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riven forward to the desert of Meso-potamia. Are the few Young Turks who are responsible for suchdiabolical revenge the fitting representatives of their nation?We do not believe it. Is such action the end of the splendidattempt at constitutional government in Turkey? By thefavor and mercy of God, we hope not. Mohammedan Protest Against Armenian Massacres According to The Englishman of Calcutta, a number of pro-tests have been made by Indian Moslems against the Turkishpolicy of exterminating the Armenian population. ^A strik-ing address was delivered at Kerbala to the large gathering ofMoslems who had assembled to take part in the final ceremoniesof the Moharrum. Haji S. Zohar, the oldest member of the So-ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, in speaking ofthe terrible slaughter of Armenians by his hearers co-religion-ists, the Turks, said a crime so repulsive as this was againstGod and the cardinal principles of the Moslem faith./^—Quoted from The Moslem World, July, 1916.
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THE ARMENIAN QUESTION 48a Extent of the Armenian Catastrophe In regard to the number of Armenians in Turkey and theextent of the disaster that hks overtaken them, the best in-formation at present available is found in Bulletin No. 5,issued May 24, 1916, by the American Committee for Ar-menian and Syrian Relief, 70 Fifth Ave., New York, of whichRev. James L. Barton, D.D., is Chairman, Mr. Samuel T.Dutton, Secretary, and Mr. Charles R. Crane, Treasurer. This Committee is in the best position to learn the factsand to do all that can be done to aid the survivors, and de-serves the most generous support of the American public.Up to the middle of July, 1916, the Committee had receivedcontributions amounting to One Million Dollars, of which$330,000.00 was contributed by the Rockefeller Foundation. The following is quoted from the above mentioned Bulletinof the Committee: The most extensive and most difficult work carried on by the Amer-ican Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief lies withi

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