The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-12-21

J. HAAANt"I ANN'N'NA" ~ NAH
lssc said TO be a camel's ioad Ar
monia's exports are silk and eottot
hides and leather. wine, dried fruits,
~raisins. tobacco. drugs and dye
stuHs. In mineral wealth. too, their
land Is rich. Gold. silver. copper and
iron are present In stores. but the
Turkish government has mover al
lowed their exploitation.
Armenian civilization Is not a brief
ono. dating hack 20 Maynower or even
Norman conquest, but one that Is al
MOST cotermlnous with recor1ed hts
tory. and every Armenian feels be.
hind him the vast antiquity. a, Ing
him personal disnity and great ma
tlonal pride. They begin their his-
tory with the Garden 81 Eden which
they claim was in Asmenia. hasins the
claim on the naive statement that the
land II beautifui cnoush 60 have in
cluded Paradise. Their flrs; recorded
ancestors they find In the book Of
Genesis. Their church diners nom
the creek church very little N creed,
but unlike the Greeks the Armenians
are not theologically Inclined and lay
little stress on doctrine. They have
always. however. been devotedly trm-
itarian.
The Armenian church has been
prosecuted not only BY Mosicm and
Fire worshipper. but also by Roman
and Greek; yet It is one OF the beau-
tifui characteristics Of this ancient
church that II never petsecutes in its
turn. II felloRships with all church,
es. holding that Christianity means
brotherhood through Jesus Chris;
and gives no warrant for oppression
or anathema
The appearance Of this sorely tried
people bears a remarkable resemb-
lance to the Hebrew. definitely east
srn. swarthy. heavy-haircd. black
eyed. with aquillne features. and sum-
ming up IN a much more oriental
type han Turk. slav or Greek. Tho
fates o. these two peoples, also. has
much in m Both developed q
remarkable strength OF nationality
and wonderful persistence OF type
and a strong cohesiveness out OF their
generations of oppression and pegse-
%cution. Both are gifted win keen
business instincts, with a talent for
languages and with unusual power FOR
concentration. The best known Ar
menian towns are Erzeroum; Khar'
put. a little town 1889 lect aoove the
sea, Bitlis. not far from Van; vaH
itself. on the beautiful blue lake Of
the same name, Diarbek!r; Marasb
near stately ML Tarsus; Tersus an
Adana. in the same district.ai Cfleiq
and MarsovRn In an OF these town
the population is largely Christian
partly Moslem. with enough armed
kurds 10 terrify. over the frontier
within Russian Armenia. uc Eri,ai
and Etchmiaizin. and Tliis. which %
largely Armenian.
The Armenian grievances are suite,
ey Miss jenkins az follows; The
may be divided into two classes thos,
which arise from the deliberate pol
icy Of the government ana thos
which arise from the weakness ant
inefdcicncy u the go,ernmeat. q
the former class belong the massa
ores. the impoverishment Of the peas
antry by taxation and the impunit.
granted to the crime of Kurds agains
Christians. together with tho disaUu
ing 50, the latter and the supplying a
rifles TO the former. To the secon
class belong disorders. utter falur
Of justice. wrstched and unsafe tran,
portation me brigandage.
In the oourts OF justice the wor
of an Armenian VIII not be ukei
and the Armenian peasant or trad,
has TO pursue his calling know ug tia
ne caunoi travel freely, recosulit
that ne viii be SO heavily taVed "a.
he can scarcely make "a LIVING am
then when the struggles " Tao SO.
are nearly over perhaps the Kur,
sweep dow from the mountains au
fcize his home for their winter she
ter take his crops aud ercu curl
IN his daughters. 80 Armenian.
life his property. nor the nouor
i, hiss ome has been safe n Turk,
for e century
q Despite these grievances. h1we,c
Miss jenkins tells that The Armenia
a were wild with enthusiasm and
e touching foiih hat they wee" ao40
10 be- given q mthcrland by being "a
lowed 10 take part in the upbuldlr
~ Young Turkey "Hut tno vii,
concludes. "they were destined
. sharp disappointment and now. ID
hnitoly snddcned. they reluctant
q have abandoned their hope of ire,
IN ~. sA...-N a.. Hr...U 900.