. Leavening the Levant . ORPHANS LEARNING TO BUILD HOUSES, VAN. ARMENIAN ORPHAN BOYS IN THE CAUCASUS American gifts can save the remnant of this martyred race. THE ARMENIAN QUESTION 37 Mouamer Effendi, a leading Turk, a man of ability, whoby popular vote was chosen mayor of Smyrna, said to anEnglish friend: ^It is absurd to think that we can governthe Armenians—a people so much abler than we are. Kiitchiik Said Pasha, reputed a special friend of the Eng-lish, and twice appointed Grand Vizier, is reported to havesaid in 1896: To dispose of the Armenian question wemust dispose of the Armenians.
. Leavening the Levant . ORPHANS LEARNING TO BUILD HOUSES, VAN. ARMENIAN ORPHAN BOYS IN THE CAUCASUS American gifts can save the remnant of this martyred race. THE ARMENIAN QUESTION 37 Mouamer Effendi, a leading Turk, a man of ability, whoby popular vote was chosen mayor of Smyrna, said to anEnglish friend: ^It is absurd to think that we can governthe Armenians—a people so much abler than we are. Kiitchiik Said Pasha, reputed a special friend of the Eng-lish, and twice appointed Grand Vizier, is reported to havesaid in 1896: To dispose of the Armenian question wemust dispose of the Armenians. The British consul, Mr. Fit-zmaurice, was a member of acommission sent to Ourfa in 1897, to report on the massacrescommitted there (December 28-31, 1895). In an interviewwith the governor-general of Ourfa, he inquired, Why doyou destroy the Armenians? If you dont like them, whydo you not allow them to leave the country? The governoris said to have replied: We need the Armenians. Theyare our doctors, lawyers, merchants, and bankers. Only oncein a while we mu
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