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WHY ARMENIA SHOULD BE FREE
ARMENIA'S RÔLE IN THE PRESENT WAR
DR. G. PASDERMADJIAN (Armen Garo)
WHY ARMENIA SHOULD BE FREE
ARMENIA'S RÔLE IN THE PRESENT WAR
BY
Dr. G. PASDERMADJIAN
(ARMEN GARO)
EX-DEPUTY FROM ERZEROUM IN THE OTTOMAN PARLIAMENT
FORMER COMMANDER OF THE SECOND BATTALION OF THE ARMENIAN
VOLUNTEERS ON THE CAUCASIAN FRONT
REPRESENTATIVE IN AMERICA OF ARMENIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE
CAUCASUS.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
GEORGE NASMYTH, Ph. D.
FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL
FEDERATION OF STUDENTS
SECRETARY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS JOINT COMMITTEE
FOR A LEAGUE OF FREE NATIONS
ILLUSTRATED
Boston
HAIRENIK PUBLISHING COMPANY
1918.
WRITTEN AT WASHINGTON, D. C., OCTOBER, 1918.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Published, December, 1918
The Blanchard Printing Co.
Boston Massachusetts.
TO THOSE WHO WERE MARTYRED
AND
TO THOSE WHO DIED ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE
FOR THE LIBERATION OF ARMENIA
CONTENTS
| Page | |
| Introduction | 1 |
| Translator's Preface | 5 |
| Turkish and Russian Proposals to the Armenians in 1914 | 15 |
| Military Services Rendered by the Armenians on the Caucasian Front | 18 |
| Armenian Resistance to the Turkish Massacres | 24 |
| Attitude of Russian Czarism Toward the Armenians | 28 |
| Rôle Played by the Armenians in the Caucasus After the Russian Collapse |