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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1918)
SATl iiDAY, JANUARY 12, 1913 PAGE SIS LA UllANDiS EVKXING OlWKttVFat iP9 r '1 rl -IF! m lit . 'W: XI Grows- Bigger and ruin Because I'm. doing something" that was never before done in La Grande. lirU A HPI V W md&jfa. .aS&yL Jatea . fflinW With unheard-of reductions still in; force and I big selections still in stock, S am making an Everv Article in our store- bought for , selling most be. sold to RAISE MONE tins season s Y ne Can Be Replace X. d at Near Sale Price i mi une uarmeei Reserved. wo g , . ; . . . . : I Important to You j I 5? V IIPTI'FY . Ladies I I 1Cj KLa &J,fi A 'ILdEj a Meady to. Wear! I THB FORUM A ("A LI FROM THK LAM) OF ANC1HNT HAC'Iti:i HTOKV Among tho many worthy calls that conic to us from fur and near, Is ono from tho land of Ancient Story. Thin call Is ono ot dlro want and tragic sndnoss. Sometimes our wall and petition for help is tho result of misdemeanor and consequently Just punishment. This Is one unques tionably deserving of the most sym pathetic and practicable attention. Tho Armenian people liavo never merited tho bloody, barbarous treat ment accorded thorn by the Turkish authorities; cruelties beyond de scription. It is a woll known fact that tho Armenians have always been Industrious, refined, kind nnd peaceful. Their native land, the "cradle of Christianity," Is tho most Interesting plnco In tho world, for from It has emanated the rarest nnd most valuable Rifts to humanity. For many years wo have read with shud dering reelings nnd Indignation the stories of Indignities and butcheries that liavo been Inflicted upon them by tho most heartless rulers In the world Wo hnvo hoped thnt by the help and intervention of Knglund nnd America that tho worst had passed, but our hopes liavo been In vain. "Hope deferred maketli the heart Blck," Tho present cataclysm yf hostilities lias ushered 111 new condi tions thai are extremely critical. 1 now quote from a bonk that is re cognized as authoritative. Refer ring to Turkey's entry Into the war wo read: "Hut meanwhile the gov ernment at Constantinople if gov ernment it may be Is not too good a name for Knver, Taiaat, anil tbei rent of that ''committee of I'nlon anil ; progress'' which Lord llryco has go ! Justly described ns n "gang of un scrupulous ruffians" meanwhile this unprincipled nnd all-powerful organization was working out Its plans and it began to put them Into action in April. The fehomc was nothing less than Ibe extermination of the whole Christian population within the Otto man frontlets. For the war had temporarily released tho Ottoman government from the control, slight ns It wan, which the consort of Eu rope had been able to exert. The' belligerents on ono side were Tur key's allies nnd wore good friends, nnd Enver, looking to the future, re lied ipon their promised victory to shield himself and his accomplices from the venKcaneo of the western powers and Ilussln which had nlways stood between tho malignant hostil ity of the Ottoman government nnd tho helplessness of Its Christian sub jects. Tho denunciation of the "Capitu lations" hroko down the legal har rier of foreign protection behind which Ottoman Christians hnd found inoro or less effective shelter. Noth ing remained but to use tho oppor tunity and strike a stroke that would never need repetition. "After this," said T.v.-.at Itey when he gavo the final signal "there will be no Armenian question for flfly years." Tho crime was concerted very sys tematically for there Is evidenco or identical procedure from over fifty places. The cruel and concei ted ac tion that was made possible by Tur key's alliance with (lornumy Is be yond description. The separation of hushnnds wives parents children; the wholesale murdering of men, wo men and children and the ravishment of the fair, sweet Armenian maidens ought to cause the stones on the highway to cry out In vehement pro test. The American nation is unrivaled for ready response 10 the call of the needy and helpless. We feel asr.ured that now that the pathetic nnd urg ent call of thousands of homeless, wandering, starving children of this ancient worthy people will meet with a soul refreshing response. It Is In our power to tide the Ar menians ovor this crisis and In doing so wo shall have the Joy of saving a remnant thnt will be a monument to American generosity; America is a land of great and noble action and we cannot descend to a lower plane. II. L. FOHD. .Major Murphy Resigns. PARIS, Jan. 12. Major Grayson M. 1". Murphy, of New York, has re signed ns head of the American Red Cross mission to Kurope, It is an nounced hero. Major Murphy will go to tho Ignited States to consult with Henry 1. Davidson, chairman of the American Red Cross war coun cil, nnd later will return to service In the American Army. "TQMKY" FINE FIGHTER Americans Admire the Spirit of British Army. Kaiser Caused It (Reprinted by Request) My Tuesdays are meatless, My Wednesdays are wheatless, I am getting' more catless each day. My home it is heatless, My bed it is heatless. They're sent to the Y. M. C. A. The barrooms are treatless, My coffee is sweetless, Kueh day I get poorer and wiser. My stockings nre fectless, My trousers lire scatless, My God but 1 do hnto the kaiser. o Kodak finishing done at Hart's Studio. 1-10-2HO. Hello Bill! Tliis is tn remind you Unit the Social Com mit lee have made all arrangements for a J!ig Hall to lie given at the Temple ' Monday Evening, January 14 The Best Floor The Best Music Good Tims for All What inure could you ask for ? Usual feed. We expect you, so do not disappoint us. Entirely New Feeling Crowing Up Be. twecn Two Kindred Nations In Arms. London. Tin" military correspond ent of the Loudon Times, writing from Fi'itnee. snys : "In France we have suddenly discov ered America, nnd America lins discov ered us. How different we both nro from our preconceived notions of each oilier I We did not know what a high ly educated, professional and modest gentleman the American regular ollieor was. nor did we quite realize what a splendid body of active fighting men ho was going to bring over with him. "Wo are a great deal more enthu siastic about tho American, und, If I may say so. more proud of them, than wo, show Oil III'! Siirfisee. llmv.c:tt we not regard as men of our own tlesli and blood tho relays of American soldiers of nil grades who come to us, who speak our own language nnd bear out own names, who understand ns In n flash of time, nnd whose point of view on almost every conceivable subject under heaven Is our own? "These sentiments are. I hope, mu tual. The Americans did net know what our armies were, nor what they had done or nre doing. Many of them know now. They witnesses under fire our grand attacks and our raids. They observe with astonishment the ten-Ilk power of our modern artillery and the glorious activities of our splendid nlr men. "They see the spirit, the discipline nnd the emulation of our Infantry, and they nre profoundly Impressed by them. I hope thnt the pride which we feel, without venturing to express It, In the Americans Is a little reciprocal ed by them. I can only say that every American soldier who has told mo of his experiences on the Iiritlsh front has spoken Willi enthusiastic admira tion of our men, nod that an entirely new feeling, the conrcqueuces of which Hi!!::, be. !::::avns:e. i'i L.L'2'.vlrx. ua be-1 tween the two kludrvd uailous In anus." Old Fashioned, "lie's very old fashioned." "That soV" "Yes. He still shines his own shoes nnd spits on tho dauber when he does It." 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