New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-25
MASSkCRES PRENEDITATED.

Mr. Lynch in Armenia" expresses the firm
conviction, based on careful investigation on the
spot that the massacres OF 1895 were not the
outcome of a spontaneous rising of the Moslems
against the Christians. but were provoked from
without By Armenian revolutonaries. Of course,
the Arnenans not popular in Turkey. Like
the Jews, they successful In every business
they undertake not to excite the jealousy of their
Moslem neighbors. And then. too. following as
they do the professions of bankers. money deal
ers traders and loan mongers. they have most
of their less thrifty Mosem neighbors and fellow
citizens in their debt But they are extremely
well treated unless there is some deliberate act
of provocation as. for instance. on the occasion
of the Armenian outrages at Constantinople some
ten years ago. which originated in dsorderly
and riotous Armenian demonstration at the
Sublime Porte leading to a sanguinary conflict
between the Armenian rioters and the troops
sent to restore order. whereupon the turbulent
Sofas or AIoslem students, took a hand in the
game. But the trouble would never have taken
place had il not been deliberately provoked by
the demonstration the Sublime Porte, care
fully organized by the revolutionary Armenian
societies, apparently for the express purpose of
instigating a massacre. to excite the sympathy
of the civilized world in behalf of the Armenians
against the Turks.
II is only abroad that hears OF Turkish
cruelties and the oppression os the Armenians.
and those of the latter who complain OF the
prosecutions OF the Turkish government mostly
all reside either in Western Europe the
United States. The vast majority OF Arnenians
in Turkey are perfectly contented with their lot.
There is no reason why they should not be so.
At ConstantinopIe finds all the most
wealthy prosperous and influential members OF
the community TO be Armenians. and they may
II he al aIasga of he
SuItans empire. Nearly all the most beautiful
palaces and the finest estates in the neighbor-
Armenians, and it is they too. who are the NOV
ing spirits in all the railroad. mining and indus
trial enterprises calculated TO develop the well
fare of the Ottoman nation. Moreover. nearly
all the permanent officials OF any Importance in
the government departments at STEAMBOAT are
Armenians. both by-race and creed. particularly
the permanent under secretaries OF state. who.
owing 10 their profound knowledge of the ms
and outs OF their several departments and to
their unrivalled experience in administrative
matters. practically in control of their re-
spective ministries These suffer no dis
advantage whatsoever from the facts of their
being either Christians Armenians. and the
Sultan himself who has Armenian blood in his
veins has a very large number of Armenians
occupying positions of trust and dignity in his
household. In fact. old Channes Sakyz Enendi.
his Treasurer and the Keeper of his Privy
Purse the manager of his entire fortune. official
as we'll as private. and of his most intimat e
advisers IN whom he has. in spite of his sus-
picious nature, reposed the most boundless con-
fdence, Is an Armenian.