The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 6, 1919, Page 6

HERE’S STORY OF ARMENIA, | WANTS ‘U. S. AS PROTECTOR (By Newspaper Enterprise Ass’n) ) It's a lo sufferitig people “the United States will become mandatory for if it acts as foster-daddy to Ar menia und the directian of the Ledgue of Nations. It’s a people who claim an carly! civilization, whose homeland is the} very heart of the region which the Bible tells us was re-peopl by the! sons of Noah after the great deluge. Mt. Ararat, where Noah's ark net aground, is in the csenter of thelr land. A thousand years before Christ a} distinct. Armenian people occupied this region and paid tribute to a line; of noble kings and boasted of culture and learning. Their kingdom extended from the Black Sea and the Caucasus moun tains to Persia and Sy: nd had an area of 500,000 square miles Babylonia, Persia, Kome exacted) tribute from Armenia in turn, but left her to work out her own inte} problems, and in the “dark a the western world, Arme her highest position in world civiliz ation. ‘ARMENIAN CHURCH ‘DATES FROM 310 A. D. | The Armenian church was estab lished in years 7 became a strony tianity. Gregory would not wor released, converted hi eight | power Ushia imprisoned bec Armenian war hip the old gods. but! the left is an Arm ki ng and int nized his country s . the old reli-| gion of the country collapsed of Persia tried to put down; Mosque a anity and threw the country | century he persecut to the into an. Then « of Ditt medans and Byzantin land. A hundred ‘ye lowed beginning the Jewish king, it all, Armenians race. ed Moh Byzantine and Mongol invasions;ians became the tr brought a series of subjugations and | ness men among the Mohan the MOHAMMED TOLERANT FOR (BRIEF PERIOD. of) no civil r Turk: Avery Tractor School Will Be Held French & Welch’s In the Rear of the Building March 10th and 11th Everyone Invited It’s Absolutely Free Special experts from the great Avery Plant will be here to explain everything pertaining to Tractors. THEY WILL HELP SOLVE YOUR TRACTOR PROBLEMS. TRACTOR OWNERS—TRACTOR OPERATORS é PROSPECTIVE TRACTOR OWNERS and all those who are interested in Power Farming are cordially invited to attend this FREE Tractor School to be held at the— ~ French & Welch Hdwe. Co. Bismarck, 's who have been fed and clothed by American relief workers. in the rags in which she wore when she came to a relief station. citizens, time control provoked The larger figure at | i the sultan promise restitution and re | s. The Armenians wanted sa. e-| . hare in the government and | proportional representation. KURDS CONTINUE TO COMMIT ATROCITIES. But tne Turks nad the Hurds were thou igh they clung lig ont y permitted fief to the! outrages me few: | But in August, 1898, tantinople, suprred on gents beat to death | £,000 because of attacks 'by a group of Armerians on the Otto- man bank. Determined efforts to stamp out the lentire Armenian race followed this ; outbre: and European alliances be- fcame so entangled that no power | gared to step in and compel the in- humanity to cease. | Fanataci; ;Merant sw ternment by governm' ts of the Turkish gov- were played on and they XN CRIM UT & LONG SURNING PIPER YORACLO language and the land have been a great help in relief work and will —_—_—_— | came to see the extermination of the}again pe of great assistance if Ameri- Armenian as a religious duty, confiscation of his property as the , reward. | THOUSANDS DIE IN ; DEPORTATIONS . | With the outbreak” of the Great war and the entrance of Turkey on y, the extermina- ws was quick- were slaughtered by in- their homes and vil- were nerded together, for deportation and started’ on marches*of hundreds ‘of miles which bad for their purpose only the death by exhaustion and starvation of the ‘marchers. Hundreds whose. vitality { ‘ied them far were butchered by, ythe roadsides. Mothers -with babes who fell out: were either slain -or left jto starve.. Turkish officials boasted of the nuibers whose death they had Leora sed, It. is estimated that 2, 090,000 were slain, i Thousands of Armenians fled into ithe Caucasus and with the Georgians formed an army of 0 men whica }] lought on. the side of the allies. Perhaps a million’ are left in Turk- h Armenia of the people who have long suffered persecution. That ecution is ended and thousands return from the four corners of earth to enjoy the peace of their (nati land. | SELF-GOVERNING ‘ABILITY IS UNTRIED. nts, workmen, artisans most-; f y have displayed stuborn en-j duran rather than moral stamina.) ‘Their abi for self government is 1a thing in modern days,| 1 have much to do them from wear sea ports at| plains of the Van pro- lent crops and tHere are} wh cotton and fice vand fruit and tobacco grow. There are ills and other small indus- ly tho people are hand g of rugs being one of and iron and gol and silver are A ménia's mineral wealth. IN APPEARANCE ARE LIKE JEWS In appearance , much like the ment they ai eut and emotion: \ freadily. In ene of the. American schools—and, the_.Americans have {dome more than any ‘other nation ‘to leducate and lighten ‘the fot of the | Armenians—when --a.-girl. died _ her school-mates wept: and«<screamed wn- itil some of them ‘were sent home “ill. |The Armenians are. natural actors anid singers. te Their attite is briental. the wo! n wearing ‘the bloomers and. dice and a kerchief over the hi ca} while the men dregs like Turks, in | collarless coats-and red ‘fez. Outside lof their native regions. they assume [ee dress of the Epropéans. ARMENT Armenia embraces a territory as ilarge as France. It extends from the néw_ Georgian Republic to, the Medi- terranean. While Arments’ had no geographical Hou: fér_cen- |turfes, it, is expecter bizond jon the Black #éa 6n the | Mediterranean will be with: lig its borders when. defined by, the League of Nations. Ezerum is likely to be its capital. Its population will jbe dead 2,000,000, é the Armenians are Jews. °In_ tempera- oriental, full of senti- The women weep has done greater Wor i ian’ an Ncesore | orice have ~become rel et agents. with! ca sets up a form of government in the country. Everywhere the Armen- jan. people pay tribute to the bigs brotherliness of the Americans. No tess than 5,000 of these. American Foe Sales Co. as ea Acai AUTOMOBILES PORTAGE TIRES GREEN DRAGON SPARK PLUGS Automobile Acces- sories of All Kinds FILTERED GASOLINE Free Air and Water BATTERY | SERVICE STATION BANNER HOUSE Boarders wanted; room and board $8 per week. Two in a bed is $7.50. apiece. Single and double rooms. jBoard is as good a place jas in the state for the money. 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