The Armenian Atrocities.

Hastings Standard, Issue 169, 12 November 1896, Page 4

The Armenian Atrocities.

The following is from the Social Gazette. a Salvation Army .Journal in England : The forlorn >tate of the Armenian refugees who have arrived at Marseilles almost passes description. 'l'ie I'aily News special correspondent lias kept the ISritish public well supplied \\ ish particulars of the relief (IT«»i"ts initiated by Lady llonry Somerset and Miss Willard, and financed by friends in England, France, America, and elsewhere, but public opinion scarcely apprehends the great need of these poor creatures, who, penniless and homeless, have spent their last pence in escaping from imminent outrage and death ni the hands of Abdul Hamid's emissaries. One cheering piece of news is to hand, just as this closes, that the General has despatched ft special representative, Colonel Stitt, to take the oversight and management of the relief works. A food and shelter work is alr.ady being rapidly got into shape for time is almost everything in view of the urgency of the case—and the poor Armenians will therefore have at their serv ice all the resource and experience of the Salvation Army Social Work. According to a despatch just to hand from Sr.alt'-Capr. Holder, the suffering is extremely keen ; the poor creatures are crying and bewailing missing relatives ; -imte of tiie women are expecting to be confined; many have nothing to sleep on. and yet there are amongst them some very intelligent people, capable artists and artizans, who are most anxious to gel work. Our readers may rest assured that in the interests of humanity everything possible will he done for these persecuted Christians,jwhosej sole crime has been a refusal to abandon their religion at the bidding of the Sultan.