The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-01-30
STORY TOLD BY MORGENT HAU
Former Ambassador to Turkey Tells
of Wholesale Massacre and Depor-
taton Of Christians by Mo-
hammedan Rulers - Ter.
rors of the Desert

The massacre and deportation of the
Christian Armenians is characterized
by Henry Morgenthau, former United
States Ambassador to Turkey, as 1.-The
greatest single horror ever perpe.
trated in the history of humanity"
The former Ambassador to the Otto.
man Empire, in his report to the State
Department at Washington, also stat
ed emphatically that the deportation
OF Armenians was carried out on or.
ders issued by the Turkish govern.
ment.
THE Turkish authorities had
stopped all communication between
the provinces and the capital in the
naive belief that they could consum.
mate this crime of the ages before
the outside world was aware of it,"
declared Mr. Morganthau But the
information filtered through. 1t came
from consuls, from missionaries, from
foreign travellers and even from
Turks.
Exile Whole Race.
I'VE soon learned that orders had
been issued to the governors of the
provinces to send into exile the en-.
tire Armenian population in THEN
jurisdiction, irrespective of age and
sex. The local officers. with few
exceptions, carried out literally these
instructions. All the able bodied men
had either been drafted into the army
or disarmed. The remaining people.
old men, women and children, were
subjected to the most cruel and out
rageous treatment
Few nations have suffered as much
as Armenia" says Morganthau. sc
terrible and continuous have been the
atrocities to which it has fallen vic.
tim that the very name Of Armenia
has, to most of us, become synony
nous with martyrdom It's sufferings
during the present catastrophe have
been greater than any known in the
history OF the world None of the
fearful horrors perpetrated in the
various zones Of the war can compare
with the tragic lot Of the Armenians
"The final and worst measure used
against the Armenians was the whole
sale deportation of the entire popula
ton from their homes and their exile
TO the desert, with all the accompany
ing horrors OF the way. No means
were provided for their transportation
or nourishment The victims, includ
ing the most refined and respected
men and women, had to walk on foot
exposed TO the attacks OF bands oil
criminals specially organized for thai
purpose. Homes were literally up
rooted families were captured; mer
| killed, women and girls violated daily
on the way or taken to harems
Children Thrown into River.
Children were thrown into the riy
! erg or sold to strangers by their moth
ers to save them from starvation. The
facts contained in the reports receive,
at the American Embassy in Constan
/ tinople from absolutely trustworth!
/ eye.wltnesses surpass the most beast
I Is and diaboical cruelties ever before
perpetrated or imagined in the his
| tory of the world"
The appeal of Ambassador Morgan
THAI TO his friends In America result
ed in the establishment Of the first ~
| lief work among the Armenians b.
/ Americans. From that small group 0
personal friends developed the Amer
can Committee for Armenian and syn
ian Relief since assigned the entir
/ Near East
IT will conduct from Jan ~ 10 Feb
% WiBconsin's share in a nationwide
! campaign to raise s90.000O00 for tn
relief and rehabilitation Of the stary
inr and destltnLe neople.