THE ARMENIAN ATROCITIES

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 8542, 9 May 1895, Page 2

THE ARMENIAN ATROCITIES

Although the Sultan and his advisors hare done their best to throw doubt on the accounts of Turkish atrocities in Armenia, it has been proved by the most uncontrovertable ' evidence that the unfortunate Armenians have been ruthlesslj slaughtered by their Moslem oppressors, who have respected neither age nor sex in their fanatical fury. The Turkish soldiers and their officers in Armenia are Mahomedans, and look , upon Christians as "infidel dogs," for whom any treatment is good enough. The feeling of hatred ie 1 probably intensified by the fact that . Turkey has Buffered terrible punishment at the hands of Eussia, where the Greek branch of the Christian , religion holds sway. The immense war indemnity extorted from the 1 Turks by their Eussian victors has also embittered the former still more 1 against the Christians, who have also ' practically rescued Egypt from the clutches of the rapacious pashas. All these things added to centuries of religious hatred between the contending followers of the Cross and the Crescent, have tended to make i the latter blind to everything but their wish to wipe the former off the 1 face of the earth, and to persecute any of them whose ill-fortune it is to live under Turkish rule. The religious liberty of the Armenians is supposed to be guaranteed by the chief Great Powers of Europe, but the Turkish Government has set them at defiance, and countenanced, if not ) encouraged, atrocities, of which the barest descriptions would be impos- , Bible in tbe columns of a newspaper. • Mr Gladstone, who championed the cause of the unfortunate Bulgarians 1 and exposed the horrible treatment they were subjected to by their Turkish oppressors, is now doing the i same good work for tho Armenians, and declares that the conduct of the Sultan with regard to Armenia is worse than tho treatment of Bulgaria in 1876. He asserts that the nation will support Lord Bosebery in the energetic action taken by the British Government to prevent a repetition of the atrocities lately perpetrated by the Turkish soldiers in Armenia ; but our cable news states that these atrocities still continue, though on a smaller scale. It is therefore evident that the Sultan is still allowing the helpless Armenians to be butchered, outraged, and tortured by the

Tarkißh soldiera. How long the civilised Great Powers will permit this horr ble state of things to continue we cannot predict, but there is evidence that without the Sultan speedily puts a atop to these awfnl scenes, he will draw down upon nw head the just punishment of bo terrible a crime. If force has to be resorted to in order to compel the Sultan to treat his Armenian subjects fairly, it is highly probable the Ottoman Empire will be brought into proper subjugation, and its G-o-vernment taught a badly wanted lesson. Public feeling has been raised to a high pitch of excitement at Home, and the Nation would approve of extreme measures being promptly taken by England to convince the Sultan that his attitude towards Armenia must be altered for the better, or Armenia relieved of its oppressors. Diplomacy is evidently powerless in the matter, as the Sultan has shown an utter disregard of consequences since he has been remonstrated with on the subject. It is therefore evident that nothing short of force will compel him to treat his Armenian Bubjects with proper consideration and moderation. The presence of a British fleet in the Dardanelles to enforce the terms of ' a proper ultimatum seems therefore the only adequate steps that can now be taken to that end, and the sooner Buch a step is taken the better, as it it a disgrace .to civilisation thai Turkey should be allowed fc> continue her atrocious treatment of the Armenians any longer.

