The Armenian Massacres, 1894-1896: British Media Testimony

by Arman J. Kirakossian (Editor)

Overview

Britain’s pro-active policy on the Armenian Question and the standpoints of the British public, and political and civic organizations on the massacres of the Armenian population in the Ottoman Empire in 1894-1896 were widely reflected in the contemporary British press and other media accounts. This volume, which contains more than fifty articles published in major British periodicals in the 1890s, including Contemporary Review, Nineteenth Century, Fortnightly Review, Blackwood’s Magazine, and Spectator, presents a snapshot of British public opinion during the height of the Armenian Crisis of the 1890s, as well as rather detailed, and therefore extremely important, factual evidence of anti-Armenian policies carried out by the Sultan’s government in the Ottoman Empire, and the response of the Great Powers— including Britain—to the massacres.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781934548011
Publisher:	Armenian Research Center
Publication date:	11/01/2020
Pages:	614
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Arman J. Kirakossian was deputy foreign minister of the Republic of Armenia and a professor of history and international relations at Yerevan State University. He is the author of British Diplomacy and the Armenian Question: From the 1830s to 1914 (2003).

Table of Contents

Foreword   Lord Shannon     11
Preface     13
Introduction     15
A Vanishing Treaty: (The Spectator, August 9, 1890)     63
Armenia and the Armenian People: (The Fortnightly Review, August 1890)   E. B. Lanin     67
The True Danger in Armenia: (The Spectator, September 13, 1890)     85
The Armenian Debate: (The Spectator, July 18, 1891)     90
The Armenian Question I-In Russia: (The Contemporary Review, June 1894)   H. F. B. Lynch     95
The Armenian Question II-In Russia: (The Contemporary Review, July 1894)   H. F. B. Lynch     115
The Armenian Question III-In Turkey: (The Contemporary Review, September 1894)   H. F. B. Lynch     134
The Armenian Claim on Europe: (The Spectator, December 15, 1894)     157
Turkey and Armenia: (The Fortnightly Review, February 1895)   R. Davey     161
Armenia: (The Contemporary Review, February 1895)   F. S. Stevenson     178
The Armenian Meeting: (The Spectator, May 11, 1895)     188
The Armenian Reforms: (The Spectator, May 18, 1895)     193
Our Duty in Armenia: (The Spectator, May 25, 1895)     197
The Mussalmans of India and the Armenian Question: (TheNineteenth Century, June 1895)   Ghulam-us-Saqlain     201
A Moslem View of Abdual Hamid and the Powers: (The Nineteenth Century, July 1895)   R. Ahmad     217
The Armenian Question: (The Spectator, July 27, 1895)     227
The Condition of Armenia: (The Contemporary Review, August 1895)   E. J. Dillon     231
Mr. Gladstone on Armenia: (The Spectator, August 10, 1895)     275
An Unbiased View of the Armenian Question: (Blackwood's Magazine, October 1895)   W. B. Harris     279
The Suspense in Constantinople: (The Spectator, October 12, 1895)     293
The Compromise at Constantinople: (The Spectator, October 19, 1895)     298
The Possible Extirpation of the Armenians: (The Spectator, November 30, 1895)     303
The Constantinople Massacre and Its Lesson: (The Contemporary Review, November 1895)   M. MacColl     307
Lord Salisbury in Turkey: (The Spectator, December 7, 1895)     326
Our Failure in Turkey: (The Spectator, December 14, 1895)     329
The Eastern Question: Turkish Reforms and Armenia: (The Nineteenth Century, December 1895)   F. H. Geffcken     333
The Death-Warrant of Armenia: (The Spectator, December 21, 1895)     345
Armenia: An Appeal: (The Contemporary Review, January 1896)   E. J. Dillon     350
Americans and Armenians: (The Spectator, February 1, 1896)     372
Lord Salisbury and Armenia: (The Spectator, February 8, 1896)     376
The Policy of Russia in Turkey: (The Spectator, February 22, 1896)     381
The Armenian Question: Europe or Russia?: (The Contemporary Review, February 1896)   H. F. B. Lynch     385
The Fiasco in Armenia: (The Fortnightly Review, March 1, 1896)   E. J. Dillon     394
Zeitun: (The Contemporary Review, April 1896)   A. Nazarbek     416
Armenia and the Powers: From Behind the Scenes: (The Contemporary Review, April 1896)     435
The Massacres: (The Spectator, September 5, 1896)     454
Two Massacres in Asia Minor: (The Contemporary Review, September 1896)   W. M. Ramsay     458
The Czar's Visit: (The Spectator, September 26, 1896)     474
The Fate of Constantinople: (The Spectator, September 26, 1896)     478
The Situation of To-day: (The Spectator, October 3, 1896)     482
Lord Rosebery's Deliverance: (The Spectator, October 17, 1896)     486
The Massacres in Turkey: (The Nineteenth Century, October 1896)   J. G. Rogers   the Earl of Meath    J. Burns   H. Anthony-Salmone   W. E. Gladstone     491
The Constantinople Massacre: (The Contemporary Review, October 1896)     520
Turkish Misgovernment: (The Nineteenth Century, November 1896)   W. S. Blunt   E. F. Du Cane     530
The Armenian Policy of France: (The Spectator, November 7, 1896)     543
Travels amongst the Armenians: (The Contemporary Review, November 1896)   J. T. Bent     547
The Rumours about Turkey (The Spectator, December 12, 1896)     564
Armenia and the Forward Movement: (The Contemporary Review, January 1897)   G. W. E. Russell     568
Notes     579
Index     595

Editorial Reviews

Although the Armenian-populated regions in the Ottoman Empire were far removed from Britain, the British people showed how deeply they cared about the injustices and persecution that were being meted out upon Armenians in all walks of life. They cared enough to set up humanitarian societies, lobby their government, and make the Armenian question an issue in successive parliamentary campaigns as the articles amply show.” —From the foreword by RICHARD BENTINCK BOYLE, the Earl of Shannon

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