White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-21
Turkish Horrors
Will Never Cease

Tae massacre Of 10. 900 Armcnlans b.
Turkish nationals. after the capture Of
thu city II HadJin adds another horror
10 the bloody pages Of Turkish history
and another disgrace to the nations Of
Europe which have permitted the rot
ting cancer Of human 'depraylty TO ~
list as a nation and perpstuate. a. II
has. yea after year. crimes 80 revolt
ing that were they by any
nation ether than Turkey would have
years ago subjected the errlng nation
to determination a. a common enemy.
an outlaw and 4 murderer
derer.
The blood Of Armenia and Syria Is
upon the hands Of the civilized nations
OF Europe. not As active participants
in the crimes Of Turkey. but as passive
witnesses OF the revolving atrocities
which they have bad tho power 20 pre-
vent.
The time was when Asia Minor was
the garden g the world. In IL was To-
Gated the Garden Of Eden" where Bib
iieai history began. Thousands OF
years before Europe emerged from the
darkness Of ssyagery Asia Minor was a
seat OF civilization aud culture; its fer
tile soil supported 4 numerous and
teeming population. its cities were the
most wealthy ard magnificent taat Ia.
world has ever known. its universities
were sought b the students OF many
lands. its contribution to art. literature
and science have enriched the world
and will be studied. copied and cher
ished to the end u time.
All Asia Minor was n fertile field for
the apostles Of Christ. and ths first
Christian church was founded in Ar
menia In a -. - By the apostles Thad-
deus. Bartholomew and Indae Greg
DRY. the patron saint OF Armenia. was
made bishop OF Armenia in A.. u. s0..
The greater portion of Asia Minor was
thoroughly christianized during the
reign of the Roman emperor constan-
tine. who. shortly before his death IN
81. published edicts for the pulling
down Of all pagan temples and abol-
!shing sacrifices.
The invasion 81 the Turks nut an end
to christianity IN a large section Of
Asia Minor aud IL ceased TO be a reeog.
nized religion In any part OF the Turk.
ish empire at the fan Of Co~nsiantinopie
In its3. since that iime the TURKS
have had absolute control over Asia
Minor and millions upon millions OF
people haYe beeu massacred by them
Tor no other reason than that they
were not OF the Mos1em faith. Entire
races have disappeared and are forgot
ten. Yet. amid all these bloody perss-
cutions. Armenia has kept the faith.
pleading tn the agony Of desoiation that
she might b. spared: but Europe has
turned a deaf car TO her ontreatles and
today the last fading remnants Of that
pAk4a go .~fs.l -. it, ..s.a4 -
shadows OF Mount Aarat since tie
dawn Of history. Is being prosecuted
and murdered by hands that know not
the Christian God.
All over Asia Mino there once were
grand monuments ~ human genius.
~ereete. b. a people Who had reached a
high degree OF civilization. There al
extensive system of canals furnished
water fer irrigation. relief for the sur
plus waters In time Of inundation and
a most excellent means of tr~ansporta-
tion at all times. They foresiailed the
Suez canal by more than 1900 years.
but war. pestiience and the blighting
breath OF the Turk has changed Asia
Minor from a land OF plenty TO one of
extreme poverty and human d%eprayity. |
Its cities are in ruins: its Christian
churches destroyed or converted to Mo- |
hammedon mosques; the old suez canal
hlled with sand and obiiterated: its ir- |
rigaticn system a complete ruin and
millions of acres Of a once fertile soil
reverted 10 sand and desert. Culture
and the Christian religion havye given
way before barbaric cruelty.
The Turk has no claim upon lnterna-
tionai hospitality. and In the intere est
Of common welfare his national exist |
.nee should come 10 an end.