Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-04-25

CITIZENS of one country hsv
rights among people of On
other country. Under ouch inter
national rulings American mission
aries had established schools il
America. When the Turkish govern
Oeat was prosecuting Armenian
Shristians some years ago, American
missionary property Twas deatroye,
in - number of places in Armenia
,The, American government at Wash
Ng10n was informed Of the outrage
'and claim was made to Turkey fol
damage. The damage amounts 4
~boot one hundred thousand dollars
Turkey has not paid the damages
and hseRut off payment time sftel
tim1 r. st last the Washington gov
>ssaaht announces that unless she i'm
nedis'y pays the bill Of damages
al official intercourse with Turke,
III eeese.
4 is scarcely probable that out q
this troublesome cloud serious stat,
OF afAirs can come. And yet tn.
gravest trouble might grow out Of it.
Suppose Turkey does not pay, will
Congress authorize the President to
proceed to collect the claim by force
of armss It was in the name of hu
napity that war was declared against
Spain. Would the people Of the
United States make the same declar
alton against Turkey in behalf Of the
Armenians. Is the United States as
. nation going about championiDg
ehe Humanity of the people of all ma
6onsa Ia the event of q war with
Turkey the TURK will have friends,
which Spain dii rot have. England
has been friend If Turkey in keeping
ing Russia in marching to Constanti-
nople. She has Kept Russia back o
generation and more. Would Eng
land step in to interfere with the mat
ter between the United States and
Turkey! Time will develop that. In
The event of Epgland's interference
what would Russia dot what would
Germany and France do! With ali
these side lights turned on the
United States and Turkish question,
what if spark of war should drop
into the situation! would that set the
whole world at war; The Unlted
States, Turkey, England, Russia, Ger
many, France. The out come would
Do 70 brutalize the whole civilized
world and throw the nations back in
the direction Of barberism. The peo.
pie of all nations are living better
now than ever before. The inven'
tons for the comforts and we'll being
of the human race have developed al
never before as far as known. Al
universal war would change all tha
and produce state of relapse 81
'hurtful to the human race that it 81
imoet shocks when thought of.
The State Editorial Association
will go to Wilkesbarre this year for
their outing on the 26!h Of June.
The Middle of the Road Populist
in Kansas are putting themselves to
gether for the impending campaign.
TIE Presbytery of Northumbe,
land baa adopted an overture to tn
General Assembly relative to short
er creed than the Westminster creed
OK Tuesday the Senate declared
Colonel QUAY not entitled to q sea
in the q. s. Senate by l vote. Th
vote stands on the books 80 for Quay
33 against Quay.
The United States has demanded
the immediate payment of one hun
dred thousand dollars from Turkey
for damage done to American church
property during the Armenian out
RACES.
CONGRESS is again talking Of submit
ting an amendment TO the Corstitu
tion providing for the election o
United States Senators by the people
Those against the change argue tba
1t will result in putting an inferio
Yradeof men in the United State
Senate. Such, however, is not th,
general view. The general desire il
that Senators should bs elected b,
. direct vote OF the people "a pop
ular vote. So the general publi
contend the President of tn
United States should be elected.
The Pennsylvania railroad com
'pany contemplatcs making a straigh
railroad track for passenger train,
from Altoona to Gallitzen tunne!
Now by wey Ct horseshoe bend thu
distance is about IL miles. BY th,
contemplated airline from the tun
mel to Altoona is atout miles. Tb.
tunnel is about eleven hundred fec,
higher in the direction of the stars
than Altoona. Tbirking of q rail
road train dropping eleven hundred
feet in a distance of 5 miles. If Sbad,
'mountain at Macedonia could b<
raised one hundred feet, it would b<
eleven hundred feet higher than this
town. II a straight track from
court house square could be built to
the top Of Shade mountain at Mace
,donia the Altoona situation grade
and Niat uce W. mid ho narallal Nov