The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-10-09
Turkish Government Succeeds
In Throwing Impenetrable
Veil Over Atrocities Perpe-
tratsd in Dependency.
APPEALS FOR E 4
RECEIVED WITH E
More Advanced Among Turk
ish People Said to Look With
Horror on Butchery Of a
Helpless People.

1
tue OF a total suppression of all news
ON the subject. the Turkish sovern-
ment has succeeded In throwing an
impcnctrable veil over It's actions to-
wards the Armenians. Nothing def
mite IL obtaina3le In Constantlnople
Of the fate OF this people u in the
provinces but Il H. know that severe
measures planned against the Ar
menians In the ottoman capital were
not carried out owing 10 objections OF
the German government.
Concerning the Armenian affair,
three separate notes were presented
10 the Ottoman government by the
German ambassador ad Interim,
Prince Observation-Disclosures n the
Associated Press is rightly informed,
these notes had no ~far-reaching e.
feet, because under present conditions
the German government has been
Obliged to act gather gently. Turkey
Is still the ally Of Germany, and the
Armenians seem to have alienatcd the
good will Of the German government
and people to a considerable extent by
having made open cause with the en-
tente powers. Many of them have
joined the Russian forces near Van
and at Zeitoun and bort Jul they re-
volted against Turkish authority. The
three notes referred to were but Of
fetal incidents in weeks OF ondeavor
20 persuade the Turkish governments
to take a more reasonable and hu-
name view OF the Armenian affair
one of the notes drew attention to.
the great injustice of making an Ar
menians suffer for the acts OF "a Few
The Turkish government, however.
seems TO have remained adamantine.
As already stated. Il has been I'M
possible To- secure accurate informu-
ton In the premises. Turkish Off
cials have either refused % discuss
the situation. or have placed all blame
ON the Armonians. these latter. on the
other hand. have either refused 10
talk for fear of being also prosecuted
or have assigned an responsibility to
the Turks. a mass OF irrecunclble
statements has been the result, rang
ing, on the part of the Turkish off
Gals. from the absurd claim that the
Armenians were being well treated. TO
the assertions OF Armcuiaus that ia
Zoitoun, bort Jul and ether places
10000 Admenians had been mastered.
That the Turks have iu many in
stances been bully OF needless ever
ity. and la some cases have permitted
0arbarous acts OF violence. including
murder and rape. seems well estate
lished on the other hand the Ar
menians Ia the Van country have
been accused Of similar excuses
agains the Turkish population and
the Turks. having puwcr on their side.
have repaid such acts with liberal Iu-
%tcrcst. it Is said. iu well informed
Constantinople circles.
II cannot De said that the acts OF
the Turkish government in thfs con.
ncction have found the appreciation
OF the advanced Turkish classes In th'
capital, who, FOR the greater part. "a.
vor q policy OF Cancellation, and SOM
OF whom eve 80 as far ag 20 adyo.
cate the establishment Of "a Ecpurat'
Armenian state in Asia Minor undo
the sovereignty OF the ottoman impcr
ial government. Meanwhile The ten
denCy OF the ottoman government, q
either deny altogether that the Ar
menians are being persecutcd, or gly
its acts a too obviously artificial basl
aud character, would have bat ON
result, namely that h is both ashame
ana afraid 20 let the truth be- known
The many attempts made by the A.
ISOLATED Press correspondent {
throw some light on the Armenia
situation resulted in failure. becIus
the Turkish officials would not tai
ana the censorship would not per
init tho free passage Of dispatches O
the subject.
Nevertheless it must not 0e sal
Him. III MEH..H...H.N .Us moi LN.V.s
less. Dlyeatod Of all factors relate
TO the national ambitions OF the Al
menlans, their conduct towards tf
Turks and the Ottoman govcInmoi
has invited constantly measures of -
preston. The rising Of zttoun, DO
Jul and Van. and whOlosdl, desc
tions OF Armenian soldiers 20 tLo a
lies on tho Gallipoli peninsula ana
the Russians iH the Caucasus ha'
turned the Turks heart into stone
matters Armenian. he is now wrocI
ing vengeance upon guilty and inn
cent alike.
Co-ustantinople has for weeks D..
its daily crop OF Armenian rumoi
one Of the most interesting oi the
is nat eve the Shoik-ul-lslam 10,
protested against the cXoesscs fro
which the Armcnians have suffcre
There is "a possibility that this
true, because the sheik-ul-lsllm is
man of moderation and very progr,
siye tendencies
Il IS asserted In Constsntinoplo IN
the German government has I
some time. even at tho beginning
the war, taken "a special interest
the Armenians. The GeTmuus feHr
from the very start Of the war .
tween Turkey and the entente n
1.-THE Armenlans would mako AN
tempt 20 reestabIsh By force their
dependence.
Prominent ATmcnians were
formed that Germany would oontiH
ana eve increase. its benevolent
%torcst In the race, 10 % reasonable
utude was taken during the war, 7
"a time the influence of the men "