The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-01-20
4 GRE PETITION
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He sIs3 Urged % Induce Tie Powers e
Prevent Crimes and outFasss
IN Turkey:

MAedlNGIONt Jan. lV:--fTOmt
nent European statesmen, educators.
publclsts and citizens have Joined in
a petition to President Roosevelt to
endeayor IN the interests 81 humanity
and civilization by such means as
may seem proper 70 him to bring
about 9the concert otlthe powers oi
Europe with a view Of securing fol-
the subjects Of the Ottoman Empire
that condition Of public peace and or.
der which the absence has already
drawn down upon that empire 50
many disasters, menacing 1t with the
catastrophe OF Its total humiliation =
The appeal was presented to Presi-
dent Roosevelt to-day by James b
Reynolds, Of New York. The petition
was prepared by Mr.. Rerthelot, for.
ferly senator and secretary Of foreign
analrs OF France, and is signed by
scores of the distinguished public
men Of every country in Europe.
The President has made no response
to the appeal, but promised Mr.. Rey.
ucias 10 give 1t the most careful con.
sideratlon, expressing, meantime, his
appreciation of the honor done him,
as President, and to America in nav.
ing the petition presented to him.
The petition includes the following
representations:
"We do not doubt that, like our
selves, you are profoundly moved by
the tragic fate Of the Armenian PEG.
pie, whose origin is the same as our
own AMI who have played an tmpor.
tant part in the development of civ
ilization since ancient times.
at is disgrace for Europe, and,
may we add, for America to permit
the continuance Of such a condition
of crime and anarchy which, let it be
remembered, involves our own fellow
countrymen.
"More than one European and
American has been plundered, i'll.
treated and murdered by Hamidatn,
Kurdish or Tartar bands. In the re-
gions abandoned to the brutal feroc.
fly Of these hordes Of brigands chron,
ic danger threatens alike the material
interests Of commerce and industry
and human life to whatever nation
the inhabitants may belong.
"These, sir, are our reasons for ad,
dressing you with the entreaty that
you will approach by such means and
in such measure as may seem proper
to you, and as the authorized expo.
nent of the opinion Of civilized ma.
tons, the governments in whose terri
tories these scenes Of sayagery take
place.
1--WE venture to hope that your ex'
preston of sympathy will be fayora'
bly, received by the Gear, who has so
emphatically proclaimed his human.
tartan intentions and expressed his
desire to have them sanctioned by in.
ternational agreement. We appeal to
you to take steps to bring about the
concert Of the powers Of Europe, with
the view of securing for the subjects
Of the Ottoman Empire that condition
of public peace and order Of which
the absence has already drawn down
upon that empire SO many disasters,
menaclng it with the catastrophe Of
its total humiliation"
The petition is signed by 81 sena-
tors and 25 deputies Of France, 2
senators and II deputies Of Italy, 2
senators and AZ deputies Of Belgium,
i deputy Of Sweden, 8 deputies Of
Denmark, IA English bishops, 81 pro
fesors of the universities of Great
Britain and the Continent, besides
many eminent citizens Of Norway,
Sweden, Denmark, Holland, France,
Germany, Austria, Italy England,
Scotland and Ireland. Among the in.
dlvidual slgners are F. Nansen and
Bjornstjerne Bjornson, Of Norway;
General Booth, Of the Salvation Army;
Professor wundt Of Lelpsig, and
Prof. Ernest vevisse, Jules Claretie,
Leon Bourgeois, Ludovic Heleyy, An.
atole Leroy Beaulleu and Louis Blanc,
Of France.
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