Rose Lambert

HADJIN, AND THE ARMENIAN MASSACRES

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Preface

No attempt has been made in this little book to do more than sketch lightly those events connected with the recent massacres of which the writer had personal experience. All questions relating to the political significance of these events and the new movement and developments in Turkey we have had to pass by. Requests have been so numerous, however, that in behalf of the Armenian people it has seemed best to accede to them, and record in this form something of the events of those days. The many whys and wherefores of the massacres we do not undertake to discuss, but for the sake of the orphans and widows— made such in those awful days—and in the hopes that more knowledge of them and what they endured may result in an awakened interest, which will in turn make the access of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to them wider and more prompt, this story has been told.

R. L.

Elkhart, Ind.

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Translation of the letter received from the Patriarch at Constantinople

To the Noble Miss Rose Lambert, salaams (vochtchun) and blessings :

Through Nerces, the Prelate, I was informed of how you hastened to help and relieve the many who were in need of help and comfort during those wild, savage massacre days, and this gives me infinite comfort.

You helped in such a way as to endanger your own life, and by so doing have comforted thousands of the unfortunate ones during their bitter and hard affliction.

We feel obliged to express to you our hearty thanks and gratitude for your intrepid labors and philanthropic willingness.

Your name and nobility will ever remain unforgotten in our annals.

My prayer is that the Lord will make you and your home happy with endless blessings so that you may continue to help the poor and suffering.

I remain with prayers for you,

(Signed) Elisha B. Tourian,
Patriarch of Constantinople.

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Acknowledgements:

Source: Rose Lambert. "Hadjin, and the Armenian Massacres"; New York, Chicago, Toronto, London and Edinburgh, Fleming H. Revell Company, 1911 Provided by: Karen Vrtanesyan Scanned by: Irina Minasyan OCR: Irina Minasyan

See also:

Helen Davenport Gibbons. The Red Rugs of Tarsus: A Woman’s Record of the Armenian Massacre of 1909. James Bryce, Treatment of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire Maj. General James G. Harbord, Conditions in the Near East: Report of the American Military Mission to Armenia Armin Wegner, The Trial of Talaat Pasha: Proceedings Rendel J. Harris & Helen B. Harris, Letters from Armenia Edwin Munsell Bliss, Turkey and the Armenian Atrocities Clara Barton, America's relief expedition to Asia Minor under the Red Cross