American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-04-30

most abomniable and Relish rules on
religion, despised by every human be-
/ ing. IL teaches these hellish prin-
ciples to their boys and girls so that
the Christian people cannot send their
/ little boys and girls TO school with the
! Turkish people.
Some years ago Won Bernstorff. who
did their hellish work in this country
came from Berlin TO Constantinople.
from there to Asia Minor, surveying
all towns and fields took note of the
climate, the fertility of the soil, then
went back to Berlin. Not long after
the visit of that man the greatest
butchery in the Turkish empire took
place. More than 10000 Armenians
were killed in cold blood.
At the close of these massacres in
1890 Kaiser William came to Con-
stantinople and clasped the bloody
hand of the sultan, made friends of
the Turkish soldiers. The kaiser Wis
tied the Jews in Palestine. In 1898
the Turks had to cut a gate so he
could march through the wall. In
December. 1917. the allies went
through that very gate and took the
Holy Land.
One of the kaiser's most favored
statements since this war began is
that the German government wants a
spot in the sun. When Uncle Sam
gets through with the kaiser he will
have a spot in the geological gardens
somewhere.
More than 100 900 Armenians have
been fighting side by side with the al
lies against the Turks for the last
three years and have given good ac-
count of themselves. While the men
were scattered the Turkish govern
ment in the spring of 1915 sent out
proclamation that every Armenian
Christian, man. woman and child left
in the Turkish empire should be ready
to leave their homes. These orders
we're placed in every home, church,
and on practically every street corner
The men too old to be called to the
army and the children below fifteen
years were put into the streets and
herded together and driven from the
town. When they came out Of the
town the Turkish policemen took the
men above As and the boys between
10 and Is years, put them in one
group and marched them five or six
miles. and there lined them up and
cut them to pieces with axes. Not
satisfied with that they took the little
boys eleven and twelve years by their
feet swung them above their heads,
let them go and burst their brains out
against the rocks. Oh the horrors
and murders that l am unable to tell
about this afternoon are beyond mans
conception. The other group of wo-
men and little children were driven
away homeless and hopeless. Day
after day and week after week they
wandered through the desert, hungry,
thirsty and naked Thousands of
these starved on the deserts of Asia
Minor Mothers who had not the
strength to carry their little babies
were forced to leave them. When the
mothers did not want to leave their
little babies the Turkish policeman
would run his knife through the child
One hundred thousand Christian moth
ers were killed on the deserts Of Asia
| Minor Thousands of little children
{ we're thrown into great wells and the
r wells filled up with rocks and stones
/ Mothers would push their daughters
over precipices to be dashed to pieces
! rather than have them fall into the
T hands of the Turks. Mothers pushed
: their daughters into the streams Of
the Tigres and Euphrates. Some tool
| knives and razors and slashed the
5 chool,s Of their beautiful daughters
- and disfgured them so they would moi
t be so attractive to the Turkish sol
= diers.
Out of the 5000 Armenians thai
Y started from our city TO deportation
IN In
D out of $4,000 that left their homes
! women and children, just Is SURVIVED
e to reach their destination. Out OF IN
ten and one-half million population
4 there is hardly over one million let
e at the present time. Today nearH
n three million Serbians and Greeks ar
= absolutely helpless and suffering. o
t that three million 100000 of them ar
= little boys and girls.
+ Twenty thousand Armenians. most
S lv women and children took retug
r within the walls of an American col
= lege. Six American missionarie
n promised protection to those 2O,OO
? people. Turks called their forces o
e 10000 together to attack this Ameri
r can college and kill these 2OOo
e Christian Armenians within its walls
g but because the stars and stripes wer
It flying over the college. they feared L
carry out their purpose.
d The speaker closed with plea TO
American aid All that stands be
{ tween the people and starvation
= American generosity. Sometime soor
L. urder the auspices of the Red Crosl
d there will be a drive. by which 1t
e hoped to raise 80 cents per capita. O
!, $50. 900 900 in the United States. 70
- Armenian relief.