New-York tribune., 1904-09-25
APPEAL FOR ARMENIA.
qro ArchbishOps and Partisan Doc
for Come TO Make 1t.

-. men who arrived yesterday the Umbria
gbo are staying at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
-. come to plead for the good Offices Of this
hA's h..r,snt in behalf OF suffering Armenians The
Gov. Pev. II. sarajan. OF Worcester Mass. Arch
hs :, Arnoenians in America. and the Right
D Avbadan, Archbishop Of ArmenIans in
Re- india and the East Indies, and DR.. Loris
,,u,ow oS Paris come as specially appointed dele
-. .na representatives OF the Supreme Patriarch
e. Armenian Church at Etchmiadzin which is
tsd At the foot Of Mount Ararat in the Russian
..s1e d. Melkow is a nephew OF General
sI,.sa., roris Mellkoff. who the Prime Min
,ster Of Alexander IL
1r.bhish7p Sara Jean. who went 70 Europe to
= ,be other delegates. speaking for the delega-
tion. said;
The unassacres OF the present year havs again
naS the Mortified attention Of the world to the
ssg eS, series Of expressions. and crimes, against
,Sg11BSanity that have marked the rule OF Abdul
ramld over the Armenian pIoNlIces pA IuIhey.
fps.nhsry attended byp the most nendlsh cruelties
Is ended the lives Of nye thousand Armenlans
a. The last six months Fory-nNe wages nave
L. DESTROYED and fifteen thousand people are to-
SST homeless, and without the means OF sub
sIstence, ability 10 aneAoI'A1e tISr LIl.set!'
TSere is no security q life or properly ror Ar
renians in Turkey. When they & resist me M hnroish
aids they are charged with teHoL asalnst me
sroyernmeIit. The attempt OF Arnenians TO pro
lei themselves against ne lncuisl1ns t, OF Ine
Kurds is interpreted as reoellon ae1lSt 81 'Ie @ aG
shortly OF the Sultan. The Armenlahs are never
theless law-a6idiT people: :sscres prompted the
snnreme Patriarch TO appeal TO Russia. which vas
~ The Slgndt0rg 10 lle penn Nt'tt.
80 o1,r mission is 10 deliver his appear 70 each
~ the other sgnatory powers ana 10 an Cnrlsilsn
Sayernments Turkey instead OF running her ee-
ssFeTents under the Sixty-rst Article OF the Ber-
IN s7Testv 10 carry out the reforms ana improve
,,arts IN the Armenian provinces ana protect the
-sorie AGAINST the Kurds and Clrcasslails mas NOT
only imposed greater hardshlps. uub mas oeeh en-
couragirR war OF determination
our appeal has already been presented 20 IN. me
French Government through Munster Delcasse'
Who received Us. as did also President l.oupeL
v-itb the utmost cordiality and gave assurances
Of sympathy for the position Of cur people. Ihe
~ giish Foreign Minister Marquis lansdo"he also
-eceived our appeal with encouraging assurances
Ne shal 60 in a few days 10 Washington ana seek
a. SienSe with Secretary Hay in the hope that we
erIist the good Offices Of the United states gov
--vrerf IN the betternent Of the present unbeara-
Ne conditions Later We shall so 10 Italy, austria
sns germany in the furtheranCe OF our mission.
The various Armenian colonies and organizations
4, the East sent representatives 10 meet the dele
sates. and IN consequence the Fifth Avenue Hotel
vas yesterday the rallying point for a score OF
s.-nest men, who crowded the rooms or the VS.
tors Among the receiving party were Dr. Paroh-
r,rlsa Of the Armenian Republican Club. OF this
.y and Mr Dickranian. one OF the editors OF
aTs Hairenik' CThe Fatherlandl. published IN
Ba.cn. There were also representatives from
PrUyidence. Worcester and Philadelphia