. Christian herald and signs of our times . iECKED ARMENIAN HOUSES IN STAM Escaping from the cruel fate decreedthem by the Turk, they found no restthe soles of their feet in Russia, Ger-ny, France, or England. Wherevery halted for a momentary respite, they•moved on by the authorities,ey are a quiet, orderly, law-abiding sim-Christian folk, whose sole wish is toGod and live at peace with all men:through fear that interference with theslem time-honored prerogative of mas-•ing Christians might breed undesirableiplications. the impotent Powers ided to make no attempt to save them,to afford them no
. Christian herald and signs of our times . iECKED ARMENIAN HOUSES IN STAM Escaping from the cruel fate decreedthem by the Turk, they found no restthe soles of their feet in Russia, Ger-ny, France, or England. Wherevery halted for a momentary respite, they•moved on by the authorities,ey are a quiet, orderly, law-abiding sim-Christian folk, whose sole wish is toGod and live at peace with all men:through fear that interference with theslem time-honored prerogative of mas-•ing Christians might breed undesirableiplications. the impotent Powers ided to make no attempt to save them,to afford them no lasting shelter any-:re in the event of the Armenians com-within their borders. It was natural,•efore. that the refugees, sick of the hy-jrisy of European governments, should) their faces toward America,rut our immigration laws have beenle very much more stringent in the last^de, and United States Commissioner|ner, in charge of the great immigration|ot at Ellis Island, even on a most lib-construction of the existing law, couldno mor
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