The Tragedy of Armenia: A Brief Study and InterpretationPilgrim Press, 1918 - 164 psl. The text reveals the concerns of the moment as well as the author's bias for the Armenians (against the Ottoman Turks) based on their religious faith. The outcome of the partition of Turkey, the makeup of the world and the League of Nations, and the consequences for the losers of World War I were up in the air at the time of publication. Papazian credits Armenians' resistance to the Ottomans as equal to Belgium's contribution for winning WWI. Papazian's purpose in publishing this book was to provide a longer history of Armenians beyond the contemporary suffering by which most Americans knew them, but many pages are devoted to recent history. The author's goal is to mobilize support for an independent Armenian state. The last chapter is a call for Christian nations to gratify Armenia's suffering with its own nation. |
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The Tragedy of Armenia– A Brief Study and Interpretation Bertha S. Papazian Visos knygos peržiūra - 1918 |
The Tragedy of Armenia– A Brief Study and Interpretation Bertha S. Papazian Visos knygos peržiūra - 1918 |
The Tragedy of Armenia– A Brief Study and Interpretation Bertha S. Papazian Visos knygos peržiūra - 1918 |
Pagrindiniai terminai ir frazės
A. P. Hacobian Abdul Hamid Alice Stone Blackwell Allies Alp Arslan already America ancient Archag Tchobanian Arme Armenian leaders Armenian nation Armenian race Armenians of Turkey ARMÉNIENNE army Asia Assyria beautiful blood Byzantium Caucasus centuries Christian churches Cilicia civilization conquest Constantinople crimes CRUSADES defend democracy drama Drang nach Osten East EASTERN QUESTION Emperor England Erzeroum Europe European evidence eyes fighting force foreign France Frédéric Macler frontier genius German Greek heroic honor Imperial inhabitants Islam Israel Ori justice king Kurds L'ARMÉNIE London martyrs massacre ment Mesopotamia military Mohammedan moral Moslem mountain murder nians noble pagan Paris Parthia patriotic Paulicians peace period persecution Persia political population present provinces reforms religious Rome Russian Russian Armenia Sassoun soul spirit story struggle Sultan tion Tragedy of Armenia Treaty Trebizond Turkey TURKISH DOMINATION Turkish Empire victory Viscount Bryce West women Young Turks
Populiarios ištraukos
123 psl. - But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts — for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own Governments, for the rights and liberties of small nations, for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world itself at last free.
68 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 portion of the Asiatic territories of the Sultan, as fixed by the definitive Treaty of Peace, England engages to join the Sultan in defending them by force of arms.
68 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 ; 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.
67 psl. - Porte engages to carry into effect, 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 Kurds and Circassians.
64 psl. - As the evacuation by the Russian troops of the territory which they occupy in Armenia, and which is to be restored to Turkey, might give rise to conflicts and complications detrimental to the maintenance of good relations between the two countries, the Sublime Porte engages to carry into effect, without further delay, the improvements and reforms demanded by local requirements in the provinces inhabited by Armenians, and to guarantee their security from Kurds and Circassians.
68 psl. - 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.
126 psl. - The passing of the gangs of Armenian exiles beneath the windows and before the door of the Consulate ; their prayers for help, when neither I nor any other could do anything to answer them ; the city in a state of siege, guarded at every point by 15,000 troops in complete war equipment, by thousands of police agents, by bands of volunteers and by the members of the " Committee of Union and Progress " ; the lamentations, the tears, the abandonments, the imprecations, the many suicides, the instantaneous...
125 psl. - Union and Progress Committee" and to fresh orders from Constantinople. It was a real extermination and slaughter of the innocents, an unheard-of thing, a black page stained with the flagrant violation of the most sacred rights of humanity, of Christianity, of nationality. The Armenian Catholics, too, who in the past had always been respected and excepted from the massacres and persecutions, were this time treated worse than any — again by the orders of the Central Government. There were about 14,000...
115 psl. - Many of the Armenians smashed their rifles after firing the last cartridge and grasped their revolvers and daggers. The Turkish regulars and Kurds, amounting now to something like 30,000 altogether, pushed higher and higher up the heights and surrounded the main Armenian position at close quarters. Then followed one of those desperate and heroic struggles for life which have always been the pride of mountaineers. Men, women and children fought with knives, scythes, stones, and anything else they...
110 psl. - O, weep for Adonais! though our tears Thaw not the frost which binds so dear a head! And thou, sad Hour, selected from all years To mourn our loss, rouse thy obscure compeers...