The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-16
RAIDS IN ARMENIA
RUMORS OF THREATENED ,,,ss
GRE OF INHABITANTS OF
TURKISH PROVINCES
PEOPLE BETWEEN TWO FIRES
Those Who Have Sought Refuge Un.
der Russian RuIe Find It's Des-
pot1sm More IntOIerabIe Than
That of MussuIman,
Special to The Globe.

mors OF an Armenian revolution ara
again current here, the disappearance NJ
Fuad Pasha having been due to faiIura
on his part to suppress the incipient dis
turbance
According to some accounts Kurdish
oUtrages are at the bottom OF the trouble,
and others attribute the unfortunate sit
uation to the plans Of Russian agents
who are endeavoring to push The from
tiers Of Russian Armenia forward.
Russia has long threatened to step in
and restore peace if the porte persisted
in permitting outrages by the Kurds az
winch 1t secretly winked. To what ex-
tent the change Of rule, if brought about.
would benefit the Armenian is very
doubtful.
Those Armenians who have already
passed into the paternaI care of the
White car are not bubbling over with
gratitude for the treatment received
from him. In fact It is doubtful II then
position under the Russians rule IS not
worse than it is under that OF the Turks.
The truth is that the Armenian is as
rule, more intelligent and progressive
and is possessed of more businessliks
methods than the other races with whom
he comes in contact, exciting in cOnse-
quence their cupidity and jealousy.
extraordinary tenacity as a people the
Armenians would long ago have lost their
individuality among the barbarous Tartar
tribes by whom they have been sur
rounded and conquered.
Like the Germans they are both intel
lectual and stoId, being Of a much more
thorough and decided character than
either Greek or Turk The Persans ara
regarded as the most quick witted Of ORR
entail races, yet the Armenians have their
penetration, combined with much great
er depth and more application.
The Armenian's supremacy in COM
mercial affairs is due to his foresight,
concentration and balance. His shrewd-
ness, if not his ingrained principle car
ries him to the very philosophy of bust
ness, which he recognizes to De the most
stringent honesty. By cultivatng this
principle he generally Outwits the more
truculent Greek, who has long retained
his prominence as a trader
1t is in self-absorption in the successful
prosecution of a career only that the Ar
menian can find refuge. His long pre-
served hope, contested for centuries. with
stronger forces than himself for an Ar
menian national life, is practically futile.
Between the two millstOnes of Russian
and Turkish despOusm all hopes Of an
Armenian nationality are crushed hope
lessly to the ground. He turns from the
Turkish flag with terror because Of the
nameless horrors to which his country
men have submitted, to find that under
the Russian regime he must surrender his
entire mentality to Russian ideals-must
submit in fact, to moral and intellec-
tual humiliation This is perhaps worse
than the humiliation Of his body, or the
benefcent assimilation Of his wealth by
the brutal Kurd.
I'm his Interpretation Of the mystery
Of fovfrf II h.
cauy both from the Roman and the
Greek churches. His construction Of the
Christ is deisuc he absolutely refus-
ing to listen to the theory of two natures.
His belief is in a Christ who Is one per-
son and one nature, one will and one en-
ergy According to his liturgy it will be
seen that his idea is the essence Of the
entire Armenian theology as conveyed in
the following dogma: 20 God, holy God,
mighty God, everlasting God, who vast
crucifed for US"
The Armenians differ from all the other
Christian creeds Of the East in respect to
the absolute and eternal oneness OF the
divine entity. In defense Of this belief
they have combated the Persian Chris
tians, their old allies; the Georglans, By
zantineS, Romans and all the other
churches which sprang up after them.
for it was in Armenia that the first
Christian state was established through
the propaganda Of st. Gregory.
Their tenacity in adhering to their re-
lgiOus tenets has been the cause Of po-
Htlcal enSlaVement, financial ruin and
personal martyrdOm and Is none the less
50 today than for the past thousand or
more years. All attempts to effect a
union between the Armenian church and
the Greek or Latin churches have failed.
The Armenians have never forgotten
that when the others were idolaters, they
themselves were Christians. The dignity
of Lnf~ Lrr.AE, TTr.--
equaIed by that OF the dignitary Of any
other church, not excluding that of the
greatest Of the Roman or Greek popes.
The office became hereditary in the fam
idly Of the iluminatOr, which was en-
dowed with territories extending over
fifteen provinces and comprising many
pr1ncely residences. It was customary
for scions Of the ilIuminators family to
marry into the royal family, and they
were accorded the fun honors Of royalty.
The glories have, of course, long ago
departed, but their memories remain. But
the Armenians have been satisfied to
take all hazards to not sacrifice their
individuality.
The bulk of the nation has persisted
In the attempt Judging by results so
far the assimilation Of Armeniaus by any
other form Of Christians is as impossible
as the assimilation Of the poles They
are absolutely Interchangeable on the ques-
ton Of faith and as ready to die for ii ar
In the days Of HeracIus
His sterling qualities alone have saved
the Armenian from complete extinction
during the centuries that he has been suf-
fering through the ACKNOWLEDGMENT or
others.
In Russian Armenia, despite the perse-
cution he meets with, the native holds
his own. He fills all the Offices and all
the professions through his superior abH-
ity. In the Russian army Armenians
have won distinction for distinguished
service. In selecting military occupation
they have no choice, however, as where
ever the Russian flag goes CONSUMPTION Is
inevitable.
In religious matters the Turkish gov
eminent is inclined to be more tolerant
than the Russian, and on this account
many Armenians prefer the rule Of the
Turk. They put the matter thus: we
nave simply choice between two Op-
pressions one physical and spasmOdic,
the other moral and systematic"
From historical records shown in the
ruins Of such cities as Ami. one of their
former capitols, il is obvious that the Ar
menians are Of those races that have
proved themselves susceptible to the high
est culture.
They form a curious intermediary be-
tween the genius Of the West and that
Of the East.
The downfall Of Ami left them at tina
mercy of their Moslem masters, and cut
off the chance Of their becoming a pos
SlDly great, but certainly hfgf-cuItu red