Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-11-08

mad ruler Of Germany" The speaker
showed that, time and again, the Ger
man agents had been appealed to STOP
the terrible atrocities that were goins
on in Turkey, but that each time the
agents had answered that they had no
authority to take any action In the IN
ternal affairs of Turkey. And turkey
takes her orders entirely from the oer-
man government to-day.
The speaker explained what the term
"deport" means as II Is used In turkey.
The Armenians are usually given ABOUT
three days notice that they are to De
deported. In this time they are sup
posed to close up their business anairs'
get together such things as they are
allowed to take with them and be READY
to depart On the first or second day
out from their homes. the men are
separated from the women, divided into
bands with the excuse of forming an ad-
vance guard. and, before the end OF an
other week, all of them are foully done
to death" along the route.
In the cases Of the women and young
girls Of the party. said the speaker. 1t
would have been far better had they
died with the men, for they suffer worse
than DEATH" and are then either Killed
outright or left to slowly starve by the
way. DR.. Spurgeon declared that he
knew that these were the common facts
in regard to large numbers of Armenians.
He told Of one revolving case, where 10000
orphan children, their parents having
been murdered by the Turks, were known
to have been thrown into huge pit
prepared especially for them and buried
alive.
The appeal of the speaker to the men
n nd tv, ~ o,,It To- -
them what they would do II these chill
dren belonged to them or their neigh
bors. struck home in many cases and
more than one tear was seen on the
faces of the audience. DR.. Sprugeon
assured the people that every cent that
was given In this cause would go to the
place where 1t was needed and would
keep some starving refugee alive for a
few days longer. His close acquaint-
ance with the work and the way that
1t is being carried on made It possible
for him to guarantee this. The Turk
has come to the conclusion that he
committed suicide when he entered this
war on the side Of Germany and he is
now being careful not to oppose the
relief work of the United States among
the Armenians. so that there is now no
difficulty in reaching those who need
Tic Hclp. lHc SWlSS DdnkS are dlSO as.
sisting in the work. through the agency
of this government Great Britain is
doing her part nobly to assist the Ar
menians, although overburdened al
ready with war taxes at home.
To show that first little Belgium and
later the British navy had stood be-
tween our own county and the war aims
of Germany, DR.. Spurgeon outlined the
four items in the war program of the
Kaiser as stated by Ambassador &C.
rard. They are as follows: % When
the opportune time arrived, a short,
sharp cut through Belgium into France
and thus to Paris. having conquered
which in the course of couple OF
weeks, they intended to levy a huge war
indemnity which would have crushed
the country; (2) Russia was to be
crushed; (3) the British navy was to
be wiped from the seas; and (4) the
Atlantic ocean was to be crossed, New
York, Boston and Philadelphia cap
tured and the American people made
to pay every cent of the great expense
of equipping this vast military scheme
DR.. Sturgeon gave splendid tribute
to the Stars and Stripes, saying that
the flag meant something even in the
Far East. He told a story Of a band
of refugees who had been followed by
the Turks to the shadow Of the doors
Of an American hospital over which
foated the Stars and Stripes. AL