New-York tribune., 1921-06-08
Armenia S Betrayal
''Per6dious Policy" of Allied Powers;
Trucking to the Turk

Trucking to the Turk
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: For your editorial German
Confession" you deserve the grstituds
Of all the Armenians and their Aner-
can friends. The Germans must be
condemned il they continue to honor
such criminals as Marshal Won
Sanders, whose completely in the
Armenian slaughters is proved out Of
his own mouth.
Equally condemned must be those Of
the Allied nations which. notwith.
standing their full knowledge that the
Armenians were martyred during the
war because they had espoused the Al
lied cause, endeavor now to uphold
Mustapha Kemal, whose so-callsd
Turkish Nationalist movement is the
continuation of Talaat's murderous
policy.
The Orient, missionary publication
in Constantinople, has quoted, from
Yeni-Gun, an Angora paper sub
sidized by Kemal, an article which
clearly shows in what high esteem
Talaat was held by the Turkish Ma.
tionalists. Here are few extracts:
after days of hope and uncsr.
tainty. the tragic martyrdom Of Tslsss
Pasha has been confirmed. The sad
news, which first came TO an official
department that was advised Of 1t ia q
telegram from the mutesarrif Of
Adalia, spread rapidly through the
city, plunging every one into grief and
mourning.
I'VE can conceive that Talaat Psshs,
who has composed perhaps the grand.
est pages in all the history of Turkey,
might have q tragic and bloody end
But nobody would have thought that
Talaat Pasha could disappear just at
the time when he was putting forth
all his energy for the safety Of tas
Turks and of Turkey
"Alas, from a Trustworthy source We
were yesterday informed that We
could no longer cherish any iilusionsl
The death Of the great Talaat is only
too true. Despite the siren
uous propaganda of his enemies
against him in his quality as the chief
representative of the Union and
Progress Committee, to discredit him
IN the public eye and to prevent his
return to power by insinuations ana
lies, the news of the death of Talas'
Pasha has wrung the public con-
science. The eyes that refuse to De
moistened at the news will be struck
blind. The hearts that do not suffer
at the martyrdom of the great saver
of the great nation will cease TO beat
By betraying Armenia and trucking
to the friendship of the Turk the
Christian powers will earn but scorn
and hatred. Even the worst criminals
abhor a Judas. Witness the diabolieai
tortures inflicted by Mustapha Kemals
henchmen on the French soldiers ID
Cilicia. The Turks and all their bleod-
thirsty brood are cunning enough 70
suspect that il some powers are rcsay
to sacrifice for the sake of territoria
acquisitions Armenia-the upholder o.
Christian ideals and European civiliia'
tion in the Near East.~they will GER
tainly not spare her at an oppoytnas
time. The peridious policy Of certain
powers toward armenia may yet prove
the most terrible boomerang.
By pointing out to the Allies thai ~
is more infamous and dangerous for
them to uphold the Turks now than y
WAS for the Germans TO uphold them
during the war American punii0
opinion, voiced through the Amer
can press, viii render great sers's'
not only to Armenia but also '0
civilization.
ARSHAG MAHDESIAN.
New York, june 9, 1921.