The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-01-08
ARMENIAN BRINGS STORY
OF TURKISH ATROCITIES
Rev. Papazian in Eloquent Talks in
Churches Sunday Pictures Hor-
rors Almost Unbelievable

The committee on Armenian-R Re-
lief received a message at a late
hour Saturday night that Rev. M. G.
Papazian of Fresno, an Armenian,
would visit Fallon Sunday for the
purpose of enlightening the people
upon existing conditions in the near
east.
listening to this most eloquent speak
er that an earlier announcement of
his coming could not have been given
as those who were fortunate enough
to hear him will not soon forget the
message he brought. Mr.. Papazian
is man of unusual intelligence, by
an American citizen, whose early ed
ucation was received in one of the
colleges in his native country and
later through a course at Yale. Fol-
lowing the completion of his studies
at Yale he returned to his native
country where he remained for four
teen years with purpose of instill
ing into the minds of his countrymen
American methods of education
Sunday morning he made brief
talks in the Baptist and NJ. e.
Churches and through the invitation
of the pastor DR.. Berry he occupied
the pulpit in the Baptist church at
could have heard the tales of the
atrocities inflicted upon the peoples
of the countries in Asia-Minor as re-
lated by him unmoved. With clear
enunciation and a freedom from ex-
aggeration his story as an eye wit
ness of the massacre of 100000 Ar
menians by the Turks and as he de-
clared at the fnstigation of Germany
was almost unbelievable.
All the horrors suffered by Bel
gium now so familiar to the nations
OF the world were the fate of these
people only multiplied a hundred
fold.
With a fiendishness that could
only have its conception among the
demons of the internal regions the
Turks inflicted upon these Christ
ians every torture that their fiend-
ish natures could invent.
Slaughter of males by the thous-
ands, outrages upon women and that
last consummation of cruelty the in
yention, as the speaker said of the
Kaiser, deportation, which meant
the SEPARATION of mothers from their
husbands and children and journeys
of hundreds of miles into the parch-
ed deserts where they were left to
die by starvation.
The lessons learned these days
through the medium of the screens
could hardly have brought home to
the audiences of Sunday night a
more vivid picture of the realities of
the sufferings endured by the inhab
itants of the near east than was pre-
sented by the speaker.
At the conclusion of his story DR..
Berry spoke feelingly of the victims
who are now looking to this country
for aid and urged his congregation
to support to their utmost the cam
paign to be opened next week for
their relief.
From the Baptist church Mr.. Pa
pazian visited the NJ E. Church
where at the close of the stereopti-
con lecture by Superintendent DR..
John F. Wilson before an audience
that filled the church he again re-
lated further tales of present condi-
tions in the country of his birth.
There were many moistened eyes
during his recital and his message
was followed by stirring appeal by
DR.. Wilson to the congregation to
contribute to the full extent of their
ability for the cause that is now en-
listing the attention of the world.
The committee plans are now
well under way and the drive for
$4,000, the quota for this county,
will begin next week and it should
be borne in mind that every dollar
contributed will be applied for the
relief of these helpless communities
as the entire expense of the cam
paign is assumd by a few wealthy
parties in the east.