preparations for war with Turkey are
entirely uncalled for
"All men have their missions" he said. Some
know theirs, and others do not. / know my mis-
sion is to annhate Turkey, and cannot die until
that is accomplished" and he arose from the bed
on which he had been sitting and looked straight
ahead at im1einary applauding audience.
The Pro-Ar ian Alliance organized In
Washington by Mr.. Tharin Ito remedy the defect
in the Armenian situation and to afford permanent
relief, liberty and comfort to the downtrodden Ar
menians. The alliance is the only organization on
earth that ever meant means to eradicate the
lethea cause of the horror which under the name
of the Ottoman Empire for 100 years has defled the
planet before God and man." Besides the pubca
tio. of several papers. the first act Of the alliance
the preparation of this bill. which Mr.. Tharin
had introduced in the House Of Representatives:
A bill for a United States Commissioner to treat
with a commissioner from eacn CHRISTIAN nation
of the world for the correction OF the lntolerabe
evil, so persstently and still continuing, in the
shape of the Ottoman Empire. and for other pur-
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatves of the United States Of America In Con-
eresS ,S Ifit.d t Stss who shall Se ciiiIen
OF the United States, appointed by the PRESIDENT.
it shall be to appoint deputy commissioner.
one private secretary, two assistant secretaries.
and 10 promptly enter into correspondence with
the heads of ali Christian nations. propounding to
each of them the following scheme
The appointment by each Christian nation or
similar Commissioner. with instructions to act with
him and with each other. as follows:
To meet at convenient place and organize
the International Christian Commission.
The International Christian Commission to elect
a Christian. without regard 70 denominationaI
creed or nationality. to be provisional president Of
Turkey the different divisions or the Ottoman En-
pire as at present constituted TO be remanded into
or treated as territories, which will be admitted
as Christian States into the new Christian Power
TO be entitled the United States OF Turkey, after
the manner Of the State of Utah, whenever po-
lygamy and conquest by the sword as religious
institutions practices shall have been abandoned.
The provisional government thus formed for the
United States of Turkey during her territorial
condition and the autonomy growing out of the
same 10 be sustained by every arm OF each Chris
tian nation entering into this pro-Armenian al
lance. =,
At the expiration OF the term fixed for the said
provisional government, should the probationary
period be not extended by the allied Christian
Powers the United States Of Turkey TO be recog-