New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-29
THE ARMENIAN MAssACREs
Proof Piled Up Which No ex-Parte
Denials Made Here Can Affect.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: It takes the audacity Of Turkish
propaganda TO Justify as "a military meas
ure" the massacre and enslsvng Of thousand,
Of Armenian women and chidren-to imply
that your worthy paper is one Of "the jing'
PRESS and TO call n reader "shallow-nintei
and unsophisticated" for protesting at Turk
ey's refusal to allow the American Red Cross
70 enter Armenia 90 give succor 20 people
pcrishing from hunger and disease the result
Of Moslem persecution.
There appeared recently in your columns
another letter attempting 70 discount the
horrible tales Of crimes perpetrated BY
Turkey against the Christian Armenisr'
which have shocked America.
No man of feeling can help wishing that
such stories were untrue. Americans sin
ccrely hope them 10 be untrue. for the sake
Of the people involved, without entering into
the question Of finding the Turk guiltles' o.
the systematic numbering Of half million
innocent, helpless and harmless females and
children, the unchecked ranng Of maldehs
the beating 10 death OF old men. Perpe'ra'
tors and defenders Of such crimes are as near
inhuman as can be found in this CIVILIZED era
1t cannot be denied that the scale Of ne
alleged killings and tortures Is 80 teni's
that there is an inclination on the par
Americans 70 disbelieve and. perhaps, TO give
weight to denials Of Turkish propagandsH
But such doubt is eliminated entirely when
we examine the source and authority Of 'n'
reports.
Every American newspaper and magsfih'
in America now accepts the Armenian mas
sacres as true. Our leading journalists raw
written editorials condemning the Turks sef,
Ambassadors, consuls and other America"
ard Europeans are witnesses against IurAe''
Our ambassador at Constantinople Claims
that mot half has been told" The eoh'.H
Of neutral nations have all confirmed me $40.
ries. The Italian Consul was an eye"i'ne"
t. the drowning Of 10000 on a single oeeS
sion. Would the Turks have US believe ,As'
these diplomatic officials are deceiylng Ns"
governments? IA.
The administration at Washington ADMIT
that the State Department is "replete VIZ
the terrible reports from our represeh'S''',
in Turkey. But such official reports have nV'
been made public for fear the American pyO
lie will demand such action az the admins
tration is unwilling TO undertake "i'hO'
approving or condemning such policy,
mention this to prove the conviction o. ~ -,
that the situation cans ~
drastic action.
In addition to the American goyernm.H'
the European powers have all taken eOs
nizance of the situation in Armenia. L,.s
Germany has seen it useless 10 deny the '9~
of her ally, and has made supposed requss-
to have them stopped. or has explained 80 80
as being necessary, or has called II H0'SN'
else's business.
The missionaries and instructors IN hn,l
can institutions have always been ie''1.
source Of information as 20 what Is go'he
in the interior OF Turkey Nerihcatlon' ~. ~.
that source have been by authoritative ''1'
ments from the headquarters Of the boS.D -.
Foreign Missions, az Boston, and By INC =,
dividual missionaries and professors "a
have lately arrived in great numoe" %.
who are the most direct and damaging
aesses 10 the facts.
There have been formed, both here sho :.
Europe, committees 10 ascertain the ".' !,
TO these massacres. The one IN Ame sI,os
of such men as Charles W 80
Cardinal Gibbons, Professor Barton Dn"bM
Greer, c. r. Crane, Professor Duttoh' L.,
Wise. Norman Hapgood, Bishop khihsla~ .d.
William Sloane and other prominent A"
cans. The committee in England IS 80, n
by Viscount Bryce. a man who Is respe9.o.
this country by virtue OF his amoassaos a
services for many years. A committees
whose government is now ~.
80, ,.,.h apd for Turkev has estimated W"
Armenians az sSb.OOo. nd
Let the above sources OF Information -,
authorities silence once for all the deny'.:
Turk! No amount OF denial WIZ oO" '..r,,
history, which already records the Misses, go.
of every Christian nation that has eon,
der the Turks rule. VINCENT lAhpo~
Now York. Nov. 20, 1914