Relations. The resolutions were referredi to the Committee on. Foreign Relations and ordere(d to beprinted in. the RECORD. as follows: .A concurrent resolutlomn "Whereas the awful eonditions that now exist in Armenia. and have existed. for centuries. while free and powerful nations sat idly by. satisfying themselves with mild protests that were absolutely ineffectual in preventing the horrible massacres. the pitiable deportation of whole Provinces.. the slaughter of helpless children. by the thousands. and the violation of innocent women. more than 50.000 of whom are now confined by the unspeakable Turk In Moslem harems. with the brand of disgrace tattooed in their faces and the threat of death hanging over them in the event of escape. constitute a blot upon civilization and a reproach to Christian nations that have permitted such things to continue from year to year until now the time has come for great and powerful Ameiica to say to the Turk. This thing. must stop and never occur again. and say it in terms that mean what she says. and "Whereas a resolution. introduced by Senator JoHN SHARPE WnIAMS and indorsed by Senator LODGE and others. is now pending in the Congress of the United States looking to the recognition and protection of Armenia as a free and independent republic: Now be it. "Rcsolvcd by the Senate of South Carolina (the House concuring). That the Congress. of the United States of America. through the Representatives of the State of South Carolina in said Congress. be respectfully memorialized and urged to take suciimmediate stepsas may be necessary to safeguard the future of these Christian Armenians.. who have kept the faith in. spite of every species of torture and horror inflicted upon them. by the devilish cruelty since. the year 303 A.
Keywords matched
deportation