Armenia and the War: An Armenian's Point of View with an Appeal to Britain and the Coming Peace ConferenceHodder and Stoughton, 1917 - 200 psl. |
Kiti leidimai - Peržiūrėti viską
Armenia and the War– An Armenian's Point of View with an Appeal to Britain ... Avetoon Pesak Hacobian Visos knygos peržiūra - 1917 |
Pagrindiniai terminai ir frazės
A. H. Layard Adana massacres annexation Ardahan Armenian nation Armenian population Armenian race arms Asia Minor barbarism blood Blue-book Britain British Empire brutal carried Caucasus centuries chivalry Christian subjects civilization clean-fighting Conference Constantinople Count Reventlow Cyprus Convention death deportation doubt East England Europe European fact faith fear fighting France French girl give honour hope humanity interests Islam justice Kars killed Kurds large numbers Layard liberty live Lord Majesty Majesty's Government martyrdom massacres ment military Mohammedan moral Moslem mother murder neighbours never nians Ottoman Empire peace Persia Porte Powers President Wilson promise proved provinces reforms refugees reparation responsibility Russian Armenians Russian armies scheme spirit struggle suffering Sultan sympathy Syria terrible Tiflis tion to-day torture Treaty of Berlin Treaty of San troops Turkey Turkish officer tyranny Union and Progress victims vilayets villages whole woman women and children Young Turks
Populiarios ištraukos
v psl. - They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak ; They are slaves who will not choose Hatred, scoffing, and abuse, Rather than in silence shrink From the truth they needs must think ; They are slaves who dare not be In the right with two or three.
191 psl. - The Sublime Porte undertakes to carry out, without further delay, the improvements and reforms demanded by local requirements in the provinces inhabited by the Armenians, and to guarantee their security against the Circassians and Kurds.
197 psl. - In return, His Imperial Majesty the Sultan promises to England to introduce necessary reforms, to be agreed upon later between the two Powers, into the government, and for the protection of the Christian and other subjects of the Porte in these territories...
197 psl. - If Batoum, Ardahan, Kars, or any of them shall be retained by Russia, and if any attempt shall be made at any future time by Russia to take possession of any further territories of His Imperial Majesty the Sultan in Asia, as fixed by the Definitive Treaty of Peace, England engages to join His Imperial Majesty the Sultan in defending them by force of arms.
198 psl. - That if Russia restores to Turkey Kars and the other conquests made by her in Armenia during the last war, the Island of Cyprus will be evacuated by England, and the Convention of the 4th of June, 1878, will be at an end.
194 psl. - The only provision which can furnish a substantial security for the stability of Ottoman rule in Asiatic Turkey, and which would be as essential after the re-conquest of the Russian annexations as it is now, is an engagement on the part of a Power strong enough to fulfil it, that any further encroachments by Russia upon Turkish territory in Asia will be prevented by force of arms.
197 psl. - ... introduce necessary reforms, to be agreed upon later between the two Powers, into the Government and for the protection of the Christian and other subjects of the Porte in these territories ; and in order to enable England to make necessary provision for executing her engagement, his Imperial Majesty the Sultan further consents to assign the Island of Cyprus to be occupied and administered by England.
117 psl. - There is no attempt at classification, and the idea of keeping the property in "bales under the protection of the government to be returned to the owners on their return" is simply ridiculous. The goods are piled in without any attempt at labeling or systematic storage. A crowd of Turkish women and children follow the police about like a lot of vultures, and seize anything they can lay their hands on, and when the more valuable things are carried out of a house by the police they rush in and take...
115 psl. - We all had to take refuge in the cellar for fear of our orphanage catching fire. It was heartrending to hear the cries of the people and children who were being burnt to death in their houses. The soldiers took great delight in hearing them, and when people who were out in the street during the bombardment fell dead, the soldiers merely laughed at them. The survivors were sent to Ourfa (there were none left but sick women and children) ; I went to the Mutessarif and begged him to have mercy on the...
122 psl. - Women with little children in their arms, or in the last days of pregnancy, were driven along under the whip like cattle. Three different cases came under my knowledge where the woman was delivered on the road and, because her brutal driver hurried her along, she died of haemorrhage. I also know of one case where the gendarme in charge was a humane man and allowed the poor woman several hours' rest and then procured a wagon for her to ride in.