The Southern millers have raised the price of floor ten things ft ton. Usual monthly meeting of Bfc. Andrew Kil winning Lodge at 7.80 this evening. Ifc has been dooided to hold the adjourned general meeting of the Wanganui Baseball Club to-morrow evening. At the Court this morning a Maori wai convicted on a charge of drunkenness and fined Ss with the uiual alternate Messrs T. W. Fisher, J. W. Burie, J Kennedy, W. Biroh, and 0. Ford have been duly elected as members of the WaitotaraMomohaki jftoad Board. An opportunity is afforded those who wist to improve their poultry, at Messrs F. E Jackson and Oo.'s on Saturday next, whet the firm will sell three trios of youn( Langshans, bred by Mr J. J. Buokrell. Mours JT. Paul and Co. announce thai they have just opened up a consignment ex Dorio, of boys' and girls' reefer jackets particularly of good value, and speoialli adapted for the season. A number of residents in and around towr are mourning the loss of many articles abstracted from the clothes lines in the bast yards of their premises. Some mean, bnl clever, thieves hare evidently made a clear sweep in this particular. There should be no ncoeisity for any further hint to house' wives anenfc gathering in the weekly wast ere the shades of night fall fast. Last erening, about 7.50, the body of the man Olimo, who lost his life through an aooident at the Heads about three weeks' ago, was reoovered by a fisherman named Antoni, between the besoon and the Bluff. Sergeant Villars and Constable Nixon went down this morning, and brought the bodj up to Brennan's Hotel, where an inquesl was to be held at three o'clock this after noon. Here is a novelty in lotteries. She is »t Hungarian, young, lovely a widow, penni less. With the full consent of the Ministej of Finance, which guarantees genuineness she has put herself up as a lottery prize, 700,000 tickets being issued at a florit apiece. A third of the 700,000 florins goee with her as a dowry, another third goes tc the man who wjqsher, the other third goes to the poor. The new cure for diphtheria has recently been tried in Lyttelton by Dr Fairman, and with eminently eatisfaotorv results. It wae administered in the owe of s> ohild foui years old, named Gillies, and within three hours marked improvement was observed, the patient soon afterwards being almost completely in his usual health. The effect of the new remedy was all the more marked as two ohiidrsn in the same family had died from diphtheria a short time previously. Mr Fred House has an advertisement it this issue in anagram style that should prov< interesting to our readers. His stook is replete with gents' hats and mercery, up to date, and at reasonable prioes, the lattei faot being mainly due to his earnest endeavour to, ran- a striofcly oash trade, his> ous< tomers thereby saving the loss occasioned by bad debts. As we mentioned before, Mi Nevenaan is now settled as a gent's tailor, eto, in Mr House's shop, and we believe thi combination will prove benefioial to bofcl gentlemen. Mr J. L. Book's concert; advertisement appears in another column. The programmi embraces many musical features, and apaw from the excellent selestions to be given bj the large orohettra the harp playing of Misi M M> Proude promises to be most enjoy' able, and another item of special interest lies in the introduction of a new composition written by Mr Beck, entitled "Aria Beligioso," for organ, violin, viola and 'oello to be played from the manuscript scores As the prioes are popular, and that there ii no extra oharge for booking, Mr Beok'i efforts should be rewarded by a bumpei house. One of the largest crowds that has »•■ sembled in the Drill Sail duriig the timi of the Exhibition was present last night, the prinoipal attraction being the op&tetts "Beauty and the Beast." Mr &nd Mri ArmitagO) lately arrived from England, enacted the two prinoipal roles, and undei the oiroumitances of hurried rehearsal they performed remarkably well. Other prinoipal characters were oapably assumed by Misses Kitchen and Delres and Mr J. Fairburn. The operetta is to be repeated this evening, no oharge being made for seating accommodation. Due mention must be made of the very excellent series of tableaux given last night, and they also, we understand, are to be repeated to-night. With regtrd to the reoenfc visit of the New Zealand bowler* to Australia the Auckland members were warmly weloomed back last Saturday. In replying, on behalf of the Northern rebresentaiives, Mr A. W. Thomson said the team was especially proud of one matoh in whioh they defeated the Balmain Club, whioh is recognised as the premier club of New South Wales, by 15 points. He desired to draw attention to the way in whioh bowling was oonduoted in Sydney, and he thought Auoklanders might learn a good deal from Sydney methods. All the clubs were financially independent. They had lawn tennis courtß for the members' wives And daughters ; the greens were lighted by eleotrio light ao that they could be used at night ; there were sooial rooms i in faot, all the adjunofcs of a well-ordered olub. The annual meeting of the Purnaßoad Board was held at the Council Chambers yesterday. Present — Moßsrs McGregor, Benefield and Beid. On th» motion of Mr Benefield, seconded by Mr McGregor, Mr Reid was elected Chairman for tbe ensuing 12 months. It was resolved, on the motion of Mr McGregor, seconded by tho Chairman, th*t the ordinary monthly meeting of/ the Board be held on th« last \V edneaday of the month at 11 a.m. The Chairman and Messrs McGregor and Benefield were appointed to sign cheques. The order of retiring annually was determined by lot, in accordance with the Act, vlessrs Bamber and McGregor being the first to retire. At the conclusion of the annual meeting the ordinary monthly meeting was held, and the minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed, tenders for the contract on Bates' road, Durietown, wore opened and that of Messrs J. Fitches and Co,, for £9 165, was accepted. Me McGregor was appointed to pass the work. Mr Mc&resror reported that he had met Mr Howie at tbe letter's pit and had agreed with him that he should do the fencing and the Board find the material. He (Mr McGregor) having been given power to act in the matter had supplied the necessary material. A letter was received from Mr J. H. Brown antingthe Board to drain the frontage of his property on No 2 Line. It was resolvtd that the matter should be attended to, .

V* On our fourth page to-day will be found the teams for Saturday's football matches j also weights for the Otaki Maori Meeting, a report of the Wangaehn Boad Board Meeting, and Commercial. Mr Hammond, a well-known Australian journalist, and at present representing the Sporting Boview, is in town on business matters connected with that panor. A batoh of ten of the looal unemployed (seven of them married and three single) leave by the Glenelg to-night for Onehunga and will be ssnt on from there to Galatea (beyond Botorua) where the rest of the Co-operative gang are employed on road formation and survey work. We are sorry to hear of the death of Tim, a well-known native of Aramoho. The deceased who was about sixty years of age, was highly respeofced and was best known as one of those who fought on the side of law and order during the troublous times with the Maoris, Mr B. H. Martiu.manager for the Dresden Piano Company (Wanganui Branch), has on hand a consignment of Violins, Double Basses, Banjoes, Zithers, Flutes, Clarionets, Brass Band Instruments, and Musical Instruments of every description, with latest i novelties, to sell from 10 to IS per cent, above London prices. Pianos from every maker in the world can be purchased on the Dresden hire purchase system from 20s monthly. Pianos from £85 to £300. Americnn Organs from £l 6to £50. Tuning and repairing, in town or country at reduced charges. Inspection invited. Dresden Piano Company, Yellow Shop, Victoria Avenue. — Advt. XOWMS f HHTTBOTAIi SJXO tOXKL PTO.9 FOB THKAIiXB quiokly oorreot all irregularities, and relieve the distressing symptoms to prevalent with the sex. Boxes Is lid and 2s 9d of all ohemists and patent medicine vendon. Prepared only by The Linooln and Midland Countiee Drug Co., Linooln England. Be«r»re of imitation*