The Worcester spy., 1898-11-20


Through Armenia On Horseback
BY George Fl. Hapworth. f.. p. Dut-
to,, p. 20 Nro,,. ,ro,Iv
oN' 4'e"
WheR IL became known lhdL INeN'
George H. HepWorth was to go out to
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man "'lVOlIiSs anu 10 "iile ii'9 0P'"
ions and observations to the New York
Herald. all at the expense Of James
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congratulate ltseIL lnal now dt lt'Sl
~ "oulu Btl al lAe IaeOs on ,ile eaSe;
J. rec from Armenian eNdsSeidtloH 0"u
AZ lteHlaIl ammunition. w men HoNGNai'
IL IL pevdile known Ihal MT. 9E"uey
w III mulIIIIaIl was 10 ne OIL liS paI' ~ an"
1ial NOT ohiy nad the sultan consent
su 10 Ile eNpelll'oh ans lhe pIop[ySsu
OU.V' p"L hdu oUeieu lo SeHu IN ee
OR Iouf Oh ms alueS de camp ana SIN
seIBeahls as bodE guard ana escort
lueIe were many VINO shrugged tnelt
shoulders mentally and decided mat
W. W. HepW9rIn WouId nos pe tlpIe 10
throw lnucn llShJ ON tne sltuallon' Fof
d tlille lhelt leafS We're JuslHl9d. Ait.
HepMoIlh was eVldNhily M tle same
po9lli"li as Ihat IN Wnich ~. HopNil-
son oinllh round hlmseIii nut Mr, smith
iJd9 never oeeh Wiling 10 adlilI lHdt
IN succomplhS TO Iurkish pl1ndish-
menus ne Iosl thee power To- see the
trutIl' WiIe MT. HepWofJh' pelnS less
an anu open 10 social cohslaeratlohs'
I.au lne iHalliHess at IeasJ 10 stfuS-
Eie 10 preserve ms IhJeuecJual lhteS-
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AcCoIulilS 10 MT. HepWorth, the
cduSe on lhe Armenian maSsacres was
iloI IeilSloQS ullelenceS between the
W. races puU personal cnafacIeflsllcS,
l ailu uile oIily Wo1uer is lhat the TWO
! dceS nave got along together as We'll
as tliey nave Ihe hatred OF the TURK
Ior Iile Armenian IS a pohtical hatred,
anu d. ~ IL was the presence OF the reVolu-
IloIllatS lhal gave the turks the oc-
gStsloIl ana excuse Tor the massacres.
Ne IeNoluuohiSls, egBed ON by RUSSIA,
no hopes uillinalely TO aud Anatoha
~ HeI own empire are uolng What
luey can TO make outrages possible,
WIN view TO 1orclhS the European
puWets 10 intervene ana re-establish
tAe armenian kingdom But no one
can Tree the Almenans trom Iurhsh
RUE except complned Europe, ana the
so-called Chflstlan powers OF Europe
VII feaIly neip the Arlnenlans only
W4eIl me alVlslon or tne spolls VIII
HeIp loi uoIIB So MeanWhlle' the mas
sdCieS may pe resumed at any Jlnle.
MT, iepWoilh mas evidently peeh
NY SllIleu pE lne aSlule gentleman VINO
rules lIle alIalfs or the ottoman EN-
pre- HolleuiHes ne appears TO MT.
Hep"oflhS ) Imagination as a Keen
penetrating spirit ana a practlsed dlp-
!oinallSt VINO mas succeeded IN throw
ing uust III the eyes OF all Europe and
in WafulhS on the attack OF ms sus-
PlcIouS ana Rosllie helshpofs. AGAIN
ne assumes lAe shape OIL a frank, m
SeHuous' NFluous person kept d ptlS-
ohef IN ms own palace ana knowing
onIy so hluch as ms shfeWd courters
choose TO tell NM. In the one role ne
IS a sagaclous statesman eiuding the
li4lheq dlPlomacy OF Europe; IN the
otiler ne Is Dreamy innocent chlld,
allerhdlely uupeu ana IatJefed Dy I'M
scrupulous tlme-selNers. Mr.. Hep
worm talIure to harmonlze or identi-
lY lhe TWO is one OF the most serious
dehclencles OF the volume. With either
one of the representations We could
perhaps make the facts as we know
them and as Mr.. HepWorth himself
states them tally, but there is no
squaring them with both
The sultan is not personally respon-
sibe for the Armenian massacres. says
Mr.. Hepworth, and if he lies about
them it is only because he does not
know the truth. But why he should be
so sharp as to read the designs of Eu-
rope and so dull as not to be able to
find out what is going on 100 miles
from his palace is not explained. That
the massacres Werean ORGANIZED nave
ment on the part of the government is
toIerably clear, considering that thev
were ali begun and ended in a nerfact
ly orderly and matter of fact manner
and in precisely the same wav-with y
bugle call. If anv further Droof were
needed that the government mad tbe
affair i'm hand if wou1d he that +be
missionaries were unroieetad and tbat
wherever thew instituted q nrotactorafe Ia
over. given nIaces ar ,ers1ns tba 1atte,,
were Tesnecfed nv tba TnTlrfsh soIdiers
Sucb narfact Croanizatior caI,Id ,i,t
have come about nv a1anca ~. I,,itpn,,t
the cooni1anre ~. conni1,a,,oa oe ~
central no1yer That tta s,,i4a,, o,1,7 ~,
s11bordinates know, the aT,lro,.i,,,at15
truth aboIt +be ,,,oesc,.a is, bo1.,, ++,4
nv tha official doc,1,nants ana nv ~
,.iva-vocn sfa+a,,,arfe of railia1s 60 M,
ITenuoI,.b which in a,1y, i,,ta,,o9
near ro have Iiad n5,,er ineanin,,sly.
ana nv tba raforns which 11i,oi, -
The anusanent Of those Mo 1nda,.
stand Me situation have fror7 tir1e to
tin1a bean r,o,7,isad hy, N sI,i+e+ ~ ~
e7,1I o,1, il,dagst5,,l1 ,So,ftiS, - ~.
~ f., rE,I,iI,,,o .,,,l,iSs..f,,IiI.
codae T. ~ oi'ie,,e,,l,, Io' III,
t,4sil,i,,, ''ie VI 0 WY
NJ. tIo,,,.o,,t1, ,ol,,,o,,.1oJ1,,os +l,,. l.
two of tI5a ,,s,s9al, ,.eIif7io, iiia,,d5
menians We're offered the choice be-