New-York tribune., 1915-11-04
CHRISTIANS UNDER TURKISH ROLE
Prolonged Agony According Armenian Who Denies the
Existence of Any Laws Except for Mosems.

were massacred In Cillcia. AND after tnls
horrible deed the liberal Young Turks gov
ernment deliberately left unpunished the
men guilty of the crime. Thus they defieo
righteousness and scorned justice And
lastly, Just two years before the Balkan war
the atrocities of Turks eliminated in the
massacre Of Christian Albanans, OF whon
10000 were slain in cold blood.
have put these facts down from historJ
TO show what has been the course taken By
the Turkish government, be il OF old or youn9
Turks Why should Mr.. Mufty-Zade take tnt
pains to say that "the Armenians have them
selves to blame" that they constitute al
unrestfu element? If he is making these
statements in defence Of Turks it Is no.
based on justce-it is an inglorious defence
Not long before the war, in the very capita
of Turkey, in Constantinople. an article wa
published in one of the daily papers by
Turkish high priest. Abdul Hakki Bagdadi
I quote the following from the translation
made in armenia" "The greatest sin IS t'
give God an associate. One who believes II
any other than the true God is an intidel. Ht
is the accursed and damned Of all the world
II is sacred duty of the true believer t'
cyr,pel the Christian to believe or wipe hin
sympathy and love for believers, but we hate
and will torment the unbelevers" This
shows openly the awful hatred Of the Moslen
against the Christian. "Wipe him out OF ex
ieteuce!" exclaims this high priest In thai
very city where the heads OF Turkish gov
ernment are, yet the priest goes on preach
ing unmolested.
would advise Mr.. Mufty-Zade to read
car,fullv the translation made In the same
New York paper OF letter by Sheriff Pacha
nublished recently in the journal dc
Geneve.r Sheriff Pacha is the son OF the
late Said Pacha, who considered IN poht-
ical circles the ablest man Turkey has ever
produced. In the letter it is plainly shown
when the plans of these horrible atrocities
were hatched by the Young Turks. And also
Mufty-Zade Bey will learn how invaluable
the services of the Armenian nation nave
been to the Turkish Empire.
II grieves me when Mr.. Mufty-Zade goes on
ironically to say that Armenia must inciude
also New York City," because 1t reminds me
of horrible days when we were compelled 10
come to New York City. The life OF 0hris'
tians in Turkey has been prolonged agony
Under the rule OF cruel government iiie
sooms a burden 10 the Christian. lie either
ia compelled 10 leave his native land ana
derart in tears for America or otner couh'
tries or stay there and suffer the barbarities
of Turks and Kurds How can human be-
ing "abide by the law" when this law Is the
law of religion, the religion of hre and SWORD
the religion of destruction, the religion which
6omands the annihilation Of Christians! HOW
il il possble to endure and "abde by the
Laws of a government that plumbers rapes
murders. profanes, defies; of government,
that dislikes to abide with the Christians
There are no laws in the Turkish Empire
and have never been. The law of might, the
law Of gwcrd. cannot be the law Of civiliza,
,ion The Christians in that country could
rovor abide there by the laws; the laws there
MO not for Christians, but Moslems
A. TO how much significance should be AZ.
tached 20 what Mr.. Mufty-zade says aoou,
tho rebellion of Van, can only say that mad
tho Armenans not rebelled TO free theii
state from the Kurds and Turks they wouio
inevitably share the fate that has oetaiien
,be;r unfortunate compatriots in other parts
of Turkey. w. !.
New York, Oct. q, 1918.