1914II Concerning Armenia 



deposition and imprisonment of the Sultan Abdul 

 Hamid, "Abdul the Damned," who was replaced by 

 a figurehead. 



Because of limited time I was unable to visit Tcheraz 

 Armenia, but I had already met many prominent 

 people of that country, especially in Paris and London. 

 In these days they were still hoping to exchange 

 Moslem for Russian domination. Perhaps the most 

 conspicuous of them, already long in exile, was 

 Mirzasse Tcheraz, whom I had known in Paris. In 

 1878 he drew up the main clauses of the Treaty of 

 San Stefano, which freed Bulgaria and provided for 

 Armenia's welfare. Unhappily this excellent ad- San 

 justment was soon displaced by the sinister Treaty f^'^X/: 

 of Berlin, Disraeli's much-trumpeted "Peace with 

 Honor," which under the guise of protecting Armenia 

 put her again at the mercy of the Turk. 



In London I met Safrastian, another leader, who 

 later took an active part in the uprising of 1915 and 

 the disastrous events which followed. The sufferings 

 of their nation have been without parallel in the 

 civilized world, but I have nothing to add to current 

 knowledge, nor any suggestion as to the way out of 

 the impasse in which poor Armenia still finds herself. 



From Constantinople v/e took a Russian steamer Smyrna 

 plying to Smyrna and Athens. The former — which 

 we reached in the morning — rises from the gulf in 

 a splendid amphitheater, magnificent when viewed 

 from the water. Not far outside the harbor lies the 

 great rocky island of Chios, fringed with fishermen's 

 huts and crowned with green forests. Small wonder 



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