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| I.— | A CHAPTER OF HORRORS | 1 |
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| Certified Evidence of the Armenian Massacre, Preceded by an Endorsement of the Evidence, with Signatures in Fac-simile, and an Explanatory Note. | |
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| II.— | GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT EASTERN TURKEY | 43 |
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| The Physical Aspects, Inhabitants, and Administration of the Country. | |
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| III.— | THE CHRONIC CONDITION OF ARMENIA AND KURDISTAN | 54 |
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| Specific and Detailed Instances of Kurdish Plunder and Oppression.—The Turkish System of Taxation and its Abuses.—Why these Facts are so little Known.—What can be Done to Improve the Situation. | |
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| IV.— | OTTOMAN PROMISES AND THEIR FULFILMENT | 70 |
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| The Treaty of Adrianople, 1829.—The Hatti Sherif, 1839.—Pledge of 1844.—Protestant Charter, 1850.—Hatti Humayoun, 1856.—Anglo-Turkish Convention, 1878.—Treaty of Berlin, 1878. | |
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| V.— | THE OUTCOME OF THE TREATY OF BERLIN | 76 |
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| British Naval Demonstration, 1879.—The Identical Note of the Powers, 1880, and the Turkish Reply.—The Collective Note of the Powers, and the Aggressive Response of the Sublime Porte.—The Circular of Great Britain, 1881, its Cool Reception by the Powers, and the Indefinite Postponement of Turkish Reforms.—The Effect of the Berlin Treaty in Arousing Armenian Aspirations and Increasing Turkish Oppression.—Armenian Revolution a Nightmare of the Turks.—The Real Armenian Position.—The Only Treatment for the “Sick Man” a Surgical One. | |
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| VI.— | THE SULTAN AND THE SUBLIME PORTE | 87 |
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| The Demands of his Office as Sultan-Calif.—Justice to Christian and Moslem both Impossible.—Status of non-Mohammedans.—The Palace and the Porte.—A House Divided against Itself. | |
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| VII.— | PREVIOUS ACTS OF THE TURKISH TRAGEDY | 95 |
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| The Massacres of Greeks, 1822; Nestorians, 1850; Syrians, 1860; Cretans, 1867; Bulgarians, 1876; Yezidis, 1892; Armenians, 1894. | |
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| VIII.— | ISLAM AS A FACTOR OF THE PROBLEM | 110 |
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| A Politico-Religious System.—Indissoluble and Incapable of Modification.—The Military, Civil, and Legal Rights of non-Mohammedans.—Freeman’s Conclusion. | |
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| IX.— | GLADSTONE ON THE ARMENIAN MASSACRE AND ON TURKISH MISRULE | 121 |
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| X.— | WHO ARE THE ARMENIANS? | 131 |
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| Their Origin, History, Church, Language, Literature, and General Characteristics. | |
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| XI.— | AMERICANS IN TURKEY, THEIR WORK AND INFLUENCE | 147 |
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| Their Attitude and Recognized Position.—Statistics of the Direct Results of their Efforts.—Their Indirect Influence on All Classes.—The Present Threatening Attitude of the Turkish Government. | |
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| Appendix | A.—A BIT OF AMERICAN DIPLOMACY | 157 |
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| B.—ESTABLISHMENT OF U. S. CONSULATES IN EASTERN TURKEY | 163 |
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| C.—DR. CYRUS HAMLIN’S EXPLANATION | 167 |
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| D.—THE CENSORSHIP OF THE PRESS | 169 |
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| E.—BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE SUBJECT | 171 |
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| General Index | 175 |
