His memoirs recount his frequent pleas to the Ottoman government to bring an end to its massive persecutions of Armenians. He said in his book. Ambassador Morgenthaus Story. "When the Turkish authorities gave the orders for these deportations. they were merely giving the death warrant to a whole race. they understood this well. and. in their conversations with me. they made no particular attempt to conceal the fact." He also wrote. "I am confident that the whole history of the human race contains no such horrible episode as this. The great massacres and persecutions of the past seem almost insignificant when compared to the sufferings of the Armenian race in 1915." During the height of the atrocities against the Armenians. many of whom fled to Russia and other parts of the world. but just as many dying in their villages. the New York Times alone carried over 194 news stories on what was happening. The Times headlines are horrifying to read: March 20. 1915Whole Plain Strewn by Armenian Bodies.
